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Dailymotion Exclusive Online Video Partner for independent British film, ‘Clubbed’
Added: (Sun Jan 25 2009)
Exclusive scenes, trailers and cast interviews available to watch in High Definition video prior to the film’s theatrical release
London, 15th January, 2009 -- Dailymotion, the world's largest independent video sharing site, is promoting the new independent British Film, ‘Clubbed’. The site has created an official branded page, http://www.dailymotion.com/ClubbedTheMovie, featuring clips from the film, trailers, music and interviews with the cast including Colin Salmon, Maxine Peake and Shaun Parkes. Clubbed goes on general release in the UK on 16th January, 2009.
Produced by Martin Carr, Clubbed was short-listed for the Raindance Award at the British Independent Film Awards and is tipped to become a cult classic. Set in the violent world of Eighties clubland, the film was written by BAFTA-winning writer Geoff Thompson and is based on his best-selling autobiography, ‘Watch My Back’ It charts the story of Danny, a lonely factory worker who is beaten and humiliated in front of his kids in a random act of violence. Danny meets a group of nightclub doormen who take him in, where he becomes embroiled with the local gangland boss with brutal consequences. Thompson, who spent nine years working as a doorman, appears in the film a boxer.
Martin Carr, Producer of ‘Clubbed’ explains, “Clubbed tells the story of a depressed, fearful loner on the verge of breakdown who gains new confidence when he becomes involved with the underworld. It shows what can happen when a person’s life becomes ruled by fear and his attempts to overcome this. We have released excerpts from ‘Clubbed’ on Dailymotion.com to promote it to a global audience and because Dailymotion is a passionate supporter of the British Independent Film industry.”
Digby Lewis, Creative Director, Dailymotion, adds, “Clubbed is expected to be one of the best British films since ‘Trainspotting’. It combines brilliant acting from the best of British talent with a pacy, involving drama, all wrapped up in the unmistakable, fashion and music from the Eighties club scene, which gives it all the ingredients to be a future cult hit. The film excerpts sound great and look fantastic in our High Definition video player and the clips and promotional details on Dailymotion help raise awareness of the film around the world and create anticipation in advance of the UK premiere later this month.”
Filmed in the West Midlands, the film also features Mel Raido, Ronnie Fox, Scot Williams and Neil Morrissey. The soundtrack includes classic hits by Chic, Patrice Rushen and Loleatta Holloway. Following its UK release, ‘Clubbed’ is released in France on 21st January and is also supported by Dailymotion in France with a dedicated French-language profile page, which uses Dailymotion’s on-site subtitles tool: http://www.dailymotion.com/TheClub-LeFilm.
Geoff Thompson has written 30 published books and had articles published in the Independent, The Guardian, GQ and Times Newspapers. He spent two years as a contributing editor for Men's Fitness magazine and went on to become one of the highest ranking martial arts instructors in Britain, voted the leading self defense author in the world by Black Belt Magazine USA. Thompson has written two short films – BAFTA-nominated ‘Bouncer’ starring Ray Winstone and Brown Paper Bag which won a BAFTA as the best short film in 2004 - and one play, ‘Doorman’. This is his first feature film.
In 2008, Dailymotion linked up with Raindance to sponsor the Raindance Film Festival and also the Best Short Film category in the British Independent Film Awards. The site welcomes independent film content alongside a mix of official content from partners such as Channel 4, Viacom/MTV Networks and Universal Music, user-generated content, and moderated content from approved users or ‘Motionmakers’, which is curated by Dailymotion’s programming team.
About Dailymotion
Dailymotion is the world's largest independent video entertainment website with over 40.8 million unique monthly viewers worldwide (source: comScore, November 2008). Every day, over 15,000 new videos are uploaded into Dailymotion's global network of 18 localized video entertainment sites. In November 2008, 40.8 million unique users streamed over 859 million videos including curated content from premium and Motionmaker creative contributors (source: comScore).
Using the most advanced technology for both users and content creators, Dailymotion provides high-quality and HD video in a fast, easy-to-use website that also automatically filters infringing material notified by content owners. Dailymotion's mission is to provide the best possible entertainment experience for users and the best marketing opportunities for advertisers, while respecting content protection.
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