Back towards the end of 2005 we mentioned a low-budget Scottish movie called Gamerz, which had its premiere at that year’s Worldcon. Paul Gavin drops us a line to say that the independent movie will get a release in the Cineworld cinemas in Glasgow (Renfrew Street) and Edinburgh (Fountain Park) from the 22nd of February. As Paul observes they are relying on word of mouth and the web to get the message out to folks who might want to support the film (which got nominated for the Scottish BAFTAs), as it will be up against other releases which have a marketing budget bigger than the entire sum they spent making their fantasy-themed comedy Indy movie, so not the easiest task, despite garnering itself some decent reviews on the film festival circuit (check out the quote Harry Knowles gave it below). Always the way – getting enough together to make even a low-budget movie is a struggle, but if you complete it there is even more of a struggle to get it screened so people can see it, as anyone who has ever caught a great movie at a festival then wondered when it will ever get a general release will know.
“[director] Robbie Fraser really knocked this out of the park. It’s a low budget film that stretches it without showing stretch-marks. The visual FX for the shadowplay world of the game seem to reflect the waking dream of the pencil-sketched wanderings that one goes on while playing role-playing dice games. For anyone that’s taken a hit and had an asshole dungeonmaster… this film will be hilarity. BTW – Danielle Stewart as Marlyn – the quasi-goth/elf chick was INCREDIBLY geekilicious! Especially with the elf ears on. Rowr!” Harry Knowles, Ain’t it Cool News. You can check out a lot more on the movie at their official website.
Wed, Feb 20, 2008
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