Here is a little excerpt from Punk Mockumentary-
(film is shot like a comic book, a combination of documentary and mockumentary
SCRIPT/TREATMENT NOW BOOKING THE USA TOUR)
The Making of The Gonads Concert Tour
Billed as ‘London’s best-loved lager louts’ and supported by the Filth FC
(All Characters in this story are real. Only the events have been changed to make it more believable)
.https://beachdancerfilms.com/mockumentary
The greatest story ever to blow off your gonads!
OPENS WITH GOOD FELLA SPOOF VOICE OVER:
We were a crap band playing mates’ parties who no-one gave a fuck about until punk happened. Then we knew we had to be part of it. We became a crap band playing pubs and clubs and kids couldn’t get enough of us.
CUT TO TEENAGE PUNKS & SKINS AT PUB GIG
Everyone said punk had to be angry and serious. Not us. We were all about beer and shagging and having a laugh.
Chapter One – UK Curry House Tour begins
A school band named Pink Tent was a 12 bar blues, quite anarchic and very leftwing then they morphed in 1977 and became the Gonads. Their marketing manager suggested that they only ever play Charlton, mainly a pub called “The Lads of the Village”. In this period Gonads did a acoustic tour of Indian restaurants which was pretty funny as a venue and normally went down okay. One day they were chased out of a curry house in Lewisham by a chef waving a meat cleaver.
They are still touring today…
I Lost My Love To A UK Sub (LISTEN HERE)
My first love was a virgin, only 13 years old
Till Charlie Harper grabbed her, on his pension day I’m told
He showered her with badges; he bought her lots of blues
And then showed her his warhead…
Now, don’t you think that’s crude?
He got her in a stranglehold, he got her in the club
Before I bleedin’ knew I’d lost my love to a UK Sub
Then there was young Janice, as randy as they come
Steve Roberts came and stole her, said he’d teach her how to drum
He got her back to his place, he asked me to wish him luck
And then said all I really wanna know is: “Does she suck?”
It happened by accident really. After Oi The Album came out, Garry Johnson sent me a copy of Boys of The Empire…to be continued
Field Cate Actor/Musician for the young Garry Bushell of The Gonads
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(Here is a little Teaser- I am working with producers of “[http:// Search Results Drunk History – Series | Comedy Central Official Site | CC.com]Drunk History” – Comedy Central)
Like-a-spa
Registration Number: 1874413
A never ending cast of crazy clients and incompetent staff make this a classic which may remind you of the premise of “Faulty Towers”. This high concept sitcom will also elevate your inner ambitions of healing your life while educating the audience about opening the portals of their mind without drugs. ie. Chakra healing, akashic records, telepathy as well as the traditional reiki and massage and anti-aging spa fare.
Too Much Too Young
WGA: 1874210
Author: Steve Piper, Craig Brackenridge, & Pete McKenna
Publisher: Paul Hallam
Film Treatment & Script: Sandie West & Paul Hallam
Too Much Too Young (In development/ writing the script)
Beachdancer has the rights to 4 books, in this project, 3 books are woven into a dynamic screenplay, the 4th book is “Rave On” is the sequel or a stand alone
This excerpt is specifically about Too Much Too Young (picture included)
Beach Dancer Films Worldwide rights of three books to be weaved into one screenplay Too Much Too Young. Screenplay timeline is 1979-1982. Three youth subcultures intertwined in a story of the lost generation of youth, with three distinct subcultures colliding, yet individually forming an opinion and an epiphany of coming of age with the pleasure of friendship and music.
The two-tone phenomena and the northern soul music scene as well as Psychobilly formed the backdrop of anticipation that pierces the clouds of desperation. Journey with us along a rocky road of torment, fun, and real London gangsters. Throw in some drugs, some rebels without a cause, combined with a desolate future, the cause of the Orwellian times are even more relevant in today’s age.
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Marketing and Media
* The late 1970s early 1980s have never been more cool
* Interest in Ska/Mod/Punk has never been bigger around the world* Comparisons now to then.Britain has a right wing female prime ministerThe US has a right wing presidentSocial unrest now as high as it has been since the early 80s* The people who grew up in this time are now late 40s/early 50s no mortgage disposable income* This is now history. University students studying punk and new wave as subjects* California alone has over 100k customers for Fred Perry shirts – the favourite of Rude Boys and Mods* Many of the original bands in the film are back touring againSoundtrack: Royalty free music tracks from the English beat
Media: Britain’s best selling music newspaper, Street Sounds & Daily Mail, etc
Title sound track by The SpecialsTHE END OF THE FILM OPENS INTO THE FOURTH BOOK
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———————————————————————————————–WE ARE THE FLOWERSDocumentary #1866627Interviews of the bands now and there relevance in history has already been filmed in a documentary produced by Sandie West called “We are the Flowers” opens Sept 17th 2016, Howard Hughes Cinemark 18
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Production Company: Beachdancerfilms.com
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Too Much Too Young Media Inquiries: 310-721-2389
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This video features Pete McKenna’s book Nightshift and readings from the first Northern Soul novel ever written Who the Hells Frank Wilson.
What they are saying:
Too Much Too Young Tagline:
The two-tone phenomena and the northern soul music scene as well as Psychobilly formed the backdrop of anticipation that pierces the clouds of desperation. Journey with us along a rocky road of torment, fun, and real London gangsters. Throw in some drugs, some rebels without a cause, combined with a desolate future, the cause of the Orwellian times are even more relevant in today’s age.
Synopsis: Set in London, New Town, Southend & Blackpool.
Three books to be weaved into one screenplay called Too Much Too Young. The Screenplay timeline is 1979 -1982. Three youth subcultures intertwined in a story of the lost generation of youth, with three distinct subcultures colliding, yet individually forming an opinion and an epiphany of coming of age within the paradigm of pleasure, friendship and music.
Film begins May 1979 with Margaret Thatcher in power & ends in 1982 with the Falklands war. Youth cultures were cool and underground and almost everyone was a part of the scene. Here we see three distinct youth cults that intermingle throughout the story. Their lives cross and either enrich or result in riot-like behavior. From the southern beaches of South End to the beaches of Blackpool and throw in Stevenage, the promised land for ex-Londoners. In between the constant quest for music and friendship fueled sometimes by drugs or apocalyptic futures, these teenagers laid the groundwork for the youth to come. Explore the journey of the early 1980’s, this film will shed a light on our true nature for years to come and will have you reminicse about the coming of age in your own lives. Flash forward to 1988 Acid House Club
Too Much Too Young – By Steve Piper
November 1979. The lines are clear. Things so black and white, at least to the eyes and ears of Britain’s youth. The ragged edges of punk rock had been smoothed in to the sound of new wave and inner city housing estates had yet to decompose in to the crumbling and neglected smack and crack saturated slums of the ‘90s. Britain’s tribes were defined by differences in attitude, attire, musical allegiance, philosophies, territories and behaviour. Mods were mods, punks were punks. The Labour party was the Labour party and the Conservatives, Conservatives. The workers kept working and the bosses planned their retirement.
Who the Hell is Frank Wilson?
By Pete McKenna
WHERE QUADROPHENIA MEETS THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY
Spring 1982. Italian banker Roberto Calvi known as “Gods Banker” was found hanging under a London bridge with a pocket full of bricks and nearly £20,000 in cash. It has been hinted that Mr Calvi had connections with the Mafia, The Freemasons and the Vatican itself. And this morning hundreds of northern soul fans woke up to the shock news that Wigan Casino was gutted by a mysterious fire in the early hours of the morning. Following the grim discovery of a mans badly charred body in the ruins, speculation is rife that the fire was the work of an arsonist. And the question on many peoples lips is just Who The Hell Is Frank Wilson?
Psychobilly – By Craig Brackenridge
Stevenage. 1981. The Psychobilly disease is spreading across the UK and Harry Powell and his mates have got it bad. They are followers of the brutal blend of Rockabilly & Punk that is seeping across Britain’s musical underground and from the Klub Foot to Scarborough Scooter Rally, they will go anywhere for wrecking and rump.
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BOOK OPTION: RAVE ON
North London, 1988. Terry Dean is a young scooter boy and member of the Enfield Beasts S.C. Though devoted the UK scooter scene, Terry is curious about what is happening in the underground after noticing groups of youths lurking in lay-bys and car parks, just waiting for some strange, new adventure. His workmate Stevie Royle holds the key to the acid house and warehouse party scene and they both embark on a chemical odyssey that unlocks a netherworld of secret gatherings and euphoric soundscapes. Terry is consumed by the music and has an epiphany. He decides to take his promoting skills from the scootering scene and organise raves.
How did people react to the vastly different music on offer at the Rave type events?
FROM THE AUTHOR: I’m sure the drugs must have played a large part. If you were ‘on one’, as youths of that time used to say, it was almost like an epiphany and the music, the lights and the whole experience made sense. If you weren’t then it probably seemed like a sweaty hell-hole in a disused building with someone’s car alarm going of at ear-splitting volume. I don’t think there was any grey area with the music – you either got it with a semi-religious fervor or thought it was shit.
Please note this is old original footage to denote the era only
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SERIAL KILLER
SERIAL KILLER BOOK/FILM TREATMENT/SCRIPT
A modern day thriller with Old Testament style `eye for a eye` justice.
Taylor appeared to have everything in life, great looks, good career and luxury lifestyle. But how well did her friends and family really know her? From the outside, Taylor’s life seemed pretty perfect. But her past is far from normal or happy. The 47-year-old blue-eyed blonde with the Amanda Holden figure and Kate Moss hair has it all. A successful and independent female admired by women and adored by men. But her past will shock you to the bone, so much so, many will understand her lust for revenge. Everybody has to draw a line in the sand some time. And for Taylor that time was now.
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EXCERPT JERUSALEM BOOK AND FILM TREATMENT AND SCRIPT
Jerusalem is essentially a factually based fictional insight into the day to day life of contemporary UK seen through the eyes and actions of the main character. Johnny Hodges, is a lifelong skinhead whose code in life is to harm bullies, irregardless of color and creed, before they do any harm. He is very much the anti-hero like the Micheal Douglas character in “Falling Down”, who is sick and tired of living in a society that is “No country for old men”.
From the Author
Just remember the impact skinheads had on the population when I was young. First time they went public was at the 1969 Rolling Stones free festival in Hyde Park when they kicked fuck out of the hells angels. The Stones had employed them to guard them. Strange looking youths with shaved heads, denims, grandad shirts and british army black leather hobnail boots, years before Doc Martins came out.
For me it was a simple no brainer. A group of skinheads and a group of bikers walking down the opposite sides of the street. Which group would force me to cross the road to get out of their way. Skinheads every time.
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JERUSALEM
OPENS WITH:
A PATRIOTIC HYMN WRITTEN BY WILLIAM BLAKE AND COMPOSED BY CHARLES HUBERT PARRY
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And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England’s mountain green
And was the holy lamb of God
On England’s pleasant pastures seen
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills
Among these dark satanic mills
Bring me my arrows of desire
Bring me my spear O clouds unfold
Bring me my chariot of fire
I will not cease from mental fight
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England’s green and pleasant land
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There was a time in my life what feels like a century ago when I actually believed in all that hairy fairy stuff when writers and poets waxed lyrical about England’s green and pleasant pastures. Dreaming about father Christmas and his Reindeers trotting around the galaxy dropping presents off to all the children in the world. Penny pinching Old Scrooge and the ghost of Christmas past. The bogey man, the tooth fairy and that all little girls were made of the sweetest tasting melt in the mouth sugar and spice and all things nice up until the shit hit the fan.
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FADE IN TV NEWS REPORTER
“ The police and the army continue to remain on twenty four hour maximum standby as the death toll rises to over twelve hundred people killed and more than five hundred seriously injured in the wake of the simultaneous triple bombings of three main mosques in London Leeds and Birmingham. Police have confirmed that they received a telephone call supposedly from one of the men who carried out the attacks stating that they were members of the far right breakaway group of the English Defence League calling themselves The Patriots Of The Cross.
www.sandiewest.com will bring you to my team on the Venice Media District which includes Google etc, we are currently a think tank with google in how film and tech and media crossover which it already has to an extent. Google is on the committee that I chair.
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7 PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
FILMS
FLOWERS (FINISHED/NOW EDITING AND EXPECT TO OPEN AT HOWARD HUGHES CINEMARK 18 SEPT 17TH) (INTRO WITH TIM ROTH, GARY OLDMAN & RAY WINSTONE)
TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG (3 BOOK OPTION, WOVEN INTO ONE STORY/TREATMENT/SCRIPT ALMOST FINISHED/ROYALTY FREE MUSIC AND TITLETRACK, THE SPECIALS AND THE ENGLISH BEAT)
RAVE ON (BOOK OPTION/TREATMENT ALMOST FINISHED)
PUNKUMENTARY (MOCKUMENTARY/PUTTING TOGETHER THE USA TOUR)
TV
LIKEASPA (COMEDY SERIES/SHOOTING PILOT IN MARCH/APRIL)
SERIAL KILLER (BOOK OPTION/TREATMENT/WRITING SCRIPT )
OI! MATE, KISS ME(TREATMENT – STAND BY ME/TRAINSPOTTING)
JERSUALEM (BOOK/TREATMENT/SCRIPT)
OTHER PROJECTS CONSIDERING :
A HARD DAYS MONTH
LOOKING FOR ROMANCE STEVE DAVIS SNOOKER PLAYER
PUNK ROCK STORIES AND TABLOID TALES
GLORY BOYS
FILM FESTIVALS
PRODUCER 6TH ANNUAL MARINA DEL REY FILM FESTIVAL HOWARD HUGHES CINEMARK 18 PLAYA VISTA (SEPT
PRODUCER 4TH ANNUAL CULVER CITY FILM FESTIVAL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ARCLIGHT CULVER CITY (DEC
PRODUCER 2ND ANNUAL SILICON BEACH AND PLAYA VISTA FILM FESTIVAL HOWARD HUGHES CINEMARK RUNWAY PLAYA VISTA(APRIL 22-28TH)
INAUGRAL PUNK FILM FESTIVAL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LA PUNK M– — USEUM (MARCH 16TH)
CEO/DIRECTOR OF A DYNAMIC PRODUCTION OFFICE/STUDIO AT THE BEACH WITH SCREENING ROOM (60 SEATS) WITH ADJOINING TEA ROOM
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TREELINE MUSIC AGENCY (BOOKING FOR FILM/TV)
VENICE MEDIA DISTRICT JOINT EVENT WITH HOLLYWOOD MEDIA DISTRICT AND BURBANK MEDIA DISTRICT
VMD TECH LUNCHEON WITH ELECTED OFFICIAL SENATOR BEN ELLEN – PRESENTING A PANEL (MAY ALSO PRESENT TO DIGITAL HOLLYWOOD)
VMD TECH PANEL AT GOOGLE
(GOAL IS BRINGING TECH AND FILM AND MEDIA TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE ON ONE PLATFORM)
Sandie West Director/Producer Beach Dancer Films http://www.beachdancerfilms.com
3401 Pacific Ave,1st Flr, 2B, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 (Enter reception area by the ocean porch) 310-721-2389