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 minister

The US has a right wing president

Social 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 again

Soundtrack: 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 Specials

THE END OF THE FILM OPENS INTO THE FOURTH BOOK

———RAVE ON (BOOK OPTIONED)———-

 

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WE ARE THE FLOWERS

Documentary #1866627

Interviews 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. 

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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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