Dead Man's Cards (http://www.deadmanscards.com/)

Brief synopsis:

Former boxer Tom is on the ropes. His promising fight career is long over, thanks to an eye injury, his marriage is on the rocks and he's broke. When a chance encounter at the gym leads to the offer of work as a doorman at a run-down nightclub, the jury is out on whether he has taken a step on the road to redemption or has finally hit the self-destruct button.

The volatile head doorman Paul (knuckle-duster ever at the ready) is a battle-hardened veteran from the old school. Recognising Tom for the fighter that he once was, Paul takes him under his wing and guides him through the ins and outs of life as a club land 'peacekeeper'. Tom does his best to fit in and play the hard man, but soon strikes up a friendship with Mary, the world-weary head barmaid, who recognises something more than the norm in the down-on-his-luck fighter. Unfortunately for them, dealing with a smack on the nose and a drunk with a broken bottle is nothing for Tom compared to his inadequacy at dealing with a broken heart. The personal baggage of losing his wife due to his impotency is a secret he will keep bottled up at all costs. Tom soon finds out he has entered a world of trouble when Chongi, the head of the biggest, most ambitious security firm, has a score to settle with Paul, and stakes an interest in the down-at-heel club. As the tension escalates, Tom is soon forced to question his new loyalties, and whether he really has lost the bottle for a fight.


Format: 35mm Cinemascope
Year of production: 2005
Running time: 110 mins
Director: James Marquand
Producers: James Marquand, Matthew Whyte, Sigvaldi Karason
Executive/Co-Producers: Steven Corless, Phillip Evers
Editor: Sigvaldi Karason
Screenwriters: James McMartin, James Marquand
Director of Photography: Mathew Whyte
Sound: Alan O'Duffy
Music: Bernd Rest
Principal cast: Paul Barber, Tom Bell, Samantha Janus, Gary Mavers, and introducing James McMartin


Production Company:
Stray Dogs Productions
31a Well Lane, Rock Ferry
Merseyside, CH42 4QQ, England
Telephone +44 (0)15 1644 6600
Fax +44 (0)151 645 4442
straydogsfilms@yahoo.com
www.stray-dogs.com

Is this on the cinema soon because I wouldn't mind seeing this?

Is this on the cinema soon because I wouldn't mind seeing this?
It was featured at this years Cannes Film Festival so I guess it will be around somewhere shortly.

It was featured at this years Cannes Film Festival so I guess it will be around somewhere shortly.

Maybe it will go straight onto DVD release or get an airing on a small cinema like the one in Edge Lane? It seems to be a typical Liverpool gangster film in the vein of "going off big time" and "shooters" both of which I liked very much,I'll get too see it somehow.

A movie which trawls the seedy underworld of Liverpool's scene has won a New York film festival.Dead man's cards an independant movie shot in Liverpool,won the award for the best international film in the Harlem international film festival.

The thriller is based on the life of the movies star James McMartin,an ex boxer who worked as a bouncer in the city's pubs and clubs.Audiences in New York liked it so much it had to be screened twice.

The film beat off competition from films starring Wesley Snipes and Vinnie Jones to win the American award and is also being shown in the Australian and Oslo festivals.

The violent tale featuring Liverpool actor Tom Bell who has since died,takes an uncompromising view of the comings and goings of a rundown nightclub.:)

A movie which trawls the seedy underworld of Liverpool's scene has won a New York film festival.Dead man's cards an independant movie shot in Liverpool,won the award for the best international film in the Harlem international film festival.

The thriller is based on the life of the movies star James McMartin,an ex boxer who worked as a bouncer in the city's pubs and clubs.Audiences in New York liked it so much it had to be screened twice.

The film beat off competition from films starring Wesley Snipes and Vinnie Jones to win the American award and is also being shown in the Australian and Oslo festivals.

The violent tale featuring Liverpool actor Tom Bell who has since died,takes an uncompromising view of the comings and goings of a rundown nightclub.:)

Wow!
Looking forward to it Paul:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Hi all

The website address listed for Stray Dogs Films above is a bit off. It should be http://www.straydogsfilms.com and also you can go straight to the site for the movie and see a trailer of "Dead Man's Cards" at http://www.deadmanscards.com

Chris

Contact Picture House at FACT (Wood Street).
It sounds just like their cup of tea.

Hi all

The website address listed for Stray Dogs Films above is a bit off. It should be http://www.straydogsfilms.com and also you can go straight to the site for the movie and see a trailer of "Dead Man's Cards" at http://www.deadmanscards.com

Chris
FFS! Worra trailer!:eek:
Thanks Chris.

Wow!
Looking forward to it Paul:PDT_Aliboronz_24:


So am I but I'm not sure where to see it it looks great doesn't it?

So am I but I'm not sure where to see it it looks great doesn't it?
Just showed my eldest lad Paul (who shares the same sense of humour as me) the reply that the bloke gave to the kid who went "bang, bang" at the end of the trailer and we're still wetting ourselves laughing!:PDT_Piratz_26:

Just showed my eldest lad Paul (who shares the same sense of humour as me) the reply that the bloke gave to the kid who went "bang, bang" at the end of the trailer and we're still wetting ourselves laughing!:PDT_Piratz_26:

:lol: I've got to see this film.

:lol: I've got to see this film.
BTW, Only Scousers can pronounce the "F" and "C" word like they were meant to be said:PDT_Piratz_26:

I e-mailed them and here's my reply.

Thanks for your interest in "Dead man's cards" We are due for cinema release on the 15th Dec. 06. It is being platformed at various cinema throughout the UK, so if you can
let us know which area in the UK you are from we will be in a position to direct you
to the nearest cinema to where you live.


Put it in your diary

I e-mailed them and here's my reply.

Thanks for your interest in "Dead man's cards" We are due for cinema release on the 15th Dec. 06. It is being platformed at various cinema throughout the UK, so if you can
let us know which area in the UK you are from we will be in a position to direct you
to the nearest cinema to where you live.


Put it in your diary

It opens on Dec: 15th and is showing at

Showcase Liverpool
Odeon Liverpool (London Road)
Odeon Liverpool (Switch Island, Netherton)
Odeon Bromborough (Wirral)

Please enjoy the film and tell everyone you know to please go and
see it. As like the music charts the amount of people who attend
will determine if they keep it on for a further week.

Thanks for your help, and e-mail us with your comments after seeing it.

Please everyone make an effort to go and see it if it interests you at all.

If you have nothing planned for the weekend Dead Mans Cards is on the cinema.

DEAD MAN'S CARDS:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

UK Celebrity Premiere - 6th December 06
Liverpool, Odeon (London rd)

London Area - From 15th December 06
Basingstoke, Odeon

Granada Area - From 15th December 06
Bristol, Cineworld
Bromborough, Odeon
Leeds, Showcase
Liverpool, Odeon (London rd)
Liverpool, Odeon (Switch Island)
Liverpool, Showcase
Manchester, Showcase