The producers

We got the idea for the Oscar and Jim Executive Producers from David Mamet. His piece on parasitic producers (‘What do they do between golf and shopping?’) was originally in The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2004/apr/09/davidmamet) and is reprinted in Bambi vs Godzilla.

He really doesn’t like them: ‘They sell all parts of the pig but the squeal. And then they sell the squeal.’ I was talking to Tim Malbon, a web guru who runs Made by Many, when the idea emerged (probably from Tim) that Oscar and Jim could rehabilitate Executive Producers, turning them from parasites into angels, making the film possible. It was a shot in the dark but to come back from the shoot and find people from all over the place signing up to be involved with the film is breathtaking and wonderful.

We now have producers - and people wanting to see the film - on every continent: the backing is beginning to be a serious contribution to the cost of the thing while the community signing up is building, one by one, a core audience (it’s also putting the pressure on - but that’s OK). Thank you everyone - we’ll be in touch later this week by email to you all with some more stuff from the shoot and to ask for your assistance and advice on a couple of thorny issues.

We start editing next week, so we’ll have moving pictures - and a trailer - soon. Two very intelligent people have now said ‘where’s the synopsis?’ and I while I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, I will make sure we put something suitably intriguing up here soon. Phil Casey’s on a well-deserved holiday but the poster is on its way too.

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