A preview of the Sea Wall Film Q&A with Simon Stephens and Andrew Scott.
BAFTA nominated actor Andrew Scott and Olivier Award winning playwright Simon Stephens share the stage at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith to talk about acting, writing, keeping it simple and the emotional power of their film collaboration, Sea Wall.
You can also view the preview on our website:
http://www.seawallandrewscott.com/portfolio/sea-wall-q-a/
The full Q&A film will be released in a few weeks.
A personal message from the producers of Sea Wall – and a Valentine’s prize!
Simon, Andrew and Andrew want to say thank you for all your beautiful responses to Sea Wall. It’s been exactly a year since we made the film and it’s brilliant to now share something we love with such a fantastic audience. Since our launch on January 15th, people have downloaded and been moved by Sea Wall across Europe and the USA, in Australia, Canada, NZ, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Brazil. Within 48 hours of being online we had over 8,000 notes on our Tumblr page and Sea Wall was one of the top 2 movie downloads on Distrify.
To mark the first month of Sea Wall online and as a little thank you we’d like to share this exclusive new, previously unseen (!) photograph of Andrew Scott. To get a personally signed, dedicated copy from Andrew and a signed copy of the Sea Wall script from Simon, we’re running a competition – just follow @seawallfilm on Twitter and @ reply to ‘SeaWallFilm’ with hashtag (#seawallfilm) and the answer to the following question:
Which French airport did Alex, Helen and Lucy fly to in Sea Wall? If you don’t know already you can find the answer by watching the free trailer on www.seawallandrewscott.com
Love from @SeaWallFilm
Photograph by Paul Black Images
Here are some fragments, tweets, reactions and thoughts inspired by Sea Wall:
“There are so many things I could say about sea wall. But somehow, I don’t really feel the need to say any of them… except for.. well… everything. Everything- just everything, is sheer, meaningful perfection. Thank-you. Thank-you so bloody much…”
“We just watched Seawall and I am honestly stunned. The presentation is simple but elegant. The writing is beautiful and natural, perfectly matched to the soft, forcefully loving voice telling the story as his own.”
“it was just very moving, the whole way it was portrayed. It was just so beautiful. The way he’s talking, Alex’ voice, the story he’s telling, the way he moves, his face… Everything was just perfect.”
“i’m just so surprised and horrified and empty and sad. and just such good believable acting and jesus. like i need to go find this human being now and make sure he’s okay.”
“A half hour long movie brutally shoved many favourite movies aside and settled comfortably in the hole it created in my stomach. Sea Wall was more real to me than so many conversations with actual people have been”
“I’m just in awe a bit. I hate, at times like this that the term ‘awesome’ has been ruined for its more original meaning and been applied to hotdogs and shoes and hand bags. Awesome is the near perfect word for this film.”
“It is an incredible piece of cinema, and I am, quite possibly, in love with it.
“The writing is impeccable, and the acting is beyond words. Andrew Scott is fantastically talented, and he makes these words, this story, come to life.”
“I just watched Sea Wall, after purchasing it a few days ago. I purchased it as a message: to show support for independent film-making and digital distribution…The only thing I will say is this: Buy this film. Watch this film. Talk about this film. There is something at the heart of this that is so moving, so human, so necessary to discuss, to shake out, to recognize.”
“I was more touched, more moved by those thirty three minutes of uninterrupted speech by one man than I have been by any film I¹ve seen. He portrays the most human man I¹ve ever seen. It¹s almost as if he¹s not a character. It seems that Andrew Scott really IS Alex. His emotions. His body language. His voice. All of it. This whatever-it-was was the most beautiful piece of art I¹ve ever had the pleasure of seeing”
“It’s happy, sad, angsty, mad and the thousand other things life represents. Ultimately it’s not just about Alex, it’s about you. It’s about the possibilities and opportunities. It’s about hope….Everyone needs to watch this…at one point in your life you’ll remember that short film from 2012 and you’ll realize its true meaning”
“God, it was just so…Human. So human…it made me think differently. It made me think of things I hadn’t before. The film will haunt me, and that does not bother me at all.”
“If you watch just one single thing in your entire life, watch Sea Wall.”
The terms and conditions:
Closing date for competition entries is midnight (GMT) on Tuesday February 14. The prize is a photograph signed and dedicated by Andrew Scott and a signed copy of the Sea Wall script from Simon Stephens. To enter, respond to the Twitter contest by @ replying ‘SeaWallFilm’ with your answer and using the supplied hashtag (#seawallfilm).
The winner will be informed via an @ message on Twitter on February 17. The winner should direct message us @SeaWallFilm with their mail address in order to claim the prize.
Anyone found to use multiple accounts to enter will be ineligible.
Please include an @reply to us so we can see your entry.
There will be one winner, who will be picked at random.
Just one entry per person please.
(Source: seawallfilmandrewscott)
