What is Love is Thicker than Water?
They say that opposites attract, but what happens next? Do opposites stay together? What happens when opposites meet the parents and siblings? And can opposites weather the inevitable storm when it comes?
Often quirky and fun, sometimes painful and rough, Love is Thicker than Water gives an uncompromisingly true account of real love.
This hugely exciting project also takes a novel approach to film making, using the skills of two directors to create both strong performance and visual dynamics.
Love is Thicker than Water is a collaboration between veteran cult film director Ate de Jong (Drop Dead Fred) and Emily Harris, multi-award winning short film director and Head of Film Production at the Victoria and Albert Museum, making her feature film debut.
Have a look at our promo reel, perhaps you already did, and you'll get the picture (we hope).
The Cast Includes:
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Johnny Flynn - Starred opposite Anne Hathaway in Song One; plays the lead in Comedy Central's new sitcom Brotherhood and is an internationally acclaimed musician. Soon to be playing the lead in a new film about the Kinks.
Lydia Wilson - Nominated for an Olivier award for her role in Charles III; starred alongside Domhall Gleeson and Bill Nighy in Richard Curtis' About Time. From October onwards to be seen on Broadway in Charles III.
Juliet Stevenson - CBE; Olivier award Winner; five times Olivier award nominee, four times BAFTA nominee. Films include Bend it Like Beckham, Mona Lisa Smile and Being Julia.
Henry Goodman - Two times Olivier award Winner; Most recently 'Dr List' in Avengers: Age of Ultron and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Other films include Notting Hill and Woman in Gold.
Jessica Gunning - Starred in Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated Pride; Starred in The Woman in Red (BBC).
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Ellie Kendrick - Meera Reed in HBO's Game of Thrones; Anne Frank in BBC 1's The Diary of Anne Frank
Al Weaver - Stars alongside James Norton in ITV's Grantchester.
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Alex Lanipekun - Hank Wonham in Showtime's Homeland, also Ben Kaplan in BBC's Spooks.
Remy Beasley - Beyonce in Sky One's Stella. And a real new discovery in Love is Thicker than Water.
Why Indiegogo?
We had a brilliant shoot and have completed principle photography. Now we need YOUR help to complete the movie! Moving into post production, we need to raise additional funds in order to make the film the very best we possibly can and secure a theatrical release.
Every contribution will directly help us to do justice to the incredible work of everyone involved so far.
Where your money goes...
Your backing is the final push to bring Love is Thicker than Water to a higher and more visible level so that it can compete at the best festivals, and achieve cinematic release in great quality theatres throughout the UK and abroad.
The money will go directly towards additional production costs including:
- Editing - To get the best final version possible from the footage in the can we need some extra time in the editing suite with our fantastic editor.
- ADR - (Additional Dialogue Replacement) Unforeseen factors like low flying planes mean re-recording dialogue in a studio.
- Grading - Colour balancing in order to make the film's look match up to the awesome acting and camera work
- Music - Under the supervision of Johnny Flynn, we will create a soundscape using the songs of up and coming and established folk artists to boost the story
- Sound Design - Another absolutely crucial element to tell the story properly.
...& What You Will Get
LOOK AT OUR PERKS, many too good to be true.
Our Hopes for Love is Thicker than Water
At a time when technology and the pace of life mean that we are ever more separated from personal interactions and relationships, this film couldn't be more timely. Bringing back to the fore family and romantic relationships and reminding us all how important the little moments and snapshots of life are.
We want to raise these funds to increase the quality of Love is Thicker than Water and showcase it at festivals from Autumn 2015 as the first step on the path to a wider release both in theatres and across other platforms. If we're lucky enough to go beyond our funding target, we'll use the money to further promote the film.
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Risks and Challenges
Getting Love is Thicker than Water to this stage has been an insightful journey for all of us involved. From here on in, there are a few more steps to cross:
FINISHING THE FILM - we're almost there! An amazing amount of dedication and generosity from everyone involved mean that we have all of the footage in the can. Now we just need your help for the final push to cross the finish line.
SPREADING THE WORD - We're developing a great following on social media and in order to get the film out there, we need as many people as possible to be talking about it so please do spread this far and wide.
INCREASING PROFILE - In order to promote this film properly, we're going to need a great deal of support from you and from everyone who you speak to. More profile means more press and more press means a better likelihood that the film will be seen by more people.
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What to do now
If you like what you've read and seen about the movie, we'd love you to pledge and hope that there is a reward that interests you. Simply click on it and follow the instructions from there.
But you can support us in other ways too. We are sure that the more people who hear about it, the closer we will get to completing the film, so please do share our Indiegogo page amongst your friends and family. Join us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
Thank you so much for being part of the journey so far.
