The new trailer:
The last hours - Don't leave it too late!
Get us to the next level - see the perk increases below!
The film is being completed as said but with your help
lets get the film up to the max we can in the last hours!
Dont forget more funding means:
More interviews
More Scenes
More Exposure
More Actors
More Games
and more fun!
AND PLUS YOU GET THE FILM AT THIS INDIEGOGO RATE - AND EARLY RELEASE TOO!
This extra funding is to help Filming, Post Production, Editing and getting more bigger
The more funding the bigger the film!
Please share away - lets do this! - GAME ON!
The last week! - Thank you soo much for your support!
We are in the final days so keep sharing, funding and being generally aces! Dont forget the film WILL BE produced and filming the interviews start next month! - we just need investments to increase the production to the next levels and this is the only way you can order the film at this price
We are so humble to you for helping us!
AS A BIG THANKS - ALL INVESTORS FOR THE SPECIAL EDITION DVD HAVE THE OPTION TO UPGRADE TO THE BLURAY 2 DISC SPECIAL EDITION THAT INCLUDES ALL THE INTERVIEWS AND EXTENDED CUT OF THE FILM - AT NO EXTRA COST! JUST ORDER THE DVD S.E.
WIN AN ARCADE MACHINE!
With Thanks to www.arcadeclub.co.uk you can win a working original cabaret arcade machine containing Mr.Do and 1942 if you share and share our film and help with the funding (See VIDEO for information on how)
New Update - The first 50 investors also receive the Special Edition of our last film - The SciFi film CHARLIE AND ME as a THANK YOU FOR BEING AMAZING!
A big THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE who contributed to our film so far!
Remember the film has a budget in place and will still be produced but we still need your help!
Its going to be so much fun!
The Budget from our Indiegogo funding is too push the film next bigger Level on a worldwide scale! - and to get the film more interviewees, scenes and locations.
Get Involved - lets go wild and make the best film!
WE CANNOT WAIT TO GET FILMING AND MAKING THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE TO THE GAMES, COMPUTERS AND PEOPLE WHO INFLUENCED A GENERATION!
LOOK AT TEASER#1 - The Track n Field
Visit THE BUTTON BASHERS on IMDB for the castings / Interviewies here: http://tinyurl.com/j9z9e7v
LOOK AT TEASER#2 - The Clash!
NEW UPDATE! ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WILL RECEIVE A DIGITAL COPY OF OUR LAST FILM ' CHARLIE AND ME' A SCI FI 30min short - Trailer here:
NEW UPDATE! CASTING NEWS!
We are so proud to announce that Actor, Writer and Comedian Ewen Macintosh will be appearing as 'The Programmer' in the feature film, The Button Bashers. Ewen's credits include playing Keith in 'The Office' by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as well as 'Little Britain' and 'Life's too short' - Fantastic to have you onboard!
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(Above) Grab the DVD copy of THE BUTTON BASHERS before release at the Indiegogo Price which includes a lovely Digital Copy of both THE BUTTON BASHERS and CHARLIE AND ME!
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(Above :From the Button Bashers Script - 'Whizz Kids' segment)
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Ever played a computer game?
Great - Your in the right place.
Do the names Commodore 64, Sinclair Spectrum, Zzap!64, Joysticks, Infinitive lives and dark arcades mean anything to you?
Yeah I had one of those Spectrum computers. I loved Jet-Pac.
Do you wish you could turn back time and be in that era again for a little while?
Of course - but do I have to wait for those games to load for ages again??
The Button Bashers is a brand new film from Elerby Studios.
A drama/Factual (with interviews)/Fun romp through the gaming years in the UK starting in 1981.
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(Above :From the Button Bashers Script - 'The coders' segment)
With Thanks to www.arcadeclub.co.uk you can win a working original cabaret arcade machine containing Mr.Do and 1942 if you share and share our film and help with the funding (See Updates for information on how)
The UK scene was very different than the rest of the world. We didn't see the video game crash of 1982. We were too busy playing with our ZX81 (or rather waiting for it to load 3D Monster Maze and crashing at the end).
The film The Button Bashers will feature filmed segments of the era. So if the names Ocean Software, Imagine, U.S. Gold and Llamasoft mean anything to you - You will love this - It will like be living back in the golden age of gaming.
We have a large set of interviewees from the best gaming era to be a part of the film. Imagine seeing Jon Hare (Sensible Software) telling tells of the fun he had in the industry making Wizball for the Commodore 64 and then actors playing out the scenes alongside. It will make interesting viewing and a beautiful tribute to the days of Quickshot II Joysticks, Novaloads and Crash Magazine.
Think The Film 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE and you will know the kind of film we are trying to create. Its never been done for this part of the gaming world in the UK.
In the Film you will follow our hero the programmer as he works in the industry, reacts with the games you all know and love (lots of Ultimate Play the Game nods aplenty) and as the industry progresses and years roll by.
The film is in segments that cover the best games from that area such as Jet Set Willy and Monty Mole - cut against real life interviews with the programmers that entertained a generation.
You have heard the stories.
We want to make those stories come alive on the screen.
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The UK gaming scene has so many legendary stories to tell the world such as the Whizz kids, Buyouts, money, the magazines and the fun creative world that started a brand new industry.
Its not all UK based. We will also cover the US influence on the UK with the arcades and how licences went over creativity towards the end of the 1980s.
We want a fun look back the Computers, Games and People - with the ultimate respect.
Castings for the film will be announced as the budget develops
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So who is involved so far?
Already we have one amazing set of the Industry legends involved with the film at this stage - and this is increasing by the day!
Rob Hubbard
Creator of some of the best Commodore 64 soundtracks of all time. Such as Sanxion, Monty on the Run, Commando and Thing on a Spring.
Peter Harrap
Peter made a generation happy with his superb Monty Mole collection of games on many systems like the Sinclair Spectrum and Amstrad.
Jon Hare
Sensible Software guru who delighted us with Wizball, Microprose Soccer and Parallax on the Commodore 64. Later to create Sensible Soccer on the Commodore Amiga.
Jon Ritman
Creator of the superb Head over Heels, Batman and Match Day series of games on the Spectrum and converted to many various machines.
John Gibson
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Part of the creative Denton Designs in Liverpool who programmed such classics as Frankie goes to Hollywood and Shadowfire on the C64, Spectrum and Amstrad.
Simon Butler
Worked on dozens of classic releases like The Neverending Story on the Spectrum, Highlander on the Amstrad and Total Recall on dozens of systems.
Philip and Andrew Oliver
Mention a Dizzy game and millions of Spectrum owners would start to cry. The guys made Dizzy, released through budget heroes, Codemasters a household name.
Mark R Jones
Famed for converting a bloody lovely conversion of Wizball to the Sinclair machine and later on such classics as Rambo III and Total Recall - for Ocean software.
Roger Kean
Founder of Newsfield - Arguably the best Computer game publisher of all time with Crash, Zzap!64 and Amtix.
Oliver Frey
Oliver's superb artwork at Newsfield and beyond brought life to the covers of the above magazines and bedroom walls across the world.
Gary Penn
Editor of Zzap! magazine in the early (and best) years and game designer / Producer such at DMA Design when Grand Theft Auto was published.
Not the complete list - And this list in increasing daily - keep a look at our updates and videos for who else is going to appear in the film.
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What games / Machines will be covered?
All of the above and more.
We hope to cover all the major machines, arcades, games and people you remember and maybe a few you forgot about (but have some great memories of). There will also be a little console love in there too!
This is all depending on the final budget for the film.
The Funding
We need funding for this film. The budget is small so far but we want, with your help, make a bigger production and bigger, bolder end product.
As with all films the budget gets eaten almost right away. We want to get more industry legends involved, More actors, bigger scenes. We want this to go as massive as we can.
There is a fixture in place so if we go over funding we can develop the script to be filmed on a larger level and this budget will cover the filming stage and post production. We want to go wild with The Button Bashers and make the ultimate tribute to this great era - and a very enjoyable film to watch for all.
Your help will aid:
- Interviews / Filming / Additional Actors / More Interviews / More Scenes+Locations
- Post Production work such as sound and Grading
- Publicity / Screenings / Distribution
Publicity
We love shouting at what we do at Elerby Studios. We are devils for it.
We are going to shout about The Button Bashers to every media we can think of. With our last film, Charlie and Me we pushed every button to get the film noticed and appeared on TV, Radio and magazines about the film.
We want people outside an interest of gaming to notice this film.
About the Director
Directed by Lee Bolton who wrote for many years the website Lee's PeeknPoke in the last 90s and many magazines about retro games - so he knows a thing or two about the industry.
Lee's studio, Elerby Studios has been responsible for films, Promos and music video games for many years - check the home of Elerby here:
www.elerbystudios.co.uk
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Lee Bolton's background in film and TV is varied. Having worked on many films including Fast and the Furious 6 (2013), 71 (2014). X and Y (2014), Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (2016) and Tim Burton's Miss Peregrines home for Peculiar children (2016).
His TV work include Shameless Series Eleven (C4), Peaky Blinders series one and two (BBC), Coronation Street (ITV), Emmerdale (ITV), Give out Girls (Sky), Scott and Bailey (ITV), Banana (C4) Ripper St Series Three (BBC) and Mount Pleasant (Sky).
Also appearing in the adverts of 'Injury4u' and Mars World Cup advert of 2014.
Lee has also appeared in three Royal Television award winning films - 'Carbooty', 'Campbell's Journey' (both winning in thier fields in 2013) and the 'Drop Art' music promo (Winning best music video in 2014).
Lee Directed last year a science fiction film 'Charlie and Me' which is showing at various festivals across the world later this year.
This project is very close to Lee's heart and wants to make the best film to respect and show off the talents that the world enjoyed - and are still enjoying.
We have one amazing crew working on the film and we cannot wait to start rolling!
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