Graham Feeley (Writer, Director, Producer)
Starting off as an actor. I quickly got into writing, directing, producing theater productions. With my love of classic American film culture, one of my highlights was making a theater adaptation of Reservoir Dogs.
Another passion was creating a theater adaptation of Taxi Driver. I was triumphant, despite the project having reasonable doubt of success due to the story construct of the actual film.
Original Play, To Original Film
Due to logistics and scale of this film, it also has reasonable doubt attached to it. Based on an original play I made a number of years ago, set in America.
I worked on making this a fully fledged feature film for the last three years.. something I will never give up on. As mentioned above, it's a type of project that's never been done in Ireland before.. but everything must be done for a first time at some stage and it makes it all that worth while pursuing.
Other then using minimal footage from America, this film will be fully filmed in my homeland, It's even more exciting that this will be the first bank heist film ever made in Galway.
It is something I believe can flourish if it has support behind it. We have have managed to film 40 percent of the film meticulously managing to have authenticity and quality to every aspect thus far. But now we are coming to the stage where we need help from the community to keep the quality of the film as we go full throttle into bigger production value.
The Team
Team timelapse by David Souto
We have a wonderful team on this project and actually do so much more then their actual credits in the film which is one of the main aspects this will succeed. But seeing as this segment is supposed to be brief, I will keep it short. There is 36 people in the cast and crew altogether, so I will have to name just a few.
David Souto ( Director of photography, Editor, Producer )
The Three Deaths Of Eddie, on set ( David, with Paul Hughes as 'The Mystery Man')
With many films and documentaries under his belt. David is an award winning filmmaker who runs Greendog productions.
An aspect I thought would have been impossible, was finding crew members who had the needed skill and passion for what was being attempted without laughing off the grueling task I was asking people to take on. But David heard me out, not only did he give me a chance, he is now my partner on the production and has really brought everything to life the way it should be.. and more!
Here is David's recent showreel that shows what he is made of. There is also footage from our film that appears within it.
https://vimeo.com/176857568
If you missed the trailer in the intro above, here is a link which David created himself.
https://vimeo.com/279639255
Andy Reynolds ( Music composer, Foley artist, Actor )
The Three Deaths Of Eddie, movie still. ( Andy as 'Snake')
Andy is most notable for his music composition on the hit BBC series Being Human which ran for 5 seasons. He was also a composer on the cult foreign film Ong Bak.
On a limb, I approached him, to my delight he loved the script and responded to me with great passion. A very fun conversation as he understood the subtext of the story and he really wanted to sink his teeth into designing the music for it. One of the first things Andy done was send me a demo of composition he designed for a scene involving two of the leads, while also adding foley and voice over work with the appropriate accents.
This was something I was blown away by.. especially his portrayal of Russian criminal character 'Snake'. One who I was finding very hard to cast. I had then learned Andy had done voice acting before and I saw his charisma in other media.. charisma that was vital for 'Snake'. I knew it was meant to be for him to play this character.
Thinking he would scoff at the idea of also acting in the project, I approached him about it anyway.. and now the rest will be history.
Andy has wrote and composed a large catalogue of music for the film of what we have so far. As a taster, here is a link to one of the songs.
Jade Goodefellow ( Wardrobe and Costume design )
The Three Deaths Of Eddie, movie still.
Usually more familiar with larger film productions and series such as Let Us Prey, Penance, Sanctuary and Jack Taylor.
Jade came on to this project with the sole goal of achieving true art after being happy with the script. Upon reading the first draft however to my amusement, Jade pointed out that I had the majority of the characters 'dressed like they were going to a funeral'.
She studied the script thoroughly and requested I send her the back story of each individual character up until the moments of the story so as to construct what their true attire should be and then rework it into the script. After we concluded this she then sourced the costumes that represented the characters, internally and externally.
Barry Keane ( Actor )
The Three Deaths Of Eddie, movie still. ( Barry as 'Bob')
Being a film actor, Barry has featured in many plays and is involved in a lot of theater productions around Galway. However, he would be most notable for the recurring villain 'Anto' since 2011 in the ongoing RTÉ TV series Ros a Rún.
Barry is a versatile actor who I throughly enjoy working with. Involved with the majority of my theatrical work in the director seat. He understands my visions from the get go and always elevates the characters to a level beyond my initial expectations. He is actually one of the leading characters from the original play who is reprising his role for the feature regardless of the many auditions for this project.
What we need!
We have pulled in favours and strategically managed to shoot 40 percent of the film in some great areas around Salthill, Galway city, Castlegar and Corofin and also shooting in some great establishments such as Gannets Fishmongers, The Shearwater Hotel, Hillbilly's Restaurant and PJ's bar amongst other places.
However, the cast and crew have been working for very little money despite the vast amount of work they put in.. or sometimes just having their expenses covered. But as we move to this final stage of the shoot. The work involved is going to elevate higher than before and I could no longer ask them to continue unless I can give them some decent pay. So some of the funds would be used to carry my cast and crew through the rest of the production.
The rest of the funding would go to feeding and expenses. Getting some additional equipment we require, as well as additional costumes, make-up/SFX, props, production design and editing/VFX.
Lastly, for this stage of the film. We are having the interior of a workshop in Athenry redesigned and manufactured into the setting of a bank. So a good portion of the money will go into the materials and production design of this as well as the labour to create it.
We need far more funds then what is addressed on the page, but if I got close to this I could really work with it and uphold the quality of the film we have managed to sustain so far.
With your help, you would be aiding in helping us create a film we believe in and are truly passionate about. You will also be part of something that's never been done before. I would like to think that this would also open doors for other film makers in Ireland who are disheartened to do their dream project due to logistics and scale.
Finally... THE PERKS!!
Being super grateful if anyone could help our cause.. I will do my best to add some worthwhile perks to show my gratitude.
The perks will consist from everything to shout outs, credits in the film, t-shirts, featured extra opportunities as well as production credits, VIP seat screening, and many more!
Please go to the perk section to see in more detail. If you are unable to help funding wise.. Sharing this campaign on social media or email would also be super beneficial to us and would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for taking the time to read.
The Three Deaths Of Eddie, movie still. (William Morriarity as Bullet Bill)