Geoff Thompson's ' Watch My Back' deserves a to be made into a decent British film. Amazing book. A must read for anyone who hasn't, the man is a 20th/21st century gentleman/guru
I remember , before the film was cast , saying to Geoff " You know who you need to be the main man in this film ? " He said " Yeah - in my dreams." Then we both said together " Ray Winstone ." We both laughed , because Ray Winstone is a major actor; a star who works in multi-million dollar movies. About a week later Geoff phoned me - " Guess who we've got for the lead ." yup - Ray Winstone . Perfect.
Making an impression in a film that short is quite a challenge. Mr Thompson more than met it. What an interesting and impressive man he is. The only time I’ve successfully hidden fear was when I did my first gig as a stand-up comedian. My friends said they were blown away by how confident I was. And yet I was actually bricking it. But I knew I had to pretend to be in control. Doing that in a literal life and death situation is awesome.
When the sun of culture shines low, even dwarves like Thompson will cast long shadows. Yea, because speaking from my own experience with this person, you know pressure testing Thompson ... when the shit hits the fan, so to speak ... I can quite honestly say, he does not practice what he preaches. And so you never walk alone, but without fake Thompson for sure... His books aren't worth the money in the first place. And I grew tired of the Bafta ... blah blub ... Bafta ... blahblub ... Bafta ... blub Just another fake, trying to milk the curious. You can tell when you look close enough...
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Geoff Thompson's ' Watch My Back' deserves a to be made into a decent British film. Amazing book. A must read for anyone who hasn't, the man is a 20th/21st century gentleman/guru
It has its called clubbed don't do the book justice but I feel it fills in a few missing parts from the book
@@bobbyainscough6417 Perhaps a series, the film has to be condensed into simple story structure, book has too many stories.
I remember , before the film was cast , saying to Geoff " You know who you need to be the main man in this film ? " He said " Yeah - in my dreams." Then we both said together " Ray Winstone ." We both laughed , because Ray Winstone is a major actor; a star who works in multi-million dollar movies. About a week later Geoff phoned me - " Guess who we've got for the lead ." yup - Ray Winstone . Perfect.
Second time I've seen this now in 8 years and I cry like a little girl each time! Too real for me ! Great acting
You cry like a little girl watching this?You have some serious emotional difficulties mate..otherwise known as being a total c××t 😂😂
Fantastic! Not much compares to the close knit club work, sure beats an office. Fragile life.
paddy & ray .. class!!!!!!!!
Wow. Just..........WOW.
Powerful as hell!!!
Great film. We got showed this on our door supervisor course.
really great! a deep message disguised by such an overlooked job. you can really feel the emotions =D
Outstanding, true, film. Total respect
Making an impression in a film that short is quite a challenge. Mr Thompson more than met it.
What an interesting and impressive man he is.
The only time I’ve successfully hidden fear was when I did my first gig as a stand-up comedian. My friends said they were blown away by how confident I was. And yet I was actually bricking it. But I knew I had to pretend to be in control.
Doing that in a literal life and death situation is awesome.
Awesome film, very well done, great casting
Great short Hard hitting.
Powerful. Watching
Really sobering..thanks for sharing it.
This is a mash up of Geoff Thompson books, I read em all, even the anecdote shaun tells
Wow! Thanks for that! Very few people appreciate what we do! Kind comment!
Enjoyed that, thanks
Paddy Considine from the worlds end awesome
who's the one person 👎 .. wtf! it's class!
a young paddy considine
Excellent
My missus kept saying my job wasnt that dangerous, i showed her this and she was slightly shocked. However the reality is far worse.
Total bullshit story dude 🤦♂️😅😅
Bloody hell 0:42 that's Billy Hennessy from Clubbed.
This is fucking amazing.
Great film this, we watched it at college with our trainer andy that was a bouncer.. would love to get back in touch with that guy :D
7:52 I bet he's just thinking "You just fucked up real bad."
So this is what King Viserys got up to in his youth 😆
Wish Geoff would release the real cctv of himself in action
This is fucking Clubbed.
that venue looks like it's on fargos ford street in Coventry known as scholars now
Yea it was had to look myself advertisement board in the middle 😂
He's very adaptable is Ray, you never know what type of character he'll play next. That's why he's never type-cast. Said no one ever.
Where's his KFC 😂
I want to make a bouncer film I do
When the sun of culture shines low, even dwarves like Thompson will cast long shadows.
Yea, because speaking from my own experience with this person, you know pressure testing Thompson ... when the shit hits the fan, so to speak ... I can quite honestly say, he does not practice what he preaches.
And so you never walk alone, but without fake Thompson for sure...
His books aren't worth the money in the first place. And I grew tired of the Bafta ... blah blub ... Bafta ... blahblub ... Bafta ... blub
Just another fake, trying to milk the curious. You can tell when you look close enough...