Don’t mean to offend!

Many thanks for all your replies – the good and the bad!

REARGUNNER started out as a simple ‘War on the Sunday Driver’ plot but has progressed to be more along the lines of HARRY BROWN – and the ex-aircrew in it are indeed the heroes. I’m personally a huge fan of the Lancaster Bomber – it moves me to tears whenever I see one as I think of what the boys went through back then, and the mighty plane they bravely crewed. An amazing feat, and one that needs to be remembered. And I’m a tough hard-bitten 48-year old company director!

My cameraman is also the same age, and has filmed some amazing air to air footage over the years for all sorts of documentary warbird videos… so our short film REARGUNNER is just a bit of pure escapism.

So whilst the plot to REARGUNNER is a tad irreverent (some of you were almost right – they DO put the turret on the back of their minibus and…. well, I’m not going to spoil the end here…) it’s very definitely NOT your usual war film. It’s only a short – and may get broadcast but it’s not a commercial project, and hasn’t been commissioned by any TV Company.

I can promise you that we’ll treat the characters very sympathetically and it will be a story about their sacrifices for a somewhat broken Britain. All their hard work in vain? Maybe they get help in the end from a most unlikely source…. and their faith in humanity is restored.

So, I do welcome your comments good and bad, but I do realise that this film won’t be too everyone’s taste. It does have a moral, but it will be fun to watch! Just bear in mind that it’s entertainment and not a documentary though – and I welcome all the help you can give me please. Even if you hate the idea of this film, bear with us as we hope to produce something quite magical – that you just might be proud of, too.

So, anyway…. who’s got a turret then?

All my best regards, David