] A low budget British movie from the Oscar-nominated
] writer of The Full Monty will today be the first in the
] world to be given a premiere on the internet.
]
] This Is Not A Love Song, a gritty Deliverance-style film,
] was shot in less than a fortnight.
]
] The thriller will be streamed online today at 6pm, as
] well as simultaneously being shown in a handful of
] cinemas.
]
] It stars David Bradley - best known for his roles in Our
] Friends In The North and as Argus Filch in the Harry
] Potter films - and John Henshaw from BBC2's The Cops and
] Early Doors.
]
] Filmmakers will take note. One of the major downfalls of
] the UK film industry is the difficulty of getting
] distribution for the movies that are produced. It means
] often their only outlet is to go straight to video.
]
] But now British movie bosses are keen to see how much
] interest there is in watching movies on the internet as
] it could become a way of making them more widely
] screened.
]
] Paul Trijbits of the UK Film Council, which funded the
] movie, said: "We are keen to use it as a test bed now the
] technology is there."
]
] The cat and mouse film sees two fugitives on the run from
] a group of vigilante farmers after an accidental killing
] on a remote farm. It was made for under £500,000. Simon
] Beaufoy, who created The Full Monty, wrote the screenplay
] in a matter of days%2

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