The Anonymous Widower

Beyond the Pole

After the gloom of the last post, We’re Under Control, this one is about a new film called Beyond the Pole. It’s all about Brits doing what we do best; muddle through with courage, humour and style.

It has been made by Helen Baxendale and her husband and their struggle is described in The Times.

I hope it’s a hit.  But if it isn’t it won’t be without the help of their fans and Facebook.

There’s an equally appropriate irony in the reason this low-budget flick with a tiny distributor and zero marketing budget is on the verge of becoming a hit in America — the pecs and abs of Alex Skarsgard. Between filming Pole and its release, the then unknown Swede stormed the screens in Generation Kill, but most particularly as the sensual, dark vampire Eric in True Blood.

I shall try and see it, but whether it gets to this neck of the woods is definitely in the lap of the distributors.

February 9, 2010 - Posted by AnonW | World | Entertainment, Films, Global Warming/Zero-Carbon