A special screening of Screen WM backed feature film at Warwick Art Centre.
Faintheart an old-fashioned comedy - with a very modern genesis - is to be screened at Warwick Art Centre on Fri 17 Oct followed by a Q & A with Director Vito Rocco. The screening will give audiences the opportunity to see the film that was produced with input from users of MySpace as part of an online competition on the big screen and ask Vitto Rocco questions about the film making process.
Faintheart is a dry but endearing comedy proves that film making by committee can work. Britain's most brilliant and ubiquitous supporting actor Eddie Marsan (Happy-Go-Lucky, Vera Drake), steps centre stage as Richard, a loveable nerd with a passion for Viking battle re-enactments. Running out of indulgent affection is Richard's wife, Cath (Hynes). As the marriage fragments, Richard must locate the hero within... One of the great delights of Faintheart is the cheerful respect which it confers upon the most guileless and unglamorous of characters.
With hints of Shaun of the Dead, Son of Rambow and Monty Python (plus a priceless introduction, courtesy of Ewan Bremner, to talking dirty in Klingon), this is a total pleasure - for geeks and lesser mortals alike.
The Q & A with Vito Rocco will follow on after the screening with ample opportunity for audience questions. Vito Rocco got the chance to move into features three years after his short movie Goodbye, Cruel World debuted at the Berlin Film Festival after winning the first MySpace MyMovie MashUp Competition.
Tickets are on sale now from Warwick Arts Centre priced at £6.25 (£5.25) University of Warwick Students £2.50. For further details or to purchase tickets click here.
www.myspace.com/faintheartthemovie
Faintheart was made with the support of the European Regional Development Fund and Advantage West Midlands through Screen WM.