Paul Schmaul

Before this segment of the diary can be told, we will first tell a story of something that happened before.

Once upon a time there was a film starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Seth Rogen. 
They called that film 'Paul'.

In the beginning of the film there was a scene where the two protagonists, at the start of their quest, head to Rachel, Nevada and to the Little Ale'Inn for some fun and games with Pat and a few out of towners who give them a hard time. 

So far , so good right?  

Wrong.

Unfortunately, Pegg and Frost did NOT head to Rachel but to a set somewhere in movie land, furnished with all the little things you would find in the bar (including a fictional Pat) - built without their permission and supplied with merchandise bought and rented under false pretenses. Hell they even used the damn menus!

What followed was something that sadly happens in the film world where a big studio takes advantage of the little people that helped them out and without whom it would not have been possible to make the movie....

To this day, Pat, Connie and none of the other people associated with the bar have received a cent in licensing or have been given any promotional material linking them to the film in any way.

Apparently Mr Pegg and co. were unaware of this, but they still haven't lifted a finger to help...

We on the other hand, did not make the same mistake they did. (That would be the mistake of being scumbags)

There is a scene in our film set in the Inn. 

We shot it in the Inn.

With the people IN the Inn.

And it looks fantastic, better than any set would have done and has the authenticity that sets apart a quirky little film like ours from all the other ones out there on the market.  We have a code - if it's in the script and it's a real location - then we will shoot it come hell or high water!

Of course shooting on a real location with local background artistes can have it's challenges and we will expand upon that in the next entry...