FEATURE FILMS

SCALPEL AND MACK have produced, directed and written a number of feature films in the last four years.

Forthcoming theatrical releases include “Pressure” starring Danny Huston and Matthew Goode. The film will have it’s UK Premier this year at the Glasgow Film Festival in the “Best Of British” strand and will move on to the Dublin Film Festival, before receiving a UK wide release with 20th Century Fox and Pinewood Pictures.

Vertical Entertainment will be distributing “Pressure” in the United States and Embankment Sales are the international sales agents.

“Four men. Claustrophobia. Paranoia. Incarceration. Survival. Pressure is about all these things and more, as four deep-sea divers become trapped in their saturation bell at the bottom of the ocean off the Kenyan coast. Starring Matthew Goode and Danny Huston, the film is reminiscent of existential no-escape thrillers like Solaris, 127 Hours or Apollo 13. A taut and propulsive piece of filmmaking that pits man against man, as each minute inches them closer to their fate at the hands of the ocean’s terrifying expanse.” – Glasgow Film Festival ‘15 

Ron's debut feature film “Offender”, starring Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders), and Kimberly Nixon (Fresh Meat) was released summer 2012 by Revolver and received strong reviews, “social realism meets Tony Scott” – Empire.  It went on to break into the British Top 10 with unsurprisingly eye-catching performances from Jo Cole (Skins, Peaky Blinders) and Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat) and ex young offenders who had never acted before. Ron visited a young offender’s institute and interviewed many inmates about the project before developing the script further with writer/producer Paul van Carter. IMG Global handling international sales.

The film received a 4/5 rating from Heat Magazine stating "this bloody borstal drama makes quiet political points alongside a powerful revenge storyline" and a 4/5 rating from Sky Movies calling it an "admirably crafted, a compelling drama" and likening it to French prison film A Prophet and Alan Clarke's 1979 film Scum.[6]

“This gratifyingly accomplished debut from director Ron Scalpello refreshes the tired wideboy formula to produce a prison drama fired up with barely-suppressed rage.

… there’s a major talent at work here.’ – Sky Movies

Alan Mckenna produced and starred in Richard Jobson’s blistering anti Iraq War feature film, “The Sonambulists”. 15 testimonies from British serviceman and women who were involved in the Iraq conflict in Basra are powerfully performed by Steven Robertson (Utopia/Parade’s End) alongside a young and captivating Jack O’ Connel (Unbroken/Starred Up/71) on his way to international stardom.

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