Yesterday, Sunday 17th January 2010, Crawley Happy Times attended the Hawth for the Premier showing of RH11 the movie and was met with something a little different to what was originally expected.

The crowd waiting for the start of the pemier of RH11

When Shelley interviewed Jonty Egginton and Callum Johnston back in December, the guys were very good at hiding the story line, which made it all the more surprising. The film is called RH11 due to it being filmed in Crawley with local residents making up most of the cast. But that is where the association with Crawley ends. The film is not based on the behaviour of local youths and was never intended to be so.

(L-R) Aiste Vilcinskaite & Hannah Charlton

Using local artists for the soundtrack, they followed in the steps of films such as adulthood, but that is where the resemblance ends for this film. Before the showing we were treated to some live performances by the soundtrack artists, such as Ghostwriters, Young-B, KK, Rippa & Envy who helped make the film such a rollercoaster of emotions through music.

(L-R) Billy Lenson & Jack Gadd

About two years ago young Callum had an idea for a film and started on the script. Six months on he met up with Jack Gadd and together they came up with the final script. They brought on Jonty Egginton to produce the film and enlisted the help of good friends and family as the actors. The parents of both Jonty and Callum funded the venture. With the use of one camera and some small technical equipment you could be mistaken for thinking ‘well it can’t be that good’. Well think again! We can honestly say the film is amazing! The story line, the acting, the music, the complete genious of the film, is breathtaking and seriously emotional. We will not give away the storyline as this would spoil your viewing, but will say it is full of action, romance, sadness, hunour and of course some important messages for the youth of today regarding patience and respect for others. It was nothing less that awesome!

Ali Mehmood

What these young individuals have acheived with this film makes us think we should be keeping a close eye on them in the future. We asked the guys what they had in store for us next. Callum told us “I am off to drama school in New York for the next two years”. We would like to wish young Callum all the best and think he is going to be the next Susan Boyle of the film scene! As for Jonty and Jack, we are sure we have not heard the last of them either.

We were honoured to be amongst the many who packed out the Hawth’s main theatre to watch this premier. The roaring round of applause at the end of the film spoke for itself.

Michael Oram

You can order your copy of this truly spectacular film here. We guarentee you will not be disappointed

Jonny Wood

It just leaves for us to say well done to all involved. We have already ordered our DVD from the site, have you?

Please Note: – This film is recommended for over 18′s due to some bad language and violent scenes.

VIDEO INTERVIEWS TO FOLLOW….