a devastating miniature performed with delicate intensity (and intense delicacy) by Andrew Scott
The Guardian
Sea Wall review 26 January 2012
Read the full article: http://bit.ly/z7O1SM

“She had us, both of us, absolutely round her finger. Fundamentally she achieved this through the way she looked at us. It shouldn’t have been a surprise that the way she moved her head to one side should leave me basically on my knees or more akin I should say to a slightly tepid pool of, just, water but what was more surprising was the effect it had on him.”


Simon Stephens’ Sea Wall premiered as a stage play at the Bush Theatre in London in 2008 to universal acclaim. It transferred with equal success to the Edinburgh Festival in 2009 where it sold out, and has now been made into a film as radical as it is humane.


The play was written for acclaimed stage and film actor Andrew Scott, most recently seen playing Moriarty opposite Benedict Cumberbatch’s Holmes in Sherlock on BBC1, and star of Ibsen’s “Emperor and Galilean “ at the National Theatre.


Purchase Sea Wall as a download for £3.50 (running time 32 minutes) 

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We’re currently the No.1 rated short film on IMDB…out of 227,638 entries!

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Thank you all for your support x

There’s still time…..

There’s still time to enter our Andrew Scott Sea Wall competition…..get your entries in before midnight (GMT) on February 14th.

http://www.seawallandrewscott.com/post/17321674047/a-personal-message-from-the-producers-of-sea-wall

A personal message from the producers of Sea Wall – and a Valentine’s prize! Simon, Andrew and Andrew want to say thank you for all your beautiful responses to Sea Wall. It’s been exactly a year since we made the film and it’s brilliant to now share something we love with such a fantastic audience. Since our launch on January 15th, people have downloaded and been moved by Sea Wall across Europe and the USA, in Australia, Canada, NZ, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Brazil. Within 48 hours of being online we had over 8,000 notes on our Tumblr page and Sea Wall was one of the top 2 movie downloads on Distrify.   To mark the first month of Sea Wall online and as a little thank you we’d like to share this exclusive new, previously unseen (!) photograph of Andrew Scott. To get a personally signed, dedicated copy from Andrew and a signed copy of the Sea Wall script from Simon, we’re running a competition – just follow @seawallfilm on Twitter and @ reply to ‘SeaWallFilm’ with hashtag (#seawallfilm) and the answer to the following question:   Which French airport did Alex, Helen and Lucy fly to in Sea Wall?  If you don’t know already you can find the answer by watching the free trailer on www.seawallandrewscott.com   Love from @SeaWallFilm www.seawallandrewscott.com   Photograph by Paul Black Images   Here are some fragments, tweets, reactions and thoughts inspired by Sea Wall:    “There are so many things I could say about sea wall. But somehow, I don’t really feel the need to say any of them… except for.. well… everything. Everything- just everything, is sheer, meaningful perfection. Thank-you. Thank-you so bloody much…”   “We just watched Seawall and I am honestly stunned.  The presentation is simple but elegant. The writing is beautiful and natural, perfectly matched to the soft, forcefully loving voice telling the story as his own.”   “it was just very moving, the whole way it was portrayed. It was just so beautiful. The way he’s talking, Alex’ voice, the story he’s telling, the way he moves, his face… Everything was just perfect.”   “i’m just so surprised and horrified and empty and sad. and just such good believable acting and jesus. like i need to go find this human being now and make sure he’s okay.”    “A half hour long movie brutally shoved many favourite movies aside and settled comfortably in the hole it created in my stomach. Sea Wall was more real to me than so many conversations with actual people have been”   “I’m just in awe a bit. I hate, at times like this that the term ‘awesome’ has been ruined for its more original meaning and been applied to hotdogs and shoes and hand bags. Awesome is the near perfect word for this film.”   “It is an incredible piece of cinema, and I am, quite possibly, in love with it.  “The writing is impeccable, and the acting is beyond words. Andrew Scott is fantastically talented, and he makes these words, this story, come to life.”  “I just watched Sea Wall, after purchasing it a few days ago. I purchased it as a message: to show support for independent film-making and digital distribution…The only thing I will say is this: Buy this film. Watch this film. Talk about this film. There is something at the heart of this that is so moving, so human, so necessary to discuss, to shake out, to recognize.”  “I was more touched, more moved by those thirty three minutes of uninterrupted speech by one man than I have been by any film I¹ve seen. He portrays the most human man I¹ve ever seen. It¹s almost as if he¹s not a character. It seems that Andrew Scott really IS Alex. His emotions. His body language. His voice. All of it. This whatever-it-was was the most beautiful piece of art I¹ve ever had the pleasure of seeing”   “It’s happy, sad, angsty, mad and the thousand other things life represents. Ultimately it’s not just about Alex, it’s about you. It’s about the possibilities and opportunities. It’s about hope….Everyone needs to watch this…at one point in your life you’ll remember that short film from 2012 and you’ll realize its true meaning”  “God, it was just so…Human. So human…it made me think differently. It made me think of things I hadn’t before. The film will haunt me, and that does not bother me at all.”   “If you watch just one single thing in your entire life, watch Sea Wall.”   The terms and conditions: Closing date for competition entries is midnight (GMT) on Tuesday February 14. The prize is a photograph signed and dedicated by Andrew Scott and a signed copy of the Sea Wall script from Simon Stephens. To enter, respond to the Twitter contest by @ replying ‘SeaWallFilm’ with your answer and using the supplied hashtag (#seawallfilm). The winner will be informed via an @ message on Twitter on February 17. The winner should direct message us @SeaWallFilm with their mail address in order to claim the prize. Anyone found to use multiple accounts to enter will be ineligible. Please include an @reply to us so we can see your entry. There will be one winner, who will be picked at random. Just one entry per person please.
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A personal message from the producers of Sea Wall – and a Valentine’s prize!

Simon, Andrew and Andrew want to say thank you for all your beautiful responses to Sea Wall. It’s been exactly a year since we made the film and it’s brilliant to now share something we love with such a fantastic audience. Since our launch on January 15th, people have downloaded and been moved by Sea Wall across Europe and the USA, in Australia, Canada, NZ, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Brazil. Within 48 hours of being online we had over 8,000 notes on our Tumblr page and Sea Wall was one of the top 2 movie downloads on Distrify.

 

To mark the first month of Sea Wall online and as a little thank you we’d like to share this exclusive new, previously unseen (!) photograph of Andrew Scott. To get a personally signed, dedicated copy from Andrew and a signed copy of the Sea Wall script from Simon, we’re running a competition – just follow @seawallfilm on Twitter and @ reply to ‘SeaWallFilm’ with hashtag (#seawallfilm) and the answer to the following question:

 

Which French airport did Alex, Helen and Lucy fly to in Sea Wall?  If you don’t know already you can find the answer by watching the free trailer on www.seawallandrewscott.com

 

Love from @SeaWallFilm

www.seawallandrewscott.com

 

Photograph by Paul Black Images

 

Here are some fragments, tweets, reactions and thoughts inspired by Sea Wall:

  

“There are so many things I could say about sea wall. But somehow, I don’t really feel the need to say any of them… except for.. well… everything. Everything- just everything, is sheer, meaningful perfection. Thank-you. Thank-you so bloody much…” 

 “We just watched Seawall and I am honestly stunned.  The presentation is simple but elegant. The writing is beautiful and natural, perfectly matched to the soft, forcefully loving voice telling the story as his own.”
 

 “it was just very moving, the whole way it was portrayed. It was just so beautiful. The way he’s talking, Alex’ voice, the story he’s telling, the way he moves, his face… Everything was just perfect.”
 

 “i’m just so surprised and horrified and empty and sad. and just such good believable acting and jesus. like i need to go find this human being now and make sure he’s okay.”
 

  “A half hour long movie brutally shoved many favourite movies aside and settled comfortably in the hole it created in my stomach. Sea Wall was more real to me than so many conversations with actual people have been”
 

 “I’m just in awe a bit. I hate, at times like this that the term ‘awesome’ has been ruined for its more original meaning and been applied to hotdogs and shoes and hand bags. Awesome is the near perfect word for this film.”
 

 “It is an incredible piece of cinema, and I am, quite possibly, in love with it.
 

“The writing is impeccable, and the acting is beyond words. Andrew Scott is fantastically talented, and he makes these words, this story, come to life.”
 

“I just watched Sea Wall, after purchasing it a few days ago. I purchased it as a message: to show support for independent film-making and digital distribution…The only thing I will say is this: Buy this film. Watch this film. Talk about this film. There is something at the heart of this that is so moving, so human, so necessary to discuss, to shake out, to recognize.”
 

“I was more touched, more moved by those thirty three minutes of uninterrupted speech by one man than I have been by any film I¹ve seen. He portrays the most human man I¹ve ever seen. It¹s almost as if he¹s not a character. It seems that Andrew Scott really IS Alex. His emotions. His body language. His voice. All of it. This whatever-it-was was the most beautiful piece of art I¹ve ever had the pleasure of seeing”

 

“It’s happy, sad, angsty, mad and the thousand other things life represents. Ultimately it’s not just about Alex, it’s about you. It’s about the possibilities and opportunities. It’s about hope….Everyone needs to watch this…at one point in your life you’ll remember that short film from 2012 and you’ll realize its true meaning”
 

“God, it was just so…Human. So human…it made me think differently. It made me think of things I hadn’t before. The film will haunt me, and that does not bother me at all.”

 

“If you watch just one single thing in your entire life, watch Sea Wall.”

 

The terms and conditions:

Closing date for competition entries is midnight (GMT) on Tuesday February 14. The prize is a photograph signed and dedicated by Andrew Scott and a signed copy of the Sea Wall script from Simon Stephens. To enter, respond to the Twitter contest by @ replying ‘SeaWallFilm’ with your answer and using the supplied hashtag (#seawallfilm).

The winner will be informed via an @ message on Twitter on February 17. The winner should direct message us @SeaWallFilm with their mail address in order to claim the prize.

Anyone found to use multiple accounts to enter will be ineligible.

Please include an @reply to us so we can see your entry.

There will be one winner, who will be picked at random.

Just one entry per person please.

Sea Wall Competition coming soon on Twitter…

Check out @seawallfilm on Twitter to enter our Sea Wall competition with a unique, exclusive and very special prize…details coming soon

Simon Stephens & Andrew Scott – Uncut

Hi there

Good News for this sunny Friday morning! We’ve just uploaded the full length, 20-minute exclusive and unabridged version of Simon and Andrew discussing Sea Wall.

It’s a brilliant, totally natural insight into their love for the project, where some of the ideas explored in Sea Wall came from, why we did it the way we did and the challenge of adapting a monologue written for the theatre into a film.

Even better, it’s free and on YouTube right now (2 part interview). Go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOu59dcUo88&context=C3f85203ADOEgsToPDskIfZAeCiWl7_H_rgMEZLvW4

And don’t forget to tell all your friends, tweet about it, spread the word about Sea Wall – the response so far has been just phenomenal.

We love you dearly,

Thank you once again
The Sea Wall team


PS - A word of warning – you really need to watch the film first as the conversation does reveal the story.

Amazing Sea Wall paintings and pictures

Our amazing Sea Wall fans’ paintings are now on our Facebook page http://on.fb.me/y4w7pO

We love them all.

…..there are no words to express how I feel.

rocknrollwillsaveusall:

And there are no words to express how I feel. It completely blew my mind, and I feel like I’m changed forever. I will never forget it. 

I’d love to write some beautiful and laudatory review of it, but I can’t. I can’t describe how amazing Andrew Scott is in this movie. I can’t explain how it’s going to touch your heart if you ever watch it.

I can only highly recommend it to you.

Source: rocknrollwillsaveusall

....it’s wonderful and heartbreaking and beautiful

houseofhanover:

I just watched Sea Wall.

My god.

I don’t quite know what to do with myself now.

It wrenched my emotions in every possible direction and left me feeling quite hollow. Andrew Scott’s performance as Alex is…well, it doesn’t seem to be a performance at all. You forget you’re watching Andrew Scott - in fact, you forget you’re watching an actor, full-stop.

The way he pauses in his story with a distant look; you can see him remembering all the details of the things he’s telling you about and it’s sohuman.

I cannot possibly recommend this enough. It’s only £3.50 and it is absolutely worth every penny. Please do go and buy it, it’s wonderful and heartbreaking and beautiful. Watch it from beginning to end; don’t stop to go to the toilet or get food or blink. And you will find yourself in a room with Alex, a man who will “remind you of the little details of life, and make you desperate to find everything you love and have previously taken for granted and just hold it close and never let it go.”

Source: houseofhanover