The news I'm sure you've all been waiting on the edge of your seat for ever since we first caught wind in Tech of the Week of a wacky idea for a crowdfunded feature comedy film about a cyclist who never takes off his helmet.... I know, how has nobody thought of this before? Well, there's good and bad news, it's up to you which way round you assign those particular reactions, as the project fell well short of its crowdfunding goal... but they're going to make the film anyway.

In an update on the project's Indiegogo page (link is external) — where 61 backers put up £3,692 towards the film, £20,514 short of its target — the director Tony Mouleart said shooting will begin in the next couple of months but that 'Bike Hat Harry' may take longer than expected.

"We finished our crowdfunding campaign, he wrote. "We raised $4500 with over 60 contributors. We appreciate your support. We didn't hit our ultimate goal however, we still plan to make the film (it just may take longer than expected)."

Yep, that's right, the live action comedy feature film about a guy who never takes off his bike helmet, that's set in an underground disco dance world, may be coming to a screen near you.

We're going to defer responsibility to the campaign's own words for the more in-depth explanation of what that means. It says: "A quirky bike courier (who never removes his helmet) teams up with a charismatic con man to win a disco dance contest and win the heart of a dance teacher.

"It's like Saturday Night Fever meets There's Something About Mary."

And if you aren't already sold, apparently the audience, at a live script reading at the Broadwater Theatre in Hollywood, "loved it".

Perhaps preempting the inevitable, the Indiegogo page has a lengthy 'Why make this film?' section, where "passion for dance, bike helmet safety awareness, and positivity" get a mention.

"As a former triathlete, I spent a lot of time cycling," directory Tony says. "I was hit by a car [driver] while training. Thankfully, I was wearing a bike helmet to protect me. Cycling is the number one cause of head injuries (link is external) among recreational sports. Bike helmets save lives and serious head injuries by 60 per cent (link is external)."

The director links a couple of studies during that particular quote if anyone fancies banging their head against the helmet debate wall. Or just watch the crowdfunding video instead...

https://road.cc/content/news/comedy-film-about-cyclist-falls-short-crowdfunding-goal-304107

On 26/09/2023 06:43 pm, Simon Mason wrote:

> The news I'm sure you've all been waiting on the edge of your seat for ever since we first caught wind in Tech of the Week of a wacky idea for a crowdfunded feature comedy film about a cyclist who never takes off his helmet... I know, how has nobody thought of this before? Well, there's good and bad news, it's up to you which way round you assign those particular reactions, as the project fell well short of its crowdfunding goal... but they're going to make the film anyway.
> In an update on the project's Indiegogo page (link is external) — where 61 backers put up £3,692 towards the film, £20,514 short of its target — the director Tony Mouleart said shooting will begin in the next couple of months but that 'Bike Hat Harry' may take longer than expected.
> "We finished our crowdfunding campaign, he wrote. "We raised $4500 with over 60 contributors. We appreciate your support. We didn't hit our ultimate goal however, we still plan to make the film (it just may take longer than expected)."
> Yep, that's right, the live action comedy feature film about a guy who never takes off his bike helmet, that's set in an underground disco dance world, may be coming to a screen near you.
> We're going to defer responsibility to the campaign's own words for the more in-depth explanation of what that means. It says: "A quirky bike courier (who never removes his helmet) teams up with a charismatic con man to win a disco dance contest and win the heart of a dance teacher.
> "It's like Saturday Night Fever meets There's Something About Mary."
> And if you aren't already sold, apparently the audience, at a live script reading at the Broadwater Theatre in Hollywood, "loved it".

> Perhaps preempting the inevitable, the Indiegogo page has a lengthy 'Why make this film?' section, where "passion for dance, bike helmet safety awareness, and positivity" get a mention.
> "As a former triathlete, I spent a lot of time cycling," directory Tony says. "I was hit by a car [driver] while training. Thankfully, I was wearing a bike helmet to protect me. Cycling is the number one cause of head injuries (link is external) among recreational sports. Bike helmets save lives and serious head injuries by 60 per cent (link is external)."
>
> The director links a couple of studies during that particular quote if anyone fancies banging their head against the helmet debate wall. Or just watch the crowdfunding video instead...
>
> https://road.cc/content/news/comedy-film-about-cyclist-falls-short-crowdfunding-goal-304107

I vaguely know the Broadwater Theater [sic]. It's in Santa Monica
Boulevard (just west of the intersection with US 101). I've passed it a
few times but haven't been inside. It has a reputation as a place for
non-professionals to get involved in things like script read-throughs,
etc. It's a pretty arty place.

You can reassure yourself: it isn't meant for you anyway. You'd never
cope with the scripts. Many of them contain a lot of long,
multi-syllabic words (as many as four or five syllables and sometimes more).

hawkinspeter | 1 week ago
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I notice that the sports related head injury rates for children has a different order of dangerous activities, "playground equipment", football (presumably not soccer) and basketball result in more head injuries. Assuming that helmets are effective, that means that there should be a campaign to get all kids to wear helmets when around playground equipment and also whilst playing basketball.