Exclusive: Former Sas soldier turned filmmaker Tom Petch (The Patrol) is lining up a film about British-Fijian soldier Talaiasi ‘Laba’ Labalaba, who died at the Battle of Mirbat in Oman in 1972 after holding off hundreds of insurgents for hours.
Attached to the film are Marco Polo and Alien: Covenant actor Uli Latukefu as ‘Laba’, Lasarus Ratuere (Ghost In The Shell), Tom Brittney (Grantchester) and Michael Maloney (The Trial Of Christine Keeler), who will play former Brit Prime Minister Edward Heath, a character he recently played in Netflix’s The Crown.
Latukefu recently wrapped on Taika Waiti’s soccer comedy Next Goal Wins with Michael Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss.
Labalaba was part of a team of nine Sas soldiers based outside Mirbat. They were part of a secret military operation with a duty to protect the Sultan of Oman from a group of Marxist guerrillas. One day before they were due to go home,...
Attached to the film are Marco Polo and Alien: Covenant actor Uli Latukefu as ‘Laba’, Lasarus Ratuere (Ghost In The Shell), Tom Brittney (Grantchester) and Michael Maloney (The Trial Of Christine Keeler), who will play former Brit Prime Minister Edward Heath, a character he recently played in Netflix’s The Crown.
Latukefu recently wrapped on Taika Waiti’s soccer comedy Next Goal Wins with Michael Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss.
Labalaba was part of a team of nine Sas soldiers based outside Mirbat. They were part of a secret military operation with a duty to protect the Sultan of Oman from a group of Marxist guerrillas. One day before they were due to go home,...
- 3/11/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Written and directed by former soldier, Tom Petch, ‘The Patrol’ provides the antidote to the war action film. A psychological drama, the film explores the relationships between a group of British soldiers as they grow disillusioned with the Afghan war. Action Movies 2014 Action Movies 2014 Action Movies 2014 Action Movies 2014 Full Action Movies […]
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- 10/19/2014
- by Cinemart
★★★☆☆In starkest contrast to Peter Berg's bombastic and bloody Lone Survivor (2013) (also released in UK cinemas earlier this year), ex-soldier Tom Petch's British offering, The Patrol (2013), is a far more meditative and thoughtful contribution to the War on Terror debate. There are no elongated shoot-outs or Audie Murphy heroics here; instead, we see a unit's morale slowly seeping away as boredom, fear and hunger all combine to devastating effect following the wounding of one of their most valued comrades. Though slightly televisual in its execution - and without a star draw - Petch deserves recognition for his unwillingness to conform to generic type.
- 4/22/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Exclusive: Epic Pictures to distribute Afghanistan war film The Patrol in Us.
Epic Pictures will distribute Afghanistan war film The Patrol in the Us on Memorial Day (May 26, 2014).
The well-received drama, which won Raindance’s Film of the Festival award, follows an overextended British army patrol operating in increasingly difficult conditions in Afghanistan.
An Afg Film Ltd production written and directed by former soldier Tom Petch, the ensemble cast includes Nav Sidhu, Ben Righton, Owain Arthur, Oliver Mott, Daniel Fraser, Alex McNally and Nicholas Beveney. Petch and Tom Stuart produce.
Epic also handles international sales rights.
CEO of Epic Pictures Patrick Ewald said: “When we saw The Patrol for the first time, we were deeply moved by its powerful themes and amazing performances. We knew immediately that it was a film that American audiences would want to watch and Epic Pictures is very proud to be a part of such an important picture.”...
Epic Pictures will distribute Afghanistan war film The Patrol in the Us on Memorial Day (May 26, 2014).
The well-received drama, which won Raindance’s Film of the Festival award, follows an overextended British army patrol operating in increasingly difficult conditions in Afghanistan.
An Afg Film Ltd production written and directed by former soldier Tom Petch, the ensemble cast includes Nav Sidhu, Ben Righton, Owain Arthur, Oliver Mott, Daniel Fraser, Alex McNally and Nicholas Beveney. Petch and Tom Stuart produce.
Epic also handles international sales rights.
CEO of Epic Pictures Patrick Ewald said: “When we saw The Patrol for the first time, we were deeply moved by its powerful themes and amazing performances. We knew immediately that it was a film that American audiences would want to watch and Epic Pictures is very proud to be a part of such an important picture.”...
- 3/12/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
A former soldier's award-winning film about disillusioned troops in Afghanistan is impressive
Writer-director Tom Petch picked up film of the festival prize at last year's Raindance bash with this gritty and downbeat account of British soldiers serving soul-destroying time in Afghanistan. Drawing on his own experiences of life in the army, Petch paints a convincing picture of demoralised troops; bitching about the shabby state of their weaponry, losing faith in the judgments of their superiors, generally disenchanted with risking life and limb in a war that is not their own.
Cinematographer Stuart Bentley shoots the Moroccan locations with enough grit to sand over the sometimes uncertain performances, and the wearing tedium of conflict is effectively evoked, broken occasionally by bursts of violence that are rightly harrowing.
Rating: 3/5
DramaMark Kermode
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Writer-director Tom Petch picked up film of the festival prize at last year's Raindance bash with this gritty and downbeat account of British soldiers serving soul-destroying time in Afghanistan. Drawing on his own experiences of life in the army, Petch paints a convincing picture of demoralised troops; bitching about the shabby state of their weaponry, losing faith in the judgments of their superiors, generally disenchanted with risking life and limb in a war that is not their own.
Cinematographer Stuart Bentley shoots the Moroccan locations with enough grit to sand over the sometimes uncertain performances, and the wearing tedium of conflict is effectively evoked, broken occasionally by bursts of violence that are rightly harrowing.
Rating: 3/5
DramaMark Kermode
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- 2/9/2014
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Dallas Buyers Club | The Invisible Woman | RoboCop | Mr Peabody & Sherman | The Patrol | Lift To The Scaffold
Dallas Buyers Club (15)
(Jean-Marc Vallée, 2013, Us) Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Denis O'Hare, Steve Zahn. 117 mins
What McConaughey loses in body mass he gains in compassion in this drawn-from-real-life drama, which cleverly disguises its awards-friendliness beneath thespian commitment and non-issue-movie storytelling. Diagnosed with Aids in 1980s Texas, McConaughey's rodeo-loving electrician takes matters into his own hands and devises his own grey-market treatment programme for the ravaged gay community (in partnership with Leto's lovable transgender cohort, Rayon). The authorities don't approve; the Academy probably will.
The Invisible Woman (12A)
(Ralph Fiennes, 2013, UK) Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott-Thomas. 111 mins
Working to Claire Tomalin's biography, Fiennes gives us a tale of two Dickenses: the charismatic literary celebrity and the self-absorbed love rat. But the passion of his secret affair with Jones's teenage actor is smothered by repression,...
Dallas Buyers Club (15)
(Jean-Marc Vallée, 2013, Us) Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Denis O'Hare, Steve Zahn. 117 mins
What McConaughey loses in body mass he gains in compassion in this drawn-from-real-life drama, which cleverly disguises its awards-friendliness beneath thespian commitment and non-issue-movie storytelling. Diagnosed with Aids in 1980s Texas, McConaughey's rodeo-loving electrician takes matters into his own hands and devises his own grey-market treatment programme for the ravaged gay community (in partnership with Leto's lovable transgender cohort, Rayon). The authorities don't approve; the Academy probably will.
The Invisible Woman (12A)
(Ralph Fiennes, 2013, UK) Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott-Thomas. 111 mins
Working to Claire Tomalin's biography, Fiennes gives us a tale of two Dickenses: the charismatic literary celebrity and the self-absorbed love rat. But the passion of his secret affair with Jones's teenage actor is smothered by repression,...
- 2/8/2014
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
A rough experience, bracingly free of the usual macho posturing that characterizes movies about the military, and a compassionate and humane portrait of modern soldiering. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Afghanistan’s Helmand province is a harsh, bland desert: all one dun color, nothing to distract the eye or the mind. And in 2006, it is a place of intense boredom punctuated by intense terror for one small British army patrol, ostensibly onsite to support the Afghan army against the Taliban, but in actuality… well, these guys wonder just why they’re there at all. This feature debut from writer-director Tom Petch is a rough experience, bracingly free of the usual macho posturing that characterizes movies about the military, which makes the slow breakdown of what had barely passed for discipline to begin with all...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Afghanistan’s Helmand province is a harsh, bland desert: all one dun color, nothing to distract the eye or the mind. And in 2006, it is a place of intense boredom punctuated by intense terror for one small British army patrol, ostensibly onsite to support the Afghan army against the Taliban, but in actuality… well, these guys wonder just why they’re there at all. This feature debut from writer-director Tom Petch is a rough experience, bracingly free of the usual macho posturing that characterizes movies about the military, which makes the slow breakdown of what had barely passed for discipline to begin with all...
- 2/7/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Director Tom Petch's debut is a thoughtful war movie about a British army patrol in Afghanistan
First-time British writer-director Tom Petch makes a powerful impression with this tough, smart war movie on a shrewdly managed small scale, about a British army patrol in Afghanistan. A small unit is deployed for what everyone hopes will be just three days in dangerous country, but a surprise night-time attack from the Allies – perhaps the Americans or even the British Sas – provokes new activity from the Taliban. Simply by virtue of its position, the unit finds itself open-endedly committed as part of a horribly dangerous and exposed frontline mission unfortunately named Operation Icarus. The men become increasingly demoralised and insubordinate. Owain Arthur is lippy Welshman Taff, Nicholas Beveney is the brooding Sol, Nav Sidhu is grumpy Smudge and Ben Righton is their well-spoken Captain Richardson, who makes a crucially misjudged decision to go...
First-time British writer-director Tom Petch makes a powerful impression with this tough, smart war movie on a shrewdly managed small scale, about a British army patrol in Afghanistan. A small unit is deployed for what everyone hopes will be just three days in dangerous country, but a surprise night-time attack from the Allies – perhaps the Americans or even the British Sas – provokes new activity from the Taliban. Simply by virtue of its position, the unit finds itself open-endedly committed as part of a horribly dangerous and exposed frontline mission unfortunately named Operation Icarus. The men become increasingly demoralised and insubordinate. Owain Arthur is lippy Welshman Taff, Nicholas Beveney is the brooding Sol, Nav Sidhu is grumpy Smudge and Ben Righton is their well-spoken Captain Richardson, who makes a crucially misjudged decision to go...
- 2/7/2014
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: UK outfit nabs Raindance winner The Patrol directed by former soldier.
Soda Pictures has picked up UK rights to Raindance Film Festival winner The Patrol.
The Afghan war film marks the debut of former soldier Tom Petch, who served in Cambodia, Bosnia and with the special forces. The film has been received as the first British drama about the latest conflict in the country.
The film draws on the problems faced by an army patrol and is directly influenced by real accounts of British Army experiences in Afghanistan.
Release is scheduled for February 2014.
Soda Pictures managing director Edward Fletcher from Soda said: “As the Raindance award confirms, Tom’s remarkably authentic film provides an exceptional cinematic experience and Soda Pictures look forward to delivering that.”
Sales company Epic Pictures Group is representing the film internationally.
Soda Pictures has picked up UK rights to Raindance Film Festival winner The Patrol.
The Afghan war film marks the debut of former soldier Tom Petch, who served in Cambodia, Bosnia and with the special forces. The film has been received as the first British drama about the latest conflict in the country.
The film draws on the problems faced by an army patrol and is directly influenced by real accounts of British Army experiences in Afghanistan.
Release is scheduled for February 2014.
Soda Pictures managing director Edward Fletcher from Soda said: “As the Raindance award confirms, Tom’s remarkably authentic film provides an exceptional cinematic experience and Soda Pictures look forward to delivering that.”
Sales company Epic Pictures Group is representing the film internationally.
- 10/31/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The Patrol has been named Film of the Festival at Raindance Film Festival.
The film - the first British feature about the Afghan conflict - explores questions not fully debated in the mainstream media about the war, which has so far claimed the lives of more than 400 British service personnel.
The film is also the debut of British filmmaker Tom Petch, who served in the Army for eight years including tours in Cambodia, Bosnia and with the Special Forces.
Petch said: "I was so angry with the way the war was being portrayed, with no commentary on how it was being fought or explanations for all the soldiers being killed. No one was asking the right questions.
"This is my view. I have been as honest as I can. I welcome the opportunity presented by Raindance Film Festival to generate discussion around this fiercely controversial and emotive topic."
Speaking about receiving.
The film - the first British feature about the Afghan conflict - explores questions not fully debated in the mainstream media about the war, which has so far claimed the lives of more than 400 British service personnel.
The film is also the debut of British filmmaker Tom Petch, who served in the Army for eight years including tours in Cambodia, Bosnia and with the Special Forces.
Petch said: "I was so angry with the way the war was being portrayed, with no commentary on how it was being fought or explanations for all the soldiers being killed. No one was asking the right questions.
"This is my view. I have been as honest as I can. I welcome the opportunity presented by Raindance Film Festival to generate discussion around this fiercely controversial and emotive topic."
Speaking about receiving.
- 10/6/2013
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
WikiLeaks founder to judge films at the 21st Raindance Film Festival; 2013 line-up unveiled.Scroll down for full line-up of films
Julian Assange has joined the jury of the 21st Raindance Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 6), a London-based event that celebrates independent film in the UK and around the world.
The appointment is a controversial one. The Australian editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about sexual assault allegations.
It is understood that he fears Sweden would extradite him to the Us, where he believes he is wanted in relation to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of a significant amount of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.
Commenting on Assange’s appointment, Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Every year Raindance invites interesting people to join our jury. In the past we have had musicians like Mick Jones, Marky Ramone and [link...
Julian Assange has joined the jury of the 21st Raindance Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 6), a London-based event that celebrates independent film in the UK and around the world.
The appointment is a controversial one. The Australian editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about sexual assault allegations.
It is understood that he fears Sweden would extradite him to the Us, where he believes he is wanted in relation to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of a significant amount of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.
Commenting on Assange’s appointment, Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Every year Raindance invites interesting people to join our jury. In the past we have had musicians like Mick Jones, Marky Ramone and [link...
- 9/3/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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