KATIE'S MISSION REVIEW
Taken from the Bristol Evening Post
Friday 18th June 2004: John Thompson
To ensure my own thumbs-up impression of Paul Dudbridge's latest film was the right one, I must admit to eavesdropping on the thoughts of the other people around me.
And I was left in little doubt after poking my ears in different directions that the premiere of Katie's Mission was a big success at the Imax Cinema, despite being restricted by a tight budget.
It only cost £5,000 to produce and the big question I was left asking myself was: "What might be the result if young Dudbridge could get his hands on £500,000 or even £5 million?"
We don't have that many film moguls in the Bristol area, but he certainly has a raw talent that needs to be explored and given its head. As it is, he clearly makes full use of the youthful talent that's blooming at the ITV West Television Workshop.
I was left impresed with Ben Pavord, Jon Napier, David Parsons, Shaun Steer, Lisa Ruthven and Adam Fresco who played the starring roles and names to look out for in the future. There was also a shudder in the audience when "heavies" from Kompanie 1 and the Allied and Axis Re-enactment Society got to fight out the war battle scene.
And then to add a final polish, the music of Portishead composer John Tippet also shone through brightly particularly with his professional expertise on guitar.
Mixed sensitively by sound engineer Matt White, it was a catchy easy on the ear tune that was well etched on the film fans' minds long before the end.
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