Bond film made in Newbury

Young film-makers produce, direct and star in James Bond fan film All or Nothing

AN 18-year-old pupil of Trinity School is the latest incarnation of everybody's favourite spy, James Bond.

Tom Seward played agent 007 in a fan film called All or Nothing, created by Trinity pupils and screened at the Newbury Corn Exchange on Saturday, January 8.

The 75-minute film was shot in five countries and contained everything a Bond film should – from a sinister villain to a stunning Bond-girl. It even showed an Aston Martin.

Trinity sixth former Jonathan Berry, aged 17, initiated the project and directed the film as part of his Duke of Edinburgh award entry.

He said: “We probably went through about five scripts and we had a lot of meetings to work through the problems and most of our weekends were consumed by the filming.”

The film had a cast of 25 members, some of whom travelled to Switzerland, France, Italy and Wales to capture the footage.

The story follows Bond on his mission to locate Gold Assessor, a powerful villain, played by Angus Hawkins, who is trying to take over the world through his control of a vast communications technology network.

With the help of the beautiful Agent 69, played by Isabel Softley, Bond manages to save the day.

Casting for the role of 007, as anyone who has directed a Bond film will tell you, is

crucial.

Tom Seward said: “They needed somebody well handsome for the part of James Bond and there was only really one person to look at.

“The fact that I am 18 and able to drive and drink Martinis didn't hurt either.”

Funding for the film, which cost £700, came from the pockets of the cast and crew, some of whom had to work at part-time jobs to pay the bills.

They also had to get permission from the Hollywood studio that owns the rights to the James Bond franchise, MGM.

Jonathan Berry is waiting to hear back from his UCAS application to study film and television production at Bournemouth or York.

To view a trailer for the film, click on the link below.