Beyond the Pale (film)

Beyond the Pale is a 2000 film, directed by George Bazala starring Patrick Clarke.

Beyond the Pale began its life at a table in the Film Centre Cafe in Hells Kitchen NYC in June 1996 when George Bazala amp Patrick Clarke thrased out an idea based on the life of an Irish immigrant in late 1980s New York City. The pair had just finished working together on Fall from Grace a Hunter College grad thesis short film. Work on the script was completed in August 1996 and Maiden Voyage Pictures was formed to seek finance for filming. It was at that point that NYU film grad Jack Alvino signed on as coproducer. Preparations got under way to shoot the films opening segment in Clarkes hometown of Dublin, Ireland. This would prove to be an extremely ambitious undertaking considering they had only raised 20,000 USD. Clarke flew to Dublin on December 2, 1996 to make preparations for the arrival of the crew and to scout and secure locations and equipment. A week later, Bazala flew in to audition actors. By the time Alvino and the rest of the crew arrived, everything was miraculously in place. The tight fiveday shooting schedule with a skeleton crew proved extremely tough. Clarkes friends and relatives were drafted in to help with everything from catering to horse wrangling. OnDecember, the opening eleven minutes of Beyond the Pale was in the can. 2Bazala recalled, We were all very anxious to see the results of our adventure in Dublin. Unfortunately, we would have to wait until February 1997, when we had raised the funds to process, sync and transfer the film. It was midMarch before editor Michael Sullivan, had completed a rough cut. We couldnt have been happier with the outcome. Beyond the Pale had its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh Ireland onJuly 1999 and its US premiere at the 33rd Houston International Film FestivalApril 2000 where it won for best dramatic feature film.........

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