"Handcuffs" Clip from You Instead

Blockbuster UK and STV both have the following clip from David Mackenzie's "You Instead" which will be released in the UK this September.

New UK Trailer and Poster for "You Instead"

Here it is, now available for everyone to see around the world wooooot!
The UK trailer for David Mackenzie's "You Instead"






The new poster can be found here via Lovefilm; be sure to read the FB page for more on the film before it opens in the UK on 9 September.

New Video Interview: David Mackenzie at SXSW

Check it out! A brand new video interview from I think the Washington Times with Sigma's own DAVID MACKENZIE, as he discusses the US premiere of his newest film YOU INSTEAD at the SXSW film festival held recently in Texas. In the interview David not only discusses the challenges of filming at a rock concert, but also WORKING WITH HIS BROTHER ALASTAIR MACKENZIE yay! :) (bonus she totally does NOT mention Monarch but another part for Al which was way cool to hear mentioned in an interview!)
ENJOY!




Also be sure to check out this second new interview with You Instead stars LUKE Treadaway and Nat from the film festival! :)




Finally, before anyone fusses at me, NO I still have no idea on when the new trailer is coming out sorry :((

Trailer for David Mackenzie's "You Instead"

Update: At the request of the filmmakers, it's been removed for time being.
BETTER QUALITY/NEW SHINY COOLO ONE ON THE WAY SOON, PROMISE! Stay tuned! :)

(ps lets hope for more AL :D )

David Mackenzie and the Beauty of Light and Dark

There is light...there is dark...there is the masterful talent shown once again as witnessed in the new trailer (now in HD) for David Mackenzie's "Perfect Sense." Tis GORGEOUS; David, Gilles and the whole team have outdone themselves in a beautifully crafted piece...a piece of contrast contradiction, yet utter simplicity: it's quiet anguish, sensual, scary, yin and yang all at once. One might say well duh yes of course that's basic classic filming making heh... and yet we dont always see it do we now?? no no I think so. A trailer is supposed to entice you, entrance you hook you, and with this trailer we are seduced by the simple contrasts in lovely sensual manner that is just terrific! A clever way to show a basic story, one that we all can relate to in one fashion, and make it seem original and fresh.I loved the timeless theme of contrasts, of man and woman, sensual and scary of black, white, light and dark in the trailer. Classic wonderful fantastic David starts out the trailer in that stunning stark yet simple shot of Eva and Connie I think walking on a beach. This type of shot is why I adore David, he's a wonderful director when it comes to this, truly truly.



He continues to use those basic contrasts in the whole piece and it works I think to great effect. Love is complex and easy and sexy and messy and scary and wonderful and just like that, David gives us his vision of love, an emotion that takes over your senses, set against a backdrop where your senses are gone-gah I cant wait for this film, and leave it to David to give me different perspective on the same ole same ole-same yes, but not the same. This is basic, simple, stunning-wonderful work David and Co!





PS...I was also rather dorkishly glad to see that some of the scenes I covered here when the film was made in Oct 2009.. made it into the trailer- yay for Sunday in the Park with Eva and Ewan :)

Update: High Def Trailer for David Mackenzie's "Perfect Sense"

Ahead of the premiere at Sundance next week, Trust Nordisk has released the trailer for David Mackenzie's "Perfect Sense" starring Ewan McGregor, Eva Green and Ewen Bremner. Gorgeous music by Max Richter. Enjoy!
Update: Here, courtesy of Sigma Films is the high def version, beautiful!








Please note: In the trailer we get our first glimpse of Sigma co-founder, producer and actor Alastair Mackenzie, here in this shot w/Eva Green

Al Plays Guitar

Al, he plays guitar....


Last August, we were treated to brief footage of Sigma's own Alastair Mackenzie in his new role as Monty in Todd Tucker's family 'horror' film Monster Mutt. As noted here several times (most recently last month) the film is coming out on DVD on January 4, and the company has released a new music video to help in this endeavor. In the new video, at around the 1:33 mark, we see a familar face, in his spiffy wig and robe and all, enjoying a late night rock band session, where Al plays guitar :D wheee! I LOVE YOU AL! Enjoy!

Stan the Giant Donkey on the Loose in Streets of Glasgow!

Forget the talk of Zombies on the loose this Halloween in Glasgow, you should be on the lookout for a giant Donkey (who I have now dubbed 'Stan') wandering about in the environs of the stylist Scottish city!!!!! This is NO mere Loch Ness sighting, no indeed, its the real thing - a sad strange large yet cuddley Donkey, looking for ...a home, a kind soul to pay him heed, or... an audience ;)
as witnessed in the video below....






DEAR PEOPLE OF SIGMA FILMS, I LOVE YOU
and this hilarious marketing/ad for the wonderful "Donkeys" film is quite fun!
GO SEE DONKEYS IN SCOTTISH THEATRES NOW!
www.facebook.com/donkeysmovie for locations and dates!

Sigma Launches Official YouTube Channel with Trailer for "Donkeys"

Quick reminder today of the delightful trailer for Morag Mckinnon's "Donkeys" as Sigma Films launches their official YouTube channel, with the trailer now in much more accessible form than previously (on EIFF site) In the clip, you can see stars James Cosmo, Brian Pettifer, Martin Compston and Kate Dickie in the second installment of the Advance Party series. The film is making its hometown debut next month when it screens for a week at the Glasgow Film Theatre starting October 8th-ticket info forthcoming. Per their twitter, the Edinburgh Filmhouse will then be screening the film for four days, starting November, featuring a very special Q & A with director Morag Mckinnon. Will update with ticket info on that as well when becomes available. Meantime, enjoy this excellent clip from "Donkeys"

Trailer NOW ONLINE, Tickets for World Premiere of "Donkeys" at EIFF This Weekend Sold Out!

HUZZAH!
Trailer for Donkeys is NOW ONLINE AT THIS LINK!
Also, quick reminder that the newest film from Sigma will have its world premiere this weekend, June 20 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Morag McKinnon's "Donkeys," the second installment of the original Advance Party trilogy features many of the same great cast from the award winning Red Road, including Kate Dickie, Martin Compston, Tony Curran, Natalie Press as well as featuring the excellent James Cosmo and Brian Pettifer and more. It is important to note that now ALL TICKETS FOR BOTH SCREENINGS ARE NOW SOLD OUT.

For those of us who follow the I Love Luci blog will see that Colin has drawn up a new poster for the film, here.





While local press on this local made film starring local Scottish actors has been to date typically poor and sadly scant (save few cursory mentions and bless Ross over at ReelScotland for a mention as one of his picks), the Daily Record ran a piece a few days ago with Martin; quotage:

Filmed in Glasgow, it's about a man trying to make amends for his mis-spent life and also stars Scots veteran James Cosmo and acclaimed actress Kate Dickie. Martin said: "Donkeys is a kind of black comedy. James Cosmo is a force of nature and for my money Kate is the best actress in Scotland."

Let's say that again KATE IS THE BEST ACTRESS IN SCOTLAND.

Well... I agree :)) Kate got rave reviews for her turn in a recent BBC production, and her film OUTCAST with James Nesbitt is also screening at EIFF, with tickets for that long sold out. Kate and her Donkeys co-star Tony Curran will soon be seen on TV as the mega production of Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth is set to air on Starz cable channel July 23. More on that galore can be found at the official website.

It pains and disappoints me greatly I can not be in Edinburgh this year yet again :(((( anyone attending /meeting Kate or anyone from Sigma, please send in your pics reports etc and I will be happy to post.

Updated: Small but Nicer quality Jamie Sives Triage Trailer Screencaps

A higher- quality- but -with -Italian -overdubs -edition of the new trailer for Triage is NOW ONLINE AT YOUTUBE. While its in Italian, its much nicer than the trailer I first told everyone about (and is now making the rounds-keep on spreading that word, go Jamie, Go Colin Go!) Fingers crossed we will get the HD English version soon too lol :) Now updated too, I have a few screengrabs of Jamie Sives from the trailer up on my flickr.

Trailer for "Triage" with Colin Farrell and Jamie Sives Now Online!

Check it out! The brand new trailer for Danis Tanovic's "Triage" starring Colin Farrell and the wonderful JAMIE SIVES is now online! SO MUCH NEW GREAT JAMIE FOOTAGE in a very serious trailer. UPDATE: PHEW NOW on my youtube, gah took forever but well worth it!
As noted by comments below, it rightly should be pointed out that this piece is a serious one, and does feature depictions of war and violence (as well as some intense images of a wounded CF) The film screened today at the Rome Film festival.

First Video: Ewan McGregor Films a Scene for David Mackenzie's "The Last Word"

Check it out! Video of yesterday's massive filming on the streets of Glasgow for David Mackenzie's The Last Word. In the video below, we can see star EWAN MCGREGOR filming a scene with his bike. You can see him do several turns with the bike, the PA comes out and gets the extras going-walking about, then at the end you can clearly see director David Mackenzie walk out from behind the monitor, walk along with Ewan then stop to talk to a shop keeper extra as they prepare to do another take GREAT STUFF I LOVE MOVIE MAKING! Also, be sure to check out the second video below which shows the prep work/rehearsal. Thanks ever so much to NEURO for the videos! ALSO: For those who are asking, rest assured EVA GREEN is still in Glasgow filming :) Can't wait for this film!

First Review of Danis Tanovic's "Triage" with Jamie Sives and Colin Farrell

The next few days and weeks are sure to be full of news and excitement, kicking off in fine manner tonight with our first review of Danis Tanovic's "Triage," starring Jamie Sives and Colin Farrell. Thanks so much to Anya letting me know about this terrific review on the Art & Culture Maven blog, where she gives high marks to all involved saying the performances are "uniformly strong all around," and noting a fine turn indeed from Colin Farrell.

"If the story is superior, (based on Scott Anderson's 1998 novel of the same name,) it's the wonderful performances that bring it to life. Farrell is riveting as Walsh, the tough guy who thinks he can keep both his worlds separate - the bloody battlefields scattered across the globe, and the comfortable apartment he shares with his loving wife.

She summarizes what so many of us have been hoping for regarding this film, as the review states straight off: "Triage is a must see, a truly engrossing film that features masterful storytelling and nuanced, completely convincing performances; one that tackles some of the darker realities of human existence with a view that seems entirely authentic, and truthful in a way that mainstream films so very seldom are."

EXCELLENT NEWS INDEED!
Triage screens at the Toronto Film Festival next week on September 12. REMINDER non jumbo package regular single tickets to go on sale to the public tomorrow via this link (Visa only folks). Alas I know I have a snowballs chance in hell of getting to see it lol, but hopefully one day soon!

Valhalla Rising Feature in Total Film

Valhalla Rising is the subject of a four page feature in the September issue of Total Film magazine. This news comes courtesy of the Sunday Herald, which has a new interview with VH producer Karen Smyth. Directed by Nicholas Winding Refn, and starring long time Sigma friend and great Mads Mikkelsen as well as JAMIE SIVES, Valhalla Rising was based at Film City Glasgow and is due to debut at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals next month. You can see a short excerpt of the Total Film piece here ----------------------------------------->

Scans forthcoming, but I'm betting my friends at Madsonline will have it sooner woot :) The Sunday Herald piece says that "Total Film describes it as "jaw-dropping," and continues:

Director Nicolas Winding Refn made Bronson, the recent biopic of the notorious long-term prisoner. Refn has given Valhalla Rising a dark, gritty, documentary feel, rather than the glossy values readily associated with historical epics. He shot last summer in Glen Affric in the Highlands and Glen Croe in Argyllshire. Cast and crew had to contend with atrocious weather, dense midge swarms, and lengthy journeys to mountain locations. "It was possibly the most arduous conditions I have ever filmed in in Scotland," said Karen Smyth, "but the results are phenomenal."The film-makers acquired a Viking longship from a re-enactment group in England, effectively refurbished it, and shot close-ups in a Govan boatyard and on the water at Glen Affric. Actors went on a course to learn how to row.

[OHO I seem to recall an earlier role for Mr. Sives who rowed in fine style, course he looked mighty fine the whole episode, even if he played a racist jerk paramedic lol :D]

Important were these wee nuggets buried at the end esp ABOUT HAVING A BRITISH DISTRIBUTOR

Toronto had originally offered to stage the film's world premiere. Then Venice expressed proposed a screening earlier in the month. Toronto were so keen to have the film that they settled for the North American premiere. "It's just unbelievable," said Smyth. "I think it's great for Scotland." Scottish Screen, the national film agency, has invested £500,000 of lottery money in it. Carole Sheridan, head of talent and creativity, said: "The film made a significant impact on Scotland's screen sector."Valhalla Rising already has a British distributor. Intended for release this year, it may now go in 2010 to allow for a more ambitious publicity campaign. AS REMINDER, please check out THE INTERVIEW WITH JAMIE SIVES who discusses working on Valhalla Rising HERE. For those inquiring minds, you can check out my extensive coverage on this film via this link; pics/scans here on my flickr, the Valhalla Rising video production diary here, the newest trailer below and the on set visit video from the great guys at Digital Guerillas here. I strongly recommend the great crew at MADS ONLINE for extensive pics of Mads.

Press Pack, and Behind the Scenes of "Spread" with Ashton Kutcher and David Mackenzie

With just a few days to go before the release of David Mackenzie's Spread, I have some of the press material for the movie, including great new comments from stars Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche and more on their new film. While the film has just screened recently in the Hampton and in NYC, you can also see brand new clip on Hulu (boots in the bed lol) plus this interview with Ashton. Best part: I have some really cool broll and behind the scenes looks of the making of Spread, including footage of David Mackenzie at work YAY! I LOVE these things, so grateful they make this footage available to us woot!
Here is just one of the clips featuring that well publicized clip of Ashton picking up Anne's character at the bar-sooo cool to see how they filmed that and god bless that camera man on the steady cam or whatever eeeep if he fell!; the other also here including loads of David, plus Ashton in the pool (what a gorgeous home they filmed at too!). In terms of the press material, included below are comments on the sexuality contained in the film, and working with Sigmas great director David Mackenzie.


PRESS MATERIAL:

For the actors in Spread, starring in the film meant a chance to explore some fascinating characters. To join the cast meant diving into their roles head-on and explore a realistic, more intense side of modern day romantic and sexual challenges. It was an actors’ dream, and the cast relished the opportunity.

Ashton Kutcher plays Nikki, the film’s charming but conflicted lead. In discussing his character and his motivations, Kutcher says, “I’m playing an ego booster, basically. Nikki is a guy searching for love in all the wrong ways. When he finally finds it, all the wrong ways in which he tried to find it come back to haunt him.”

Describing why he felt an immediate connection with Nikki, Kutcher says it was partly because he himself understood much of what Nikki was going through. “I understood the pain of the character,” he says. “I understood what he was ultimately seeking. I played ‘the game’ for long enough to know it doesn’t end well. The only way to win is through compassion and love, and trying to find the way to give to someone in the greatest way you possibly can.”

Kutcher also felt energized at the thought of playing a kind of role he hadn’t done yet. “It’s fun to dive into a character,” he says. “A lot of movies I get asked to do, I’m asked to play myself, or a character I’ve already played. Having the liberty to create a new kind of role is refreshing, liberating, and fun.”

Having British director David Mackenzie at the helm was another new experience for Kutcher. Kutcher found there were some differences working with Mackenzie when compared to some of the American directors with whom he’s collaborated. “English directors come in with an expectation that you’re going to deliver. When you do, you’re doing your job. And when you don’t, you’re failing,” he laughs. However, Mackenzie’s style energized his own performance. “I always knew when David wasn’t happy, but I never knew when he was happy, which was fantastic – it helped drive me,” he says.

In preparation for the film, Kutcher did a lot of character work, building a profile for Nikki and making sure he knew the character backwards and forwards. He says, “I found a voice for him, a posture and a truth for him so that once we were shooting, if things didn’t go the way I thought they’d go, I’d be able to handle it in character as Nikki.”

At the opening of the film, Nikki is a man who lives as he likes by finding women to fall in love with that will take care of him, financially and sexually. It’s the actual emotionality of a relationship Nikki doesn’t much concern himself with. “Nikki is a guy that really doesn’t know about compassion,” says Kutcher. “He’s a guy that doesn’t know about being there for someone, and as the film progresses he’s having to learn the lessons of that kind of life through his mistakes and through hard knocks.

“Nikki targets women that are caretakers,” he continues. “Women that are going to feed him and support him and be there for him. He does as little as he possibly can, but enough for them to buy into that fantasy for awhile.”

SENSUALITY

Sprinkled with comedy, drama, and true-to-life relationship scenarios, Spread is full of sex as well – lots of it – and the couplings are portrayed more realistically than in most mainstream movies. To ground the characters’ relationships in reality, the filmmakers wanted to portray the sex between them as realistically as possible – which meant Kutcher would have to be completely naked for many of his scenes. It was something he wasn’t initially prepared for.

“The sexual content in the film was really aggressive at times,” Kutcher says. “I have my own insecurities about my body. I’m from the Midwest, I’m from a Catholic family and a relatively conservative environment, so for me to be that artistically liberal and free was really challenging. It got more comfortable as I did it, but it gave me a lot of respect and reverence for people who’ve done it before me. The courage it takes to lay your sexuality and sensuality all the way out there scares me.”

Just as Kutcher found himself unclothed on set, Heche had to be willing to go places she hadn’t gone. “It’s been a trippy, trippy, naked ride,” she laughs. “I certainly can say I’ve gone further in this movie than I ever have before. Why didn’t I do this when I was twenty-two?”

What made such bravery possible for Heche, though, was that she didn’t find the film’s sexual situations gratuitous – the sexual situations and their necessity to the script are what made her feel fine about portraying them. “Adult lives are sexual lives,” she says. “We’re given these films all the time where people aren’t really talking truthfully about what goes on in people’s sex lives. You get these scenes where people come together and they kiss and fall down on a bed, and then we’re supposed to imagine what’s going on. But people’s sex lives are extreme. I certainly haven’t seen a truthful portrayal of an adult sex life in a film in awhile, and it’s bold to be able to do that. It may be uncomfortable, it may be sexy, it may be heartbreaking. Maybe disturbing. But true stuff.”

For her part, when commenting on the sexuality of the film, Levieva says, “The sexual part of it was always very real and important in telling the story. There is a lot of sexuality in the movie and a lot of people having sex, but it’s necessary to the script.”

As for her feelings on having to shed her clothes in the film, just like Kutcher and Heche, Levieva says, “I’d never done nudity in a movie.” And how did she get over her nerves? “Honestly, I just thought about the people I was going to be working with. I really respect David, and I was really excited to work with Ashton. It was unreal – very comfortable and everyone’s just been so supportive and making sure I was okay with it.”

“We’re just being truthful in those scenes, and these people are in love,” she laughs. “Things happen when you’re in love.”

LOS ANGELES

With a story as much about image, wealth, and artifice as it is about attraction, sex, and romance, there’s only one place the film could be set: Los Angeles. L.A. serves as a character unto its own in the film, the perfect place for an iconic look at the lure of sex, money, and access that Hollywood offers to its beautiful residents.

Los Angeles is often the customary site for mythmaking in the American cultural iconography, and with good reason. The city provides slick and luxurious home settings as well as thumping nightlife backdrops for Nikki’s high times. It also has glimpses of seedy, fleabag motels and waiting-for-dreams-to-come-true apartment crash pads for when Nikki has nowhere else to turn. In his Spread adventure, Nikki runs the gambit of Hollywood dreams and nightmares.

When asked why he feels L.A. was such an appropriate place for Spread’s story to unfold, Kutcher says, “I think Los Angeles is a place that trades on cosmetic effect. It's a place where people that look a certain way have a wealthier lifestyle with more access, just based on physical appearance. We’re capturing in the film a place where people are just trading on their looks, and a dark underbelly of reality that really exists.”

Levieva agrees. “I think it’s a very L.A. story,” she says. “All the characters in it exist, especially in L.A. And we filmed in all the real locations, which was great because we really got to explore L.A. From the wardrobe to the characters and the locations, it’s very L.A.-based and very real.”

DAVID MACKENZIE (DIRECTOR) is one of Scotland's leading film directors. David Mackenzie started his film career making shorts. He first won an award for “California Sunshine” (1997), a 20-minute film about a pair of small-time drug dealers that starred his younger brother, actor Alastair Mackenzie. In 1999, he won an Audience Award at the Brest European Short Film Festival for Marcie's Dowry. In 2000, he placed second for Best Short Film at the Dresden Film Festival for Somersault (1999). Having completed nine shorts and a documentary, Mackenzie's first feature length film was the low budget The Last Great Wilderness (2002), which he co-wrote with his brother Michael Tait. But David didn't gain international attention until he wrote and directed Young Adam (2003), based on the 1954 novel by Alexander Trocchi starring Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton. He won a Scottish BAFTA for Best Director, as well as awards at Edinburgh and the London Critics Circle. Mackenzie went on to direct Asylum, starring Natasha Richardson, followed by Hallam Foe (2007) starring Jamie Bell which Mackenzie co-wrote for the screen, directed, and produced. The film went on to win awards at the Berlin Film Festival.

New Trailer for "Valhalla Rising" with Mads Mikkelsen, Jamie Sives

With the film due to screen next month at Festivals in Venice and Toronto, there is a brand new trailer now online for Nicholas Windig Refn's Valhalla Rising with Mads Mikkelsen and Jamie Sives. This is a reworked, seemingly shorter version of the first one (NO shot of Jamie either boo!) but here you go! Note: graphic shots, including the one of decapitated head, sorry.

Media Madness: Live "Spread" Press Junket with Ashton Kutcher

Twitter and technology pwns all today, as we can all watch LIVE RIGHT NOW the dread press junket lolol and the endless barrage actors/crew have to do for the release of a new film. CLICK HERE ASHTON LIVE RIGHT NOW ON BLOGTV
Wonder if I can get in a question on David Mackenzie? wish me luck!

Plus: New Interview: Ashton on Seacrest here
Screenwriter Jason Dean Hall talks "Spread"

UPDATE: ATTENTION HELGE and friends! Website for Spread now in Russia, complete with Russian David Mackenzie lol xxxx

Kate Dickie, James Nesbit Update: OutCast to Screen in New York Next March

Quick update today regarding the fabulous Kate Dickie, star of Sigma Films Red Road and the forthcoming Rounding Up Donkeys:

First: OutCast (btw NOT A SIGMA FILM lol), starring Kate and co-star James Nesbitt will be screening next March at the New York Irish Film Fleadh. The wonderful Digital Guerrillas have also done a 20 minute on set report, due out prob early next year, so stay tuned for that! Irish Central has an interview with the producer John McDonnall, who says of the film: “Accessing financing for new films in recession Ireland is a tough call. The challenge with Outcast is that although it was a horror-based script it was very based on Celtic mythology and its set between Ireland and Scotland. The Irish Film Board have been very supportive and our main focus was to attract Scottish financing,” said McDonnall.

Ireland has a great history of stories about the banshee and those kind of imaginary, mythic figures that exist within the natural world. This Irish spin was the inspiration that brought the script to life,“We just decided to work on those kind of themes based on the knowledge that there is an audience there who want to watch them. Our interest is in thrillers and that will be consistent going forward.

“We’re already in the postproduction stage with these two films and we’ve several projects in the pipeline already. The recession that we’re hearing about is a worldwide phenomena and its more difficult to raise money for any film than it was a couple of years ago but then it was harder a couple of years before that,” says McDonnall.“It’s getting increasingly difficult to raise money for films in Ireland but I think its down to the tenacity of the people involved to have faith in there project and keep going. "Wake Wood" and "Outcast" will represent two new important Irish supernatural thrillers and obviously we’ll be looking to the U.S. audience for releases later in the year.”

BRING IT ON here in the States woot! Also according to her agents Hunwick Hughes (Thanks for the great updates each month!), the wonderful Kate has been cast in Ridley Scott's adaptation of Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth WONDERFUL NEWS!

Finally, Kate has made new comments on her role in the acclaimed Advance Party Series as Jackie, in the second installment called Rounding Up Donkeys. While the movie appears to be in some sort of limbo for the moment I HAVE NO IDEA FOLKS SORRY, you can see scans of the comments here, here and here on my Flickr. (and yes totally I SUCK cause thats disorganized, blurgh will get it together one of these eons!)

Video: Excerpts of Director David Mackenzie Talk at Aberdeen University

Well I am thoroughly spoiled this week! Not only do we have the endless delight of new Jamie Sives interviews and footage, another rare and delightful video interview has arrived on YouTube. As readers might recall, director David Mackenzie was a guest speaker for the Directors cut series at Aberdeen University in Scotland a few months ago. The University has now uploaded excerpts of the conversation with David, where this shy and modest man speaks to the hurdles involved in translating literature to a visual medium in the forms of his films Young Adam and Hallam Foe. Thanks so much to those at UofAberdeen!