Stick Guns Movie

STICK GUNS looks at the appetite many of us had for war and for army games during our childhood. Often sought out deep within the local wood, these war games often shaped the most thrilling moments of our young lives, and for some fuelled an inevitable hunger for the real thing. This was the time of a three channel TV set, a time before games consoles or access to the internet - a time of unbridled imagination and heroism.

Narrated from the viewpoint of a now thirty-something dad, expressing fond memories of a world where adventure was limited only by your imagination. A world where a good stick became a great gun.

'Stick Guns' was filmed in Fleet, Hampshire in 2005 - the town where I grew up during the early eighties - and was shot in the same wood that I discovered my first stick gun.

'Stick Guns' gained a distribution deal with Shorts International and premiered at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival. That same year it was subsequently screened at the Longbaugh Film Festival, OneDotZero (ICA) and won the 'Columbine Award' at the Moondance Festival, Los Angeles.

Written by Simon Tucker & David Tucker
Directed by Dave Tucker
Produced by Sasha Duncan
Co-Produced by Thomas Benski, Pulse Films

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• stick guns
• warfare
• war games
• battle
• war
• attack
• woods
• forest
• childhood
• nostalgia
• army
• military
• weapons
• Movie
• Funny

[Millsytheshred]

honestly, one of the best videos on the tube. good work!

[simonpt68]

Many thanks!! Appreciated

[TarnishUK]

Love it, love it, love it! We used to lose whole weekends to playing soldiers when I was that age in the early 80s. What did I do when I "grew up"? I did a few years in the TA and now I take part in WW2 re-enacting! It's never ended! ;o)

[bunnyblatter]

Guys you must have had hell of a laugh doing this! As thesmudge said,its an absolute gem,!

[ChristofTheSlow]

ahhhhh, pine cone grenades. Much better than the real thing :)

[TheSmudge2489]

this is a absolute gem brings back so many good memories of being 11 again thanks for posting it

[deputy98]

hey why it is only 20k views, this video have sense of humor, whiy ow why?

[uksolider]

Fantastic, brings back somany memories,

[Panzerlang]

Brilliant!

[myYTwashackedbyanoob]

Haha! LOVE IT! me being a reenactor.. I lol'd so damn hard

[001Stonker]

Lost track of how many levels that connects on - worrying, given that I was a 30 yr Regular Army soldier :-D

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Serious point: I'd love to know where the Brits bought those Para smocks !

[DrStealth101]

two mummys boys were never allowed out to play 'stick guns' with the other lads.............

[ORig1n4L]

love it :)