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Don Paice owns the territory and his enemies are dead. Life is so great that he wants to kill himself...
Essex crime king-pin Don Paice crashes into depression after the death of his wife, during a criminal deal gone wrong. Deciding that he has nothing left worth living for he hires a hitman to dispose of himself, declaring that he plans to take a hold of his own destiny again by pin-pointing the day of his own death.
Paice’s right-hand stooge then reveals that his dying wife let slip a secret on her death bed. Paice has a son he knows nothing about - a boy who was given to another family 17 years ago. On hearing this he has a change of heart about his fate. However, the hitman has already been paid off in full and has been commanded to do the job no matter what - ironically by Paice himself.
- Directed by Jaspreet Grewal
- Written by Jaspreet Grewal
- Produced by Amarjit Grewal
- Running Time 115 min
- Release Date 2006
- Country
- Content Rating Intended Audience: teen
- Website Quality Indigo
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Written by Jaspreet Grewal
Produced by Amarjit Grewal
Cast Frank Jakeman:
Michael Brand:
Dean Holley:
Adam Leese:
Paul Marc Davis:
Cameron Jack:
Richard Fry:
Tom Wontner:
John Enthoven:
Amarjit Grewal:
Jaspreet Grewal:
Sebastian Dassler:
Kee Lewis:
Terrance Forster:
Lawrence Pearce:
Katie Everett:
Jennifer Pike:
Kim Herman:
Surjit Mann:
‘Quality Indigo’ was conceived by director Jaspreet Grewal only four months before production began: "I knew that I wanted to revisit the crime genre. I realised I wanted to explore mortality because of an intense experience I had and that’s when I bought Paice’s grim-reaper to life in the form of ‘The Sandman’."
Why should the 24 year-old writer-director be having a mid-life crisis? Don Paice is around 50 and appearing in every scene he is the closest thing to the writer’s alter-ego: "I understand him intimately, having a crisis’ that most of us wrestle with everyday, in a more subconcious, or secondary way… Questions about God, life after death, etc. These are universal, so I wasn’t worried about making this wise-guy so old. Frank (Jakeman) gives Paice so much depth that I think anyone would engage with this movie."
With a budget of 100,000 UK Pounds, how difficult was it to get the epic made? Grewal’s answer is simple: "We did what all low budgeters do - cut corners."
‘Quality Indigo’ was born when Don Paice was born. Paice was conceived when I committed to paper some extreme views and sentiments, regarding life and mortality. It was a venting of steam, and because I didn’t really believe much of what I had written, I needed to put the words into the mouth of someone who did. Thus, a trodden-on east London wiseguy, who has had nothing but struggle and misunderstanding most of his life, was an ideal proxy. This necessitated the genre (crime-thriller) and dictated the tone of the film too.
I see the film as a story about a King on the verge of death and frustrated by his lack of spiritual achievement. He’s got all the gold, but no worthy heirs. Thus, his son Terry Mallstrom is Paice’s key to fulfillment, and a practical solution to boot. The Sandman is basically the Grim Reaper and the narrative is a ticking clock…
The idea was to present a yarn, a romanticised fable, but treat it with the gritty reality that the genre demands. When you strip the film down from it’s practical locales, harsh language and urban style that’s pretty much what’s left.
I was abit of a renaissance man on my first film (photographing and editing, on top of directing) but this was a massive collaborative effort from a bigger, and very talented crew. I hope you enjoy the fruits of our efforts because we make these things for YOU. Keep watching them and we’ll keep making them!
Cheers,
-Jas Grewal
(Director)
