If Terminator Salvation and Transformers 2 aren’t popping your corn at the cinema just now, I might have some good news for you.
In the autumn, the very first (to our knowledge) feature-length movie all about bingo is set to hit the big screen!
‘Bingo Confidential’ tells the story of a group of bingo players chasing a huge jackpot, and the film’s director roped in some real bingo players to fill out the cast!
“It all started with The Bingo Bugle [a US bingo newspaper]. It sparked my curiosity, so when I drove a friend’s mom to bingo, I took a peek inside. It was packed!” says film-maker Susan Noel Benfatto “It’s a comedy, so we stretched the personalities, but everyone was in on the jokes…No bingo players were harmed during the filming of the movie!”
The movie goes on DVD release in the US this autumn and you can visit the movie’s official website here. Can’t wait til it arrives in the UK!
BingoBoy
A film called House (not to be confused with th US drama) was made in the 90s. It was about a seaside bingo that was close to shutting down and a young bingo caller was trying to help keep it open. Anyway in the end she won a bonanza game, a bit like the national and used the money to save the club.
It has been on the TV a few times and at the time I thought it was quite good and accurate.