BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Internet launch for film thriller
I was thrilled (no pun intended) to see this. Last year I plugged endlessly that we would start to see full length films avaialbe on the Internet in the UK. Despite some US sites starting this type of rent a film over the web, nothing has materialised in the UK. Until now:
The new film by Full Monty writer Simon Beaufoy has become the first to be launched officially over the internet.
This is Not a Love Song, which stars Harry Potter actor David Bradley, begun streaming at 1800 BST on Friday. The film runs for 93 minutes.
The film is available for streaming or for download from the film's website at a cost of between £2 to £3.
Unfortunately not everything seems to have gone to plan.
But soon after, overwhelming demand from the public to see the movie caused the site's streaming facility to crash.
A message was posted on the site apologising to people trying to download the movie.
"This is not working. We are currently experiencing a temporary technical problem in the delivery of the film," said the message.
"Our team is working on the delay and the film will be back online as soon as possible.
"This is a world first - thank you for bearing with us."
When it does start working again, I urge you to go view it. British films are usually pretty watchable and well worth the effort. I'd like to see more UK based films but so often they get pushed aside by dross from the US (not all films from Hollywood are dross but quite a lot :o )
Anyway I hope to watch it next wekk when the servers come back up and the rush has abated. Give it a go!