Ecstasy - Crowdfunding campaign

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Ecstasy is a short comedy film about a son and his disabled father and their quest to buy 'one pill' so that the dad can dance with his wife at her upcoming surprise birthday party. What could possibly go wrong?

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This film is a story about me and my Dad - Bob. Who's lived with Parkinson's disease for the last 20 years and, as a family, we've been on quite a journey. If you're not familiar with Parkinson's, it's a neurological disorder which affects everything to do with your movement. Simple things like walking, talking and dancing become incredibly tough to do. A huge amount of effort can go into drinking a glass of water, you're reliant upon drugs so that you can move AND the disease gets progressivley worse. We try to deal with all of this with a smile and positivity, and that's why I want to make 'Ecstasy'.

"Why ecstasy?" you may be thinking, well... In 2001 this incredible thing happened in the world of Parkinson's. A young former stuntman with Parkinson's disease decided to take ecstasy on a night out with some friends, and 40 minutes later, when the drugs began to kick in and he was 'coming up', something unbelievable happened...all the movement issues related to the illness disappeared and he was able to move again. Suddenly there was hope that this miracle could lead to a cure being found. As a result, for the first time ever, the Home Office sanctioned the use of a Class A drug for medical studies, and scientists at Cambridge tried to find out if ecstasy could lead to a cure. This story formed the basis of a BBC Horizon documentary 'Ecstasy & Agony'. Check it out online, quite literally a man goes from struggling to lift a glass of water to being able to do acrobatics.

In our film, father and son, Ian and Kristian, are blown away upon discovering the effect of ecstasy on people living with Parkinson's and set out to buy an ecstacy pill in the hopes it will allow Ian the freedom of movement to dance with his wife Rachael on her birthday. What follows is a heartfelt and hilarious story that makes you think about how far you'd go to be able to dance with your wife. We want audiences to laugh, cry and rave in their seat!

**The jury is still out on the benefits of ecstasy on people living with Parkinson's disease. Right now the negatives outweigh the positives. Read up on it, but please don't go out there and take it.

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