JDD History
Here is the stroy of everyone's favourite North Dublin film company:
JDD are an amateur/underground filmmaking company from Dublin, Ireland. JDD is Joey McGabhain, Dan Forex, Dave LargO and Oggyoe Fitzpatrick. Founded in 1998, JDD have been producing excellent quality short movies of many different genres from comedy to murder mysteries.
JDD originated on 11th June 1998 in Dave LargO�s garden when in a moment of madness made a film called �It Was Larry�. The film was quite a success and JDD began to grow an underground fan base.
At this time, the JDD members also ventured into the world of politics, forming �The Wall Party� (named so after most of the parties meetings were held on a brick wall). In the summer of 1998, The Wall Party even took control of the country for a short period, setting up a rebellious H.Q. in the G.P.O. in Dublin, until staff forced them out at closing time.
At this time JDD had very little filmmaking experience, but brilliant imaginative ideas were coming out from all angles. One of these was made into a film called �Sundown� which was a successful follow-up to �It Was Larry�. JDD became widely known, and things were looking good for the future. �Sundown� was nominated for an award at the Cannes film Festival in 1999 but was narrowly defeated by BJBB Films with �Stone Floating Around In The Sky�.
But within the next few months,Due to a huge loss in JDD's monitary accounts (thanks to bizarre irregularities), JDD were on the verge of bankruptcy. A quick revival plan was needed. This came at the end of 2000 when the production �Ten Short Films� was made on a ridiculously low budget of �25. The film was a box office giant and brought JDD right back on top of the amateur filmmaking world. Things couldn�t have been any better. It was so successful JDD went on to make Vol. 2 and 3 in the subsequent years, but neither being a patch on the original.
In 2001 JDD were flying high in the filmmaking world. Everybody was looking for an interview with the members. These can be seen here. For the first time people began to expect films to be made and some pressure was put on JDD. They answered to this with two great films in 2001: �Blue Murder� and �The Tennis Coach�. Blue Murder sent the fans wild, as it became the most successful film ever made by JDD at the time.
Times were good and a second film in 2001 was on its way. �The Tennis Coach� was all set for release in the summer, but the film was destroyed in an undisclosed freak accident. This was a huge disappointment and a massive loss of money, but the success of previous films kept their drive for fame. The media lost focus on JDD and became interested in the new �FILM CONCEPT� created by the filmmakers the Gestafenhobfer twins: Reality Violence Space Travel.
JDD were at their lowest point ever, getting slated weekly by any magazine that still remembered who they were. To keep whatever fans they still had going, JDD released a book called �Lost Scraps�. It was a collection of film scripts never actually made into films. Some were unfinished and some were outrageously inappropriate. It even included the lost film �The Tennis Coach�. Unfortunately, it was a complete flop. Fans didn�t even bother with it and was off the shelves within two weeks. This was an all time low for JDD, and rescue was needed. To make things worse, Dan Forex left the group to form his new band, Ebo. Time went by slowly, as money became even more rare.
Year 2002 came and JDD were ready for a fresh start. From January to April they were working on a film that had been in mind for years but never came about: �Tennis Balls Are Death Traps�. It had been kept quiet all year and no one had heard anything from JDD since 2001. The first film by JDD since the departure of Dan Forex, it was released in the summer and became hit. Loved by audiences of all sorts because of its divine blend of comic seriousness, it soon became JDDs highest grossing film of all time, just edging out �Blue Murder�. People realized the talent they thought JDD had lost was back in action, literally! And as if that wasn�t enough of a come back, Dan Forex was invited back to join JDD, an offer taken up!
JDD were back again and nothing could stop them. A series of �made for TV Specials� were released including �Food Tasters Xtreme� in which members of the JDD cast were blindfolded and forced to eat ridiculous amounts of spices and mustard, mixed with other things, and �The Killester Molester� in which Dave, Oggyie and a friend of the group, Mick, raced around Furry Park in Killester, two laps wearing nothing but their underwear! Both of these were highly successful and many more spontaneous escapades were filmed to nation wide acclaim.
During 2002, JDD were temporarily split after Yughurl and T-BARD broke away with some friends to form the unsuccessfully short-lived �Moderately Wild Crew�. The rebellion was quashed and their only production (cheep imitations from JDD films and other sources) was quickly taped over.
In the summer of 2003, JDD turned most of it's attention the shows rather then films. The first of these was JDD Houses (which wasn't great to be honest). This was followed by the succesful JDD Eejit, of which three episodes were filmed. JDDWrestling was also launched. The only movie made by the group on '03 was the eerie psychological thriller, "Guilty Conscience".
2004 saw the return of Eejit in the form of Eejit Presents: Adventurers, in which the lads traped around Howth hill. There was also excitment as a work began on 4th edition of Ten Short Films. This continued into 2005 but has yet to completed and production is expected to last into the summer of 2006.