Happy 2010 from Alfred & Jakobine!
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 07:30AM 
Alfred, Niels and Anpo in the middle of their journey.
Happy New Year to all of you. We've been busy at work on a brand new trailer for the film, and it is coming together very nicely. You will see it before anyone else next week. This new trailer, for the first time, will properly represent all the dimensions of the story, now that the film has been shot.
Most importantly, it will, more than our current trailer, evoke the key role of Niels in the film, Alfred and Jakobine's son. Niels, of course, made the journey with Alfred across the country in the old taxi, and within the film, it will be through Niels that we will learn of the epic story of his parents' greatest adventure, and of Alfred's plans for the taxi before the new road trip begins.
Many of you have asked how the trip went. Did they have problems along the way? How did the taxi do? Did they make it all the way to Jakobines, and if so, how did she react? The answers to some of these questions will be contained in the new trailer, but certainly not all. For these, you'll have to wait for the actual film!
One final update for now, is that we are about to go into final editing! Our talented editor, Alan Mackay, is now ready to jump in, and we're all very excited to see how he crafts the story, from the over 80 hours of footage that we shot. Also, we have new composers lined up to create music, and a beautiful score for the film, which is so important.
It's all very exciting, and we'll keep you posted more frequently now, as things move toward completion, and for now, keep an eye out for the brand new trailer next week.
Reader Comments (1)
I was the manager of Lowis @ Hodgkiss in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, that "recovered" the taxi and repaired it to keep Al and Jakobine's journey going.
Al and Jakobine stayed with us for a few days while the repairs were being carried out. Such lovely people, we would love to have contact with them again.
We spent most of our lives in the USA but are now retired in England.
I still have the spear that Al gave to me !! So pleased to see the taxi is still alive !!