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During the 1970s Stephen Smith was a drug addict who lived as a homeless person in Aberdeen, Dundee and other UK cities. He overcame his addiction to amphetamines when he met a German student, fell in love with her and married her. He now lives in Germany and works as a property developer. He does voluntary work with recovering drug addicts.
He wrote his book called Addict about his real life experiences of drugs and crime. It sold over 1 million copies Worldwide.
The film rights were bought by Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz. He wanted Robbie Williams to play the lead role, but though the fee was £1 million he declined. Robbie Williams father, Pete Conway, was also approached to star as Stephen Smith's father.
Stephen Smith then rewrote the script.
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The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell.
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It was then purchased by Westworld International Films. Production was due to start in January 2006, based on Stephen Smith's biographical book Addict. Some of the scenes will be shot in Aberdeen and Dundee. Local people may have the opportunity to appear as extras.
The movie is to be directed by actor Andy Serkis who is most famous as the computer generated character Gollum in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the voice of King Kong and the character of Lumpy the Cook in the Peter Jackson 2005 movie King Kong and as Bill Sikes in the TV Oliver Twist production of 1999. Addict will be the first film he has directed, though after Addict he will be directing Muybridge in 2007. It is about Eadweard Muybridge a pioneering photographer who is famed as the Godfather of Cinema and a self confessed murderer.
It is already being compared to Trainspotting by author Irvine Welsh which was also made into a film directed by Danny Boyle and starred Ewan McGregor, James Cosmo, Peter Mullan, Kelly Macdonald, Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd and Robert Carlyle. Though Stephen Smith says it does not have a happy ending and will focus on the horror of drug taking.
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Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
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An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
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Addict Stephen Smith
During the 1970s Stephen Smith was a drug addict who lived as a homeless person in Aberdeen, Dundee and other UK cities. He overcame his addiction to amphetamines when he met a German student, fell in love with her and married her. He now lives in Germany and works as a property developer. He does voluntary work with recovering drug addicts.
He wrote his book called Addict about his real life experiences of drugs and crime. It sold over 1 million copies Worldwide.
The film rights were bought by Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz. He wanted Robbie Williams to play the lead role, but though the fee was £1 million he declined. Robbie Williams father, Pete Conway, was also approached to star as Stephen Smith's father.
Stephen Smith then rewrote the script.
Follow us on: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Contact Me.
My new novel:
The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell.
Download Now.
Buy the Paperback.
It was then purchased by Westworld International Films. Production was due to start in January 2006, based on Stephen Smith's biographical book Addict. Some of the scenes will be shot in Aberdeen and Dundee. Local people may have the opportunity to appear as extras.
The movie is to be directed by actor Andy Serkis who is most famous as the computer generated character Gollum in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the voice of King Kong and the character of Lumpy the Cook in the Peter Jackson 2005 movie King Kong and as Bill Sikes in the TV Oliver Twist production of 1999. Addict will be the first film he has directed, though after Addict he will be directing Muybridge in 2007. It is about Eadweard Muybridge a pioneering photographer who is famed as the Godfather of Cinema and a self confessed murderer.
It is already being compared to Trainspotting by author Irvine Welsh which was also made into a film directed by Danny Boyle and starred Ewan McGregor, James Cosmo, Peter Mullan, Kelly Macdonald, Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd and Robert Carlyle. Though Stephen Smith says it does not have a happy ending and will focus on the horror of drug taking.
More famous Aberdonians.
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
Download.
Buy the paperback.
An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
Buy this latest novel by local author C.G. Buswell on Kindle or Paperback.
Advertise Here from just £70.
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