Entertainment Experience

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Tricked
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Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Written by Kim van Kooten
Paul Verhoeven
Robert Alberdingk Thijm
Produced by René Mioch
Justus Verkerk
Starring
Edited by
Distributed by
Running time
50 minutes
Country Netherlands
Language Dutch

Entertainment Experience was a Dutch TV-program and competition following the creation of a user-generated film-project in which two films were created: one film made by professionals named Tricked (Steekspel), directed by Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, and one "user-generated film" made by contesting teams of participants. The process of making the films was shown on Veronica.

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Production

The project was launched on September 21, 2011, and finished at the end of 2012.

The film script consisted of eight parts. Part one was written by Kim van Kooten. "The crowd" (participators of the competition) wrote the scripts for the seven following parts. Each of the participating film crews made a single short film, corresponding to their part of the film, while Verhoeven filmed all the scripts for his version. [1]

Paul Verhoeven[ citation needed ] announced the name of his movie on 7 May 2012 on the television show De Wereld Draait Door . The international title of the movie is Tricked; the Dutch title is Steekspel. It was suggested by the participant Trudi van der Stelt, AKA 'Trudiola'.

On 24 September 2012, the movie premiered in the Tuschinski Theater in Amsterdam. Both the version by Verhoeven and the version of the participating teams were shown. On 28 March 2013, Tricked had its public release in EYE.

In March 2013, Lotgenoten (Counterparts), the user-generated version of the winning participants IO Filmproducties, was picked up by Benelux Film Distributors for nationwide theatrical release and on dvd and video on demand.

In 2014, the China edition of the project was launched (the local name is: 全民电影EEC). Director John Woo and actress Zhang Ziyi were attached.

In 2019, the concept was launched in the Middle East, in close collaboration with Shams Media City. The project was spearheaded by Nahla Al Fahad.

Cast (Verhoeven's version)

ActorCharacter
Peter Blok Remco Albrecht
Ricky KooleIneke Albrecht
Carolien SpoorLieke Albrecht
Robert de HoogTobias Albrecht
Sallie Harmsen Nadja van Romsbeek
Gaite Jansen Merel
Jochum ten HaafWim
Anita LudolphieMaaike
Pieter TiddensFred
Ronald van ElderenGijs
Celia van den BoogertVerkoopster Nelly

Progress of the project

The public film was composed out of eight separate parts. The course of the story was determined by the audience. From the beginning of the project, several production teams were formed. They filmed their version of the script. The community exclusively received parts of the final script, put together by scriptwriter Robert Alberdingk Thijm and Paul Verhoeven, in order to film them.

The crews who won a segment:

PartTeamDirected byCast
Part 1 Nightwork Films Henriëtte DrostPeter in 't Hout (Remco), Jolijn van Dulken (Ineke), Tirza Gehring (Lieke), Mick van der Waag (Tobias), Rianne Dekker (Nadja), Tamara van Sprundel (Merel), Arjen van der Lely (Wim), William Vast (Fred)
Part 2
Part 3
Part 5
Part 8
IO Filmproducties Stephan Brenninkmeijer Alfred Heppener (Remco), Heleen van Doremalen (Ineke), Fransie Groenendijk (Lieke), Martijn van Hese (Tobias), Charmène Sloof (Nadja), Marleen Maathuis (Merel), Cas van der Sande (Wim), Mischa van der Klei (Fred), Nienke Brinkhuis (Maaike)
Part 4Vicie FilmsMaarten van VlietRik Luijmes (Remco), Sofie Cornelissen (Lieke), Luuk Weerts (Tobias), Karlijn Lansink (Merel), Milou Adjanga (Nadja), Edwin van Weert (Wim), Peter Smith (Fred)
Part 6MarantzfilmsJoris van Blerck en Max HuismanEric van der Velden (Remco), Yvonne van Uden (Ineke), Nina van Blerck (Lieke), Igmar Sauer (Tobias), Charlotte Quanjel (Nadja), Evelien Bijnen (Merel), Koen Andringa (Wim), Gert van de Meent (Fred)
Part 7Van Goch ProductiesCarel van GochHelma van Goch (Ineke), Hannah van Goch (Lieke), Wouter van Goch (Tobias), Lea Willenborg (Nadja), Carel van Goch (Wim), Jos van der Heijden (Fred)

Composers who wrote a winning score:

The script

Seven of the eight scripts are based on various separate scripts, contributed by the audience. Based on these contributions, Paul Verhoeven and Robert Alberdingk Thijm composed a script each time, which formed the basis for the next script. In total, 85 participants contributed to the final scripts. Several recurring contributors are mentioned below.

ScriptwriterCommunity NameScriptwriterCommunity Name
Renee van AmerongenReneeRobbie VeenmanRobbyrrrrr
Lidy KoeneLadyEsther E. SchmidtGelijkestrijd
Bart van WezelBamaheAnnemiek DirkzwagerMoek
Marco de GardeijnMarcusjosephusBob le NobelBobsjoke
Kenneth DingensKennethMarion BrouwerMarsel
Richard HendrikseRotery815Silvia NobisSilvie
Carla van VlietScriptsterFleur JansenFleur
Mireille OostromKeshetStephanie MacStephaniem
Constance van den BrinkC.StansJosé van WindenJopie70
Anne Karina WesterikAnnekaJozef Onno Johan Casper van HelsdingenOnno van Helsdingen
Joost van PraagJVPSFrank WesterinkFrnkwstrnk
Faritia MartinaPaulaJochum ten HaafMurphy
Jonathan Maxwell ReevesGhostwriter

The teams could write their own ending. The winning screenplay was written by Stephan Brenninkmeijer and Fleur Jansen.

Soundtrack

On May 24, 2012, the winner of the soundtrack competition was chosen. Dutch band Reveller was the winner, with a song called "Hold the Horses". Reveller consists of:

NameFunction
Sven SterkSinger/songwriter
Ramon de WildeSinger/songwriter
Dennis BiesmansBass
Evert AaltenKeyboard
Rob KlerkxDrum

Nominations and wins

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References

  1. Entertainment Experience Entertainment Experience follows the development of a user-generated movie.