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GOING UNDERGROUND

GOING UNDERGROUND
By Stephen Hall

GENRE: Animation
LOGLINE:

When three men and a dog time travel back to Edinburgh to 1984 and meet themselves as twenty-one year-olds, action, mayhem and chaos ensues as a gang of bikers and an evil landlady pursue them for stolen jewels hidden in a toy panda with hilarious results.

SYNOPSIS:

Beginning with live action, 60-year-olds Peter Wright, Danny Allbright and Ricky Newman, along with their dog Buddy, visit tour operator Living Scottish Discoveries in Edinburgh to venture on a walk through the underground tunnels of Scotland's capital city.

Before starting their tour, the men are provided with a glass of Elixr 1328 whisky and a map to guide them through the labyrinth of tunnels.

Eventually they reach a cavern that contains a door, which, on opening, reveals a bright light that they enter.

When they step out of the light, they find themselves as animated characters standing in the city's Royal Mile during the festival with a dog which can now talk, surrounded by tourists.

Visiting the flat where they once lived, they meet the 21-year-old versions of themselves, who invite them to stay the night before returning to their present time. Soon they are reminiscing and enjoying each others company, fuelled by magic wine.

In a hallucinatory state of ecstasy the group of elderly men are taken to The Underground club, dressed as goths and punks to blend in with the clientele. The night ensues with dancing and partying as the old men relive their youth. Meanwhile The Barbarians, a biker gang led by Baba Fatt, steal jewels which they store in a stuffed toy panda, before venturing out for the night to celebrate. Unbeknownst to them, their little old landlady, Mrs Tillyworth, takes it upon herself to clean their dishevelled flat and throw out the toy panda with the junk.

Walking home from the club, Buddy finds the toy panda and takes it back with them. When the bikers return to find the toy panda is missing, they are furious and begin the search to retrieve the panda and the jewels. The following day and the dog runs off with the panda.

The old men leave their young counterparts to find the dog, while they return to where they arrived to find out how to get home. There, they meet a Rastafarian in Edinburgh's Smallest Shop, who requests to see their map which shows where the portal can be found.

On the other side of the city, Baba Fatt visits Dame Concietayda Lott, who hired them to steal the jewels and lives in the extravagant mansion called Rockville with her black mynah bird. He informs her, much to her anger, that they have lost the jewels.

Later, while his soldiers are hunting for the jewels, two skinheads, who are neighbours where the old men are staying, inform him of the panda. Soon, the bikers are on the trail.

From here, the story evolves into a hilarious escapade of comedy situations, parodies and homages as the search is on for the jewels, that leads to a fast-paced, action-packed finale through the streets of Scotland's capital as the police, the bikers, the Dame and the unsuspecting old men with their young versions converge into a cat-and-mouse adventure, which climaxes in a car chase through the city as they make for the underground portal.

With the travellers evading everyone, the Dame is armed and waiting for them but the girlfriends come to the rescue with paint guns and the men are able to get home while the Dame and bikers are arrested.

GOING UNDERGROUND

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