Welcome to Restoration Dogs. Restoration Dogs is a transformative work with aspects of parody of the cult film Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino 1992). This work in progress is both visually stunning, and an outrageously fresh 'genre-mixing' approach to storytelling. We're using a well known film style and blending it with a well established theatrical style to create a new experience for the audience.
In this re-imagined story , eight criminals plot to steal the Crown Jewels of King Charles II . The setting is London 1671. The text is mostly in verse. The period is known as the 'Restoration'. The story is told in part, by the two town gossips. Although the identity of these rogues is not known to each other, we find that there is a 'rat' within their midst. This action is played out with the high-style and language of Restoration Comedy with all its witty wordplay, transforming this parody into a new comedic perspective on "It's all been done before".
Viewing the Teaser/Trailer, hearing the text and music, and reading the content of the Restoration Dogs website, will serve to give you the look, feel and intent of the work.
Originally this work started out as a writing exercise, as the opening scene only. I called it the 'Assumption of the Virgin scene' a parody of the opening of Quentin Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs (1992). I passed it to a few friends to see if they would get the humor and references. I figured if they got it and laughed I might have something here as a creative endeavor. They did and I was encouraged to continue my exercise. Having performed as an Actor, and written some small scenes and papers in the style of Restoration Comedy and Moliere, I discovered that I had a talent for writing verse. More importantly, I enjoyed it. In total, a full eighty percent of the work is in verse. Not one word is the same as the brilliant original film.