GEF’S ARMY
SPECIAL THANKS TO...
PRODUCER CLARE BATEMAN-KING ON NANDOR FODOR AND THE TALKING MONGOOSE’S BACKERS
MOST MOVIES PLAY it safe when it comes to their Special Thanks sections. A couple of names here, maybe an organisation or two there. But not Nandor Fodor And The Talking Mongoose (renamed The Detective on certain platforms). As the credits roll on the Simon Pegg drama, about a real-life paranormal investigator who travels to the Isle Of Man to dig into an apparent manifestation of, well, a talking mongoose called Gef, a new section appears, headed by “The Producers, Cast, And Crew Wish To Thank The Members (And Mongooses) Of Gef’s Army”. And then thousands of names appear, presented alphabetically. This is Gef’s Army. It takes nearly three minutes to get through all 3,500, all of whom invested a minimum of $40 in Legion M, one of the production companies behind the film. In exchange, says producer Clare Bateman-King, they received a credit.