How an English Village Bankrolled 'A Tortoise in Love' (Cannes)

11:44 AM PDT 5/12/2011 by Scott Roxborough

The 2,000 residents of Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor donated time, money and hair styling to bring the romantic comedy to the Cannes market.

Crowd-sourcing – getting audiences to pony up to finance films – is the latest buzzword in Hollywood financing circles. But the new English romantic comedy A Tortoise in Love has taken the idea one step further with an entire village stepping up to bankroll a feature.