Morris: A Life With Bells On

Synopsis

Morris: A Life With Bells On is a heartwarming feature length comedy shot in documentary format that follows the fortunes of one of the leading Morris teams in the country, and in particular those of its avant garde leader, Derecq Twist.

On the one hand Derecq is a traditionalist - when we join him he is preparing to perform the ultimate Morris Dance, the mystical and legendary Threeple Hammer Damson - and yet on the other, he is pioneering an innovative and daring freeform brand of dancing - Extreme Morris. Innovation and invention are frowned upon by the Morris Circle, the dark and sinister governing body of Morris dancing and following a series of warning over their conduct, its Chief Executive, Quentin Neely, expels both Derecq and his team from the Circle thereby preventing him from completing the Threeple Hammer Damson; his life's ambition.

Derecq contemplates giving up Morris until the Producer of the documentary persuades him to go to Los Angeles and dance with the flamboyant Morris men of Orange County, the OCM's...