The Pitch

Nobody had a Dad like mine.

Nobody.

He died in 1979.

He was 64 years old.

I was 23.

Official cause of death? War injuries!

34 years after the Second World War was over.

My Mum still gets a war widows pension.

From the time I knew what death was,I knew I could lose my Dad at any time.

I knew he was living on borrowed time.

My earliest memory of my Dad was of him throwing up.

You know, chundering.

First thing in the morning.

Every morning in those days.

Every single morning.

I must’ve been about three.

He used to stutter badly in those days, too.

This was 15 years after the Second World War.

I was only three, for Heaven’s sake.

Ladies and gentlemen My name is David Zaccheus, I am an Australian Citizen, and those were the first lines from the extraordinary true tale of Oddfellow; from Disabled War Veteran given 2 years to live, to Entrepreneur Businessman, Civic leader, Pyramidologist, Globetrotter and Self made Millionaire.

This is not a story glorifying war, but

It is a story about conflict.

It’s about a son’s perspective on conflict, and the witnessing of the conflict within.

But most of all, ladies and gentlemen, it’s about resolution.

It’s about peace, by peace.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Oddfellow is a peace movie like no other,

And it’s coming out of Australia,

And the World needs it.

I have worked as a photographer, film crew, and casting agent.

I’ve doubled for an Academy Award winning actor,

I’ve also written, directed and produced two films

And I’ve written two books.

Everything I’ve done in life has led me to this point.

But please don’t make me do this film alone,

It’s bigger than that!

So climb aboard this peace train.

Do it for the 29 other souls on Oddfellow’s truck when it drove over a mine,

And for the other son’s that never were. Thank-you.