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Adrian Lester | ... |
Jonathan Stitch
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Peter O'Toole | ... |
JJ Curtis
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Iain Rogerson | ... |
Mr. Arkwright
(as Ian Rogerson)
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Anna Jaskolka | ... |
Mrs. Arkwright
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Jonathan Shaw | ... |
Charlie Arkwright
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Claudia Lander-Duke | ... |
Arkwright Daughter
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Patrick Malahide | ... |
Dr. Colworth
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Emily Richards | ... |
Award Presenter
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Todd Boyce | ... |
Pete Lanyard
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Henry Goodman | ... |
Ed Nbrezki (voice)
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Aidan Gillen | ... |
Dave Turner
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Julia Sawalha | ... |
Karen Willet
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Malcolm Tierney | ... |
Estate Agent
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Sharon Swyer | ... |
Limo Girl
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Louise Brill | ... |
Cindy Minx
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Toby Robertson | ... |
Lord Kelvin
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Zita Sattar | ... |
Sylvia (Contestant)
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Rohan Siva | ... |
Stanley (Contestant)
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Mark Williams | ... |
Declan Farrell
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Nick Holder | ... |
Mike
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Ralph Brown | ... |
Timothy (Channel Controller)
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Simon Scott | ... |
TV Interviewer
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Ian McNeice | ... |
Priest
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Dominic Cooper | ... |
Young Priest
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Kenneth Hadley | ... |
Cleethorpes Paper Editor
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Charles Simon | ... |
Monty Franklin
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Sally Dexter | ... |
Linda
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Martin Savage | ... |
Billy (Contestant)
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Dorothy Atkinson | ... |
Betty (Contestant)
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Inday Ba | ... |
Caroline Stitch
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Sonia Doubell | ... |
Party Girl (uncredited)
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Directed by
Patrick Harkins |
Written by
John Hodge | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
Sally French | ... | line producer |
Drew Jones | ... | executive producer |
Georgina Lowe | ... | line producer |
Andrew Macdonald | ... | executive producer |
Christopher Young | ... | producer |
Music by
Mark Thomas |
Cinematography by
Oliver Curtis |
Editing by
Scott Thomas | ||
Justine Wright |
Editorial Department
Ian Davies | ... | assistant editor |
Tara Gallagher | ... | assistant editor |
Steve Harrow | ... | post-production consultant |
Christopher Lloyd | ... | assistant editor |
Benjamin Nicholas | ... | post-production assistant |
Casting By
Nina Gold |
Production Design by
Kave Quinn |
Art Direction by
Tracey Gallacher |
Set Decoration by
Rebecca Gillies | ||
Anna Lynch-Robinson | ... | (uncredited) |
Costume Design by
Susannah Buxton |
Makeup Department
Antonio | ... | hair designer: Mr. O'Toole (as Antonio of West Hampstead) |
Christine Blundell | ... | makeup supervisor |
Charmaine Fuller | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Production Management
Callum McDougall | ... | executive in charge of production |
Clare St. John | ... | post-production supervisor: DNA Films |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sean Guest | ... | assistant director |
James Andrew Haven | ... | second assistant director (as James Haven) |
Jo Schotting | ... | third assistant director |
Art Department
Paul Bowring | ... | carpenter |
Lee Bryant | ... | dressing propman |
Alfie Burgess | ... | dressing props |
John Davies | ... | stand-by painter |
Neil Dickson | ... | stagehand |
Billy Edwards | ... | stand-by props |
Billy Edwards | ... | prop maker |
Peter Hedges | ... | stand-by stagehand (as Peter Hodges) |
Josh Jones | ... | stand-by carpenter |
Catrin Meredydd | ... | assistant art director |
John Mills | ... | property storeman |
Micky Mills | ... | stand-by propman (as Michael Mills) |
Steve Oakes | ... | properties buyer |
Matthew Parsons | ... | painter |
Sandra Phillips | ... | art department assistant |
Brian Pickett | ... | stand-by rigger |
Jim Stanes | ... | storyboard artist |
Robin Thistlewaite | ... | construction manager |
Alexandra Walker | ... | standby art director (as Alex Walker) |
Terry Wood | ... | property master |
Tracy Ann Baines | ... | model maker (uncredited) |
Warren Lever | ... | carpenter (uncredited) |
Terry Woods | ... | property master (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Orin Beaton | ... | boom operator |
Felicity Cottrell | ... | foley artist |
Peter Crooks | ... | sound trainee (as Pete Crooks) |
Tim Fraser | ... | sound recordist |
Brian Freemantle | ... | foley editor / supervising sound editor |
Susan French | ... | dialogue editor |
Peter Gleaves | ... | adr mixer |
Mathew Harmer | ... | extra sound recordist (as Matthew Harmer) |
Nina Hartstone | ... | adr editor / dialogue editor |
John Hayward | ... | re-recording mixer |
Nneka Meka | ... | FT2 sound trainee |
Richard Pryke | ... | re-recording mixer |
Tom Sayers | ... | sound effects editor |
James Slavin | ... | assistant sound editor |
Ruth Sullivan | ... | foley artist |
Kevin Tayler | ... | foley mixer |
Timothy Vine | ... | foley editor (as Tim Vine) |
Andrew Caller | ... | sound technician (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Graham Longhurst | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
Tabitha Dean | ... | visual effects editorial |
Robert Duncan | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Julia Egerton | ... | digital artist / digital compositor |
Adam Glasman | ... | digital lab colourist |
Darrel Griffin | ... | data wrangler |
Robert Hall | ... | digital artist |
Jan Hogevold | ... | digital lab producer: Framestore CFC |
Adam Inglis | ... | digital compositor |
Merrin Jensen | ... | digital compositor |
Scott Marriott | ... | digital artist |
Jolene McCaffrey | ... | digital compositor: CFC |
Chad Rogers | ... | data wrangler |
Jennifer Simonds | ... | digital compositor |
Maria Stroka | ... | digital compositor (as Maria Stroka-Robinson) |
Steve Tizzard | ... | video to film operator |
Corrina Wilson | ... | digital artist |
Stunts
Charles Jarman | ... | stunt double: Adrian Lester |
Glenn Marks | ... | stunt coordinator / stunt performer |
Camera and Electrical Department
Sam Barnes | ... | focus puller: pick-up unit |
Silvia Beck | ... | additional video camera operator (as Sylvia Beck) |
Jason Bergh | ... | grip assistant |
Edward Bishop | ... | camera loader / camera trainee |
Dick Conway | ... | electrician |
Jim Crowther | ... | grip |
Larry Deacon | ... | electrician |
Terry Hunt | ... | gaffer |
Mark Olsen | ... | additional video camera operator |
Richard Potter | ... | best boy |
Tim Potter | ... | focus puller |
Robert Rabson | ... | electrician (as Rob Rabson) |
Hilda Sealy | ... | clapper loader |
Laurie Sparham | ... | still photographer |
Howard Smith | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Louis Elman | ... | adr voice casting |
Lynn Glaser | ... | casting assistant (as Lynn Emblem) |
Tara Woodward | ... | casting assistant |
Lee-Ann Robathan | ... | extras casting (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tosin Bamgbola | ... | costume trainee |
Liza Bracey | ... | assistant costume designer |
Billy Kimberley | ... | costume assistant |
Location Management
Joanna Beckett | ... | assistant location manager |
Russell Lodge | ... | location manager |
Rachel Neale | ... | location manager |
Samantha Thomas | ... | assistant location manager |
Music Department
Guy Barker | ... | musician: trumpet |
Jonathan Carney | ... | musician: violin |
James Collins | ... | music recording engineer / music scoring mixer |
Tom Dalgety | ... | musician: guitar |
Tom Evans | ... | music preparation |
Micky Gee | ... | musician: guitar |
Andrew Massey | ... | musician: piano |
Mike Ross-Trevor | ... | music recording engineer |
Mark Thomas | ... | orchestrator |
Rosanna Thomas | ... | vocal soloist |
Script and Continuity Department
Heather Storr | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Daniel Brown | ... | costume truck driver |
Darren Collins | ... | driver: grip truck |
Mick Downs | ... | driver: minibus |
Rob Fitch | ... | stand-by construction driver |
Graham Fordham | ... | unit driver |
John Horan | ... | unit driver |
Geoff Hyland | ... | driver: camera car |
David Johnson | ... | driver: facilities generator |
Matthew Lloyd | ... | unit driver |
Bill Walker | ... | unit driver |
Simon Wilkinson | ... | driver: mobile production office |
Joseph Wood | ... | driver: props runaround |
Additional Crew
Andy Aldridge | ... | caterer |
Bobby Brown | ... | production runner |
Sean Costelloe | ... | production runner / stand-in |
Roy Everson | ... | stand-in: Mr. O'Toole |
Grace Hodge | ... | development executive: DNA Films |
Nicky Jarvis | ... | unit nurse |
Jessica Laws | ... | floor runner (as Jessica Hurles) |
Kate Ledger | ... | production coordinator |
Justin Miller | ... | assistant accountant |
Benjamin Nicholas | ... | production runner |
Donald Sabourin | ... | assistant production coordinator |
Joanne Smith | ... | general manager: DNA Films |
Colin Stredwick | ... | caterer |
Phil Symes | ... | unit publicist |
Tom Taylor | ... | production assistant / production runner |
Will Tyler | ... | production accountant |
Douglas Yates | ... | health and safety advisor |
Joanna Beckett | ... | assistant to manager (uncredited) |
Thanks
James Annesley | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Winifred Brook Young | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Rachael Fleming | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Nigel Karikari | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Sue Latimer | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Patrick Young | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Argentina Video Home (2003) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (2003) (Argentina) (VHS)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (United Kingdom)
- United International Pictures (2003) (Argentina)
- Universal Focus
- Universal Pictures Video (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures
Special Effects
Other Companies
- ARRI Lighting Rental (grip and lighting equipment)
- ARRI Media (camera rental)
- Arts Council of England (supported by)
- Barnaby's Photo Library (archive clips)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (archive clips)
- British Pathé (archive clips)
- Brocket Hall (thanks)
- Elstree Film & Television Studios (movie studio)
- Express Newspapers (thanks)
- Film Finances (completion guarantor)
- Film Images (archive clips)
- Image Bank (archive clips)
- John Gau Productions (thanks)
- Kodak (film stock)
- Royal Holloway Music Theatre (thanks)
- Screen International (thanks)
- Sopwell House Hotel (thanks)
- Technicolor (colour)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Having just won a prestigious MacKinlay Award for his first novel, Jonathan Stitch relays how he came to ghost-write the memoirs of beloved British game show host JJ Curtis, who worked hard to emerge from a humble background and achieve celebrity status, albeit in what most consider the most lowbrow end of popular culture. Jonathan realizes that he is not the most obvious choice of a writer for this project, and he didn't initially want the job, but he ends up viewing it as a challenge to make it stand out from all the other minor-celebrity memoirs, especially as reading about JJ would only appeal to a niche segment of the primarily British population--one that probably doesn't buy many books. Part of JJ's reason for wanting the book written is to increase his profile in order to sell his show to the lucrative US market. Despite being in the twilight of his career, JJ is denying something about his life that would make the sale of the show to a US distributor a moot point. But the biggest issue for JJ, and by association Jonathan, in these two combined projects succeeding is 27-year-old Dave Turner, a fellow British game-show host. Dave and his show are hipper, edgier, and more vulgar, in addition to Dave being younger and sexier, and is thus the front runner for the Britain-to-US game-show transplant. JJ gave Dave his first big break five years ago, but today there's no love lost between them. Each does anything to not only better the other but to also ruin the other at whatever cost, caring little about collateral damage. Jonathan must wade through the rhetoric on both sides for the truth, somewhat caught in the situation by a momentary encounter he has with someone he will learn is a physician named Dr. Colworth. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | 2 popular game shows. 2 popular hosts. No scruples. See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Louise Brill's final acting role. See more » |
Soundtracks | O Canada See more » |
Quotes |
JJ Curtis:
You see, mine is a fascinating life. Born into poverty. Left school at twelve. Merchant navy. Last days of music hall. Pirate radio. Pioneer of television. A household name. Not bad for a boy from nowhere. See more » |