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A fading Hollywood star looks back at the days of his youth as he returns home from his best friend's funeral.

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Emile Robert ...
Young Joe Scot
Scoutt Lowe ...
Young Boots McKay
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Adult Joe Scot
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Carrie Ann
Gina Athans ...
Apple
Erich Conrad ...
Voice of Radio DJ (voice)
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Ophelia Franklin
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Sister Jean
Annabel Linder ...
Dawn
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Priscilla
Sue Dall ...
Maitre D
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Mannie Miesel
Alwyn Kotze ...
Ritchie Smith
Pope Jerrod ...
Waiter
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Valet
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Teenage Joe Scot
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Teenage Boots McKay
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Grace Scot
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Evelyn Adams
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Mrs. Rogers
Mia Clifford ...
Young Jesse Scot
Jodie Tomlinson ...
Jane Adams
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Peggy Tickell
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Jack Adams
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Kevin Hubble
Sid Mitchell ...
Chillo
Dexter Bryant ...
Diesel
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Max
Jade Bryant ...
Teenage Girl
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Young Ruth
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Adult Jesse Scot
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Adult Ruth

Directed by

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Baillie Walsh

Written by

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Baillie Walsh ... (written by)

Produced by

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Steffen Aumueller ... executive producer
Brian Avery ... executive producer
Lene Bausager ... producer
Dianne Beatty ... line producer
Susanne Bohnet ... executive producer
Said Boudarga ... executive producer
Damon Bryant ... producer
Claus Clausen ... producer
Daniel Craig ... executive producer
Sean Ellis ... executive producer
Marina Grasic ... executive producer
Genevieve Hofmeyr ... producer
Jay Jopling ... executive producer
Jan Korbelin ... executive producer
Marshall Leviten ... line producer: pre-production
Winnie Li ... associate producer
Norman Merry ... executive producer
Glenn M. Stewart ... executive producer
Ramez Tomeh ... Managing Director

Music by

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Richard Hartley

Cinematography by

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John Mathieson ... director of photography

Editing by

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Struan Clay

Editorial Department

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Paul Ensby ... digital color timer
Lisa Jordan ... senior post producer: Lipsync Post
Angus Munro ... avid engineer
Jim Wright ... first assistant editor

Casting By

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Des Hamilton
Gaby Kester

Production Design by

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Laurence Dorman

Art Direction by

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Daniel Betteridge
Christophe Dalberg

Set Decoration by

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Fred Du Preez
Shirley Lixenberg

Makeup Department

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Raine Edwards ... key hair stylist: South Africa / key makeup artist: South Africa
Denise Kum ... makeup artist
Chris Lyons ... special effects teeth
Donald McInnes ... head hair designer / head makeup designer
Laura Schiavo ... key makeup artist
Kerry Skelton ... makeup artist
Sophie Slotover ... hair trainee / makeup trainee
Simone Stubbs ... makeup artist
Lian van Wyk ... assistant hair stylist: South Africa / assistant makeup artist: South Africa

Production Management

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Pierre Buys ... unit manager
Meg Clark ... post-production supervisor
Ciara McGowan ... production manager
Deirdre Williams ... production manager: South Africa

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Nadia Brand ... trainee assistant director
Tom Brewster ... third assistant director: UK
Mark Hopkins ... second assistant director: London
Alex Oakley ... first assistant director
Jacques Terblanche ... second second assistant director
Marcy Trout ... third assistant director (as Marci Trout)
Patricia Wheeler ... second assistant director: South Africa

Art Department

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Herbert Adler ... set construction foreman
Will Ayres ... stand-by props
Sacha Beattie ... set dresser: South Africa
Maria Constantinides ... art department coordinator
Kasey Coory ... construction manager
Antony Cousins ... lead stagehand
Theuns Du Plessis ... stagehand
Zoë Finch ... assistant art director
Matthew Foster ... chargehand stand-by props
Andrew Gouveia ... carpenter
Mark Hedges ... prop storeman: UK
Brendan Jayne ... lead greensman
Egbert Kruger ... property master: South Africa
Dougie Lankston ... dressing props
Brenton Lockets ... stand-by props
Marion Moncek ... hod fabricator
Tom Olive ... set dresser: South Africa
Clive Pollick ... construction coordinator
Gigi Potter ... construction administrator
Hannah Read ... assistant set decorator
Bob Thorne ... dressing props: UK (as Robert Thorne)
Nick Turnbull ... property master
Liz van den Berg ... head scenic
Claude Wittwen ... property buyer: South Africa

Sound Department

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Mark Auguste ... supervising sound editor
Sam Auguste ... dialogue editor
Christian Bourne ... boom operator
Paul Carr ... adr mixer
Wayne Dodd ... boom operator: South Africa
Craig Irving ... re-recording mixer
Andrea King ... foley artist
Conrad Kuhne ... sound recordist
Mark Lafbery ... foley recordist
Kevin McCue ... re-recording mixer
Michael Miller ... adr mixer
Howie Nicol ... sound recordist
Jack Stew ... foley artist
Chris Sturmer ... sound consultant: dolby
Jack Whittaker ... foley editor

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Roly Jansen ... special effects supervisor
Mickey Kirsten ... special effects supervisor
Cordell McQueen ... pyrotechnician
Ronald Rametta ... special effects technician
Vasili Rinquest ... special effects coordinator
Anton Vorster ... special effects technician

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Chris Bentley ... digital lab operator
Tom Collier ... digital compositor
Neil Culley ... digital compositor
Stefan Drury ... head of visual effects
Yanni Goudetsidis ... systems engineer
Charlotte Gray ... digital restoration
David Margolis ... digital compositor
Aileen McIntosh ... digital lab operator: Lipsync Post
Dylan Owen ... digital compositor (as Dylan Wyn Owen)
Kevin Phelan ... head of post-production: Lip Sync Post
Glen Pratt ... visual effects supervisor
Abigail Scollay ... digital compositor
Angela Stanley ... digital compositor (as Angela Rose)
Jon Stanley ... senior systems engineer
Paul Venn Stirling ... digital compositor: LipSync Post
Daniel Tomlinson ... digital lab operator
Samantha Tracey ... visual effects coordinator
Sheila Wickens ... digital compositor
Blake Winder ... digital compositor: LipSync Post

Stunts

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Graeme Crowther ... stunt coordinator: UK
Francois Grobbelaar ... key stunt rigger
Leander Lacey ... assistant stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jacob Barrie ... second assistant camera: a camera: UK
James F. Blyth ... second assistant camera (as James Blyth)
Justin Brokensha ... first assistant camera: 'b' camera
Trevor Michael Brown ... camera operator
Greg Cameron ... key grip
Kevin Day ... gaffer
Bernett de Wet ... best boy electric: South Africa (as Bernie de Wet)
Eddie Dias ... lighting coordinator Panalux
Paul Edwards ... steadicam operator
Liam Ellingworth ... grip trainee
Steve Ellingworth ... grip: UK
Darren Flindall ... rigger
Raymond Flindall ... stand-by rigger
Colin Gallagher ... generator operator: UK
Paul Hatchman ... grip: UK
Justin Hawkins ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Darren Howton ... practical electrician
Clive Jackson ... camera operator
Stephen Knipe ... grip
Jacob Mafolo ... best boy grip
Tom McGinley ... best boy
Keith McNamara ... first assistant camera
Ross McNamara ... clapper loader
Glen Milner ... video assist operator
Sarel Pretorius ... steadicam operator
Basil Smith ... first assistant camera
Keith Smith ... key rigger
John Trapman ... aerial director of photography
Adrian van As ... grip (as Adrian Van As)
Jason Venter ... grip
Nick Wall ... still photographer
Steven J. Winslow ... aerial camera technician: wescam camera
Jessie Eastland ... additional photography (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Abigail Barbier ... adr voice casting
Bonnie Lee Bouman ... casting director: Johannesburg
Claire Catterson ... casting assistant
Louis Elman ... adr voice casting
Des Hamilton ... additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Susan Barras ... wardrobe assistant (as Susan Pollard)
Tracey Berg ... wardrobe supervisor: South Africa
Emma Bull ... costume assistant: UK
Rae Donnelly ... costume buyer
Claire Hardaker ... costume assistant: UK
Nawaal Hendricks ... stand-by costumer (as Nawaal Hendriks)

Location Management

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Rico Bailey ... location assistant
Jethro Ensor ... assistant location manager: UK
Michael Harm ... location manager
John Hoeks ... location scout
Mick Snell ... location manager
Johan Van der Walt ... location manager / location scout

Music Department

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Alison Butters ... music clearance
Liz Gallacher ... music supervisor
Richard Hartley ... conductor
Robin Morrison ... music editor
Jeremy Murphy ... recordist
Paul Talkington ... music contractor
Gary Thomas ... music engineer
Adrian Varela ... musician
Allan Wilson ... music preparation (as Alan Wilson)

Script and Continuity Department

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Morag Cameron ... script supervisor
Aparna Jayachandran ... continuity assistant

Transportation Department

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Pierre Buys ... transport manager
Nick Dunn ... transportation captain
Brian Kelly ... transportation captain: UK
Peta Lawrence ... driver: cast
Steve Mitchard ... driver: Daniel Craig (as Steve Mitchard)
Karen Russell ... driver: minibus

Additional Crew

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Neil Bhatt ... unit publicist
Jodi Bowers ... Locations and permits
Kate Brontë-Stewart ... floor runner
Billi Bruins ... production accountant
Tina Caldeira ... production coordinator
Les Child ... choreographer
Matt Curtis ... title designer
Jennifer DiZio ... assistant to producer
Farnaz Donovan ... assistant accountant
Paul Ulrich Fischer ... production assistant
Jimmy Fraser ... marine coordinator
Paula Hind ... production assistant
Christian Holden ... production accountant
Marie Krige ... payroll accountant
Richard Kruger ... publicity epk/bts: documentary unit
Jason Martin ... marine coordinator
Collette Massier ... production coordinator
Stephanie McGuire ... assistant: cast
Simeon Mouton ... manager: base camp
Philie Naughten ... production coordinator: UK
Clodagh Quinlan ... stand-in
Joy Sapieka ... unit publicist
Marvin Saven ... legal and financial director
Allen Szto ... production manager: Los Angeles
Gert Uys ... helicopter pilot: aerial unit
Dylan Voogt ... production coordinator
Nikki Wichmann ... production secretary
Jerome Williams ... production assistant
Verity Wislocki ... adr coordinator
Christian Zuidema ... environmental control officer (as Chris Zuidema)

Thanks

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Danny Mandel ... many thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970's Britain. Hollywood star Joe is now a teenage boy in a tentative relationship with a school-girl called Ruth. Further, his mother's friend, Evelyn, is attempting to seduce him. Engulfed by guilt at the unintended, tragic consequences of his subterfuge, he leaves home. The movie then switches back to contemporary Hollywood. Joe confronts his fear and returns to England for a difficult meeting with Ruth, who had gone on to marry Boots and has been a left a poor widow. Written by AnonymousB

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Also Known As
  • War das mein Leben? (Germany)
  • Спогади невдахи (Ukraine)
  • Cand trecutul te-ajunge din urma (Romania)
  • Спомените на неудачника (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Temné vzpomínky (Czechia)
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Runtime
  • 109 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend United Kingdom GBP246,072, 20 Apr 2008
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $1,107,134, 08 Feb 2009

Did You Know?

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Trivia Feature film debut of Felicity Jones. See more »
Goofs None of the cars that were supposed to be in California, had a front California License Plate. They only had rear California plates. California is a front and rear plate State. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Episode #13.11 (2007). See more »
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Quotes Adult Joe Scot: When I was a child I used to think that being brave meant that you had to take ownership. That to have a dream and to move forward in life you needed courage. But the only thing you need courage for is for standing still.
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