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Director:

Hanif Kureishi

Writer:

Hanif Kureishi (writer)

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Release Date:

13 December 1991 (UK) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama more

Plot:

For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is... more | add synopsis

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One of the better 90s urban-ite movies more (11 total)


Cast

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Justin Chadwick ... Clint Eastwood

Steven Mackintosh ... Muffdiver
Emer McCourt ... Sylvie
Roshan Seth ... Dr. Bubba
Fiona Shaw ... Headley

Brad Dourif ... Hemingway the Restaurant Manager
Tony Haygarth ... Burns
Stevan Rimkus ... Tom Tom
Eleanor David ... Lily
Alun Armstrong ... John Stone

Nick Dunning ... Faulkner

Naveen Andrews ... Bike

Garry Cooper ... Mr. G.
Joseph Alessi ... Plainclothes Policeman
David Hounslow ... Plainclothes Policeman
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Additional Details

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK more


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One of the better 90s urban-ite movies, 23 January 2005
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Author: kim303 from Finland

I really like this film! Of course the apparent main story of the shoes is nonsense, but I see this as a kind of a modern fairy tale. A very likable, light hearted story of a group of misfits & druggies going on with their life. I could relate to the characters quite well and many of them reminded me of people I know so even though basically they are obvious caricatures, IMO they are based enough on reality to make them fit for a film. The pace of the film is very loose & relaxed, and it has that special kind of... (sorry I'm not a native speaker) serendipity? Surprising beauty of very ordinary things that emerge from the everyday noise & chaos. The scene where the posse visits the countryside is very bitterly beautiful in so many ways.

It's not a documentary, so I won't really go into the subject of it giving a realistic image of the early 90s England or not.

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