Tube Tales (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Directors:

Gaby Dellal
Stephen Hopkins

Writers:

Ed Allen II (segment)
Gaby Dellal (segment)

Release Date:

19 November 1999 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Nine stories based on the true-life experiences of London Underground passengers. |

Plot Keywords:

London England | Train | Subway

Cast

Ed Allen	...	(segment "Bird in the Hand, A")
Tom Bell	...	City Gent (Segment Horny)
Jim Carter	...	Ticket Inspector (Segment Steal Away)
Helen Coker	...	(segment "Mouth")
Doña Croll	...	(segment "Rosebud")
Kay Curram	...	(segment "Bone")
Stephen Da Costa	...	(segment "Grasshopper")
Edna Doré	...	(segment "My Father the Liar")
Henry Douthwaite	...	Angel
Clint Dyer	...	Walkman boy
Carmen Ejogo	...	Girl (Segment Steal Away)
Leonie Elliott	...	(segment "Rosebud")
Alicia Eyo	...	(segment "Grasshopper")
Leah Fitzgerald	...	Little Girl (Segment Horny)
Jason Flemyng	...	Luke (Segment Mr Cool)
Dexter Fletcher	...	Joe (Segment Mr Cool)
Mark Frost	...	Dude
Sky Glover	...	(segment "Mouth")
Roger Griffiths	...	Charlie (segment "Grasshopper")
Frank Harper	...	Station Guard (Segments Horny, A Bird In The Hand, My Father The Liar, Rosebud)
Dominic Holland	...	(segment "Mouth")
William Hoyland	...	(segment "My Father the Liar")
Dele Johnson	...	(segment "Grasshopper")
Morgan Jones	...	(segment "Bird in the Hand, A")
Kelly Macdonald	...	Emma (Segment Mr Cool)
Keith Malda	...	Man on Platform
Hans Matheson	...	Boy (Segment Steal Away)
Peter McNamara	...	(segment "Grasshopper")
João Costa Menezes	...	(segment "Rosebud")
Alan Miller	...	Old Man (Segment A Bird In The Hand)
Daniela Nardini	...	Heroine (Segment Mouth)
Kevin O'Donohoe	...	Drunk Reveller (segment "Steal Away")
Ray Panthaki	...	Mo (segment "Grasshopper")
Simon Pegg	...	Clerk (segment "Steal Away")
Sean Pertwee	...	Driver (segment "Steal Away")
Marcia Rose	...	(segment "Grasshopper")
Lee Ross	...	Male Reveller (Segment Steal Away)
Liz Smith	...	Older Lady (Segment Horny)
Nicholas Tennant	...	Gordon (Segment Bone) (as Nicolas Tennant)
Phoebe Thomas	...	Becky
Denise Van Outen	...	Alex (Segment Horny)
Don Warrington	...	(segment "Steal Away")
Tom Watson	...	(segment "My Father the Liar")
Rachel Weisz	...	(segment "Rosebud")
Ray Winstone	...	Father (Segment My Father The Liar)
Jake Wood	...	(segment "Grasshopper")
Matthew Xia	...	(segment "Mouth")

Runtime:

84 min | Argentina:85 min | Japan:89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Bank Underground Station, London, England, UK

Company:

Horsepower Films

Soundtrack:

D PROG

Nine short stories set on the London Underground...

I saw the film at the London Film.

As is often the case with anthology films, some stories work better than others. None are particularly bad and none are particularly great either. The best shorts were Armundo Ianucci's "MOUTH" segment that is hilarious and unexpected, Charles McDougall's "STEAL AWAY" which is great, but starts off telling one story and ends with another, Stephen 'Lost in Space' Hopkins "HORNY" which stretches one gag for about ten minutes but gets away with it and is quite funny, and Gaby Dellal's "ROSEBUD" which is quirky but visually stimulating but ends without an ending.

Overall, not a bad try, most of the stories work but don't have a punchline.