Tube Tales (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Directors:

Gaby Dellal
Stephen Hopkins
(more)

Writers:

Ed Allen II (segment)
Gaby Dellal (segment)
(more)

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")

Directed by
Gaby Dellal		(segment "Rosebud")
Stephen Hopkins		(segment "Horny")
Bob Hoskins		(segment "My Father the Liar")
Menhaj Huda		(segment "Grasshopper")
Armando Iannucci		(segment "Mouth")
Amy Jenkins		(segment "Mr. Cool")
Jude Law		(segment "Bird in the Hand, A")
Charles McDougall		(segment "Steal Away")
Ewan McGregor		(segment "Bone")

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ed Allen II		segment "A Bird in the Hand"
Gaby Dellal		segment "Rosebud"
Paul Fraser		segment "My Father the Liar"
Atalanta Goulandris		segment "Rosebud"
Mark Greig		segment "Bone"
Stephen Hopkins		segment "Horny"
Armando Iannucci		segment "Mouth"
Amy Jenkins		segment "Mr Cool"
Harsha Patel		segment "Grasshopper"
Nick Perry		segment "Steal Away"

Produced by
Suza Horvat	....	associate producer
Richard Jobson	....	producer
Jill Robertson	....	producer (segment "Bone")
Tony Thompson	....	producer
Chris Wheeldon	....	line producer

Original Music by
Simon Boswell		(segment "Bone")
Mark Hinton Stewart		(segment "Grasshopper")

Cinematography by
Sue Gibson
David Johnson
Brian Tufano

Film Editing by
Liz Green
Niven Howie

Casting by
Sarah Crowe

Production Design by
Eve Mavrakis

Art Direction by
Martin Nolan

Costume Design by
Verity Hawkes

Makeup Department
Francesca Crowder	....	chief hair stylist
Amanda Knight	....	makeup designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Simon Downes	....	second assistant director
Ryan Green	....	third assistant director
Dan John	....	second assistant director
Cliff Lanning	....	supervising assistant director
Lee Tailor	....	third assistant director
Kevin Westley	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Richard Bullock	....	stand-by art director

Sound Department
Tim Alban	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jens Christensen	....	foley editor
Jens Christensen	....	foley recordist
Jim Greenhorn	....	sound mixer
Simon Hayes	....	production sound mixer
Jerome McCann	....	boom operator
Keith Tunney	....	adr editor
Stuart Wilson	....	sound designer

Special Effects by
Trevor Young	....	effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Alan Church	....	digital effects producer
Sally Clayton	....	effects compositor
David Sewell	....	effects compositor
Matthew Twyford	....	effects compositor

Stunts
Tom Delmar	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Borg	....	gaffer
Jaap Buitendijk	....	still photographer
Stuart Howell	....	Steadicam operator
Stuart Howell	....	camera operator
Gary Nolan	....	electrician
Steve Scammell	....	clapper loader
Tony Skinner	....	electrician
John Taylor	....	steadicam operator
Iwan Williams	....	best boy

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tanya Haughton	....	costume designer: segment "Grasshopper"
Faith Thomas	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Mark Harris	....	assistant editor (as Harris Mark Peanut)
Sarah Hinch	....	post-production coordinator (as Sarah Hornbuckle)
Helen Paszyn	....	editor trainee: FT2

Music Department
Nicola Fletcher	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Gary Birmingham	....	transportation coordinator
Ian Clarke	....	vehicle technician
Sean Thornton	....	picture vehicle technician

Other crew
Wendy Ellerker	....	production accountant
Simon Giles	....	title designer
Sasha Harris	....	production coordinator
Nikki Inwood	....	body double: Denise van Outen
Fry Martin	....	assistant accountant
Tracy O'Riordan	....	assistant to director

Production Companies

• Horsepower Films
• Sky Pictures

Distributors

• Amuse Video
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• Sky TV

Special Effects

• The Film Factory at VTR (digital effects)

Other Companies

• International Stunt Company, The  stunt services and rentals
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• The Film Factory at VTR  titles
• Videosonics Cinema Sound  re-recorded by

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:

DISCONNECTED CHILD

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.