Rancid Aluminum (2000) Rancid Aluminium (original title)

Director:

Edward Thomas

Writer:

James Hawes (book)

Release Date:

21 January 2000 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Those who should know, KNOW!

Plot:

Pete Thompson thinks he has it all. However, following the death of his father his close friend and...

Plot Keywords:

Business | Russian | Friend | Death | Russian Mafia

Cast

Rhys Ifans	...	Pete Thompson
Joseph Fiennes	...	Sean Deeny
Tara Fitzgerald	...	Masha
Sadie Frost	...	Sarah Thompson
Steven Berkoff	...	Mr Kant
Keith Allen	...	Dr Jones
Dani Behr	...	Charlie
Andrew Howard	...	Trevor
Nick Moran	...	Harry the dealer
Olegar Fedoro	...	Mr. Kant's bodyguard Naz (as Olegario Fedoro)
Barry Foster	...	Doctor
Brian Hibbard	...	Giovanni
Steve Speirs	...	BMW Man (as Steven Speirs)
Joshua Richards	...	Police officer
Mariusz Czajka	...	Mittelmaier
Robert Brzezinski	...	Malenkov
Katarzyna Trzcinska	...	Prostitute
Ryszard Janikowski	...	Heavy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Beverly Hotsprings	...	Tricia (uncredited)
Mark Thomas	...	English businessman (uncredited)
Miroslaw Zbrojewicz	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Edward Thomas		(as Ed Thomas)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
James Hawes		book

Produced by
Teresa Dworzecka	....	producer: Polish unit
Nigel Green	....	executive producer
James Hawes	....	co-producer
Dic Jones	....	line producer
Christopher Milburn	....	associate producer
Mike Parker	....	producer
Mark Thomas	....	producer
Miroslaw Warchol	....	line producer: Polish unit

Original Music by
John E.R. Hardy

Cinematography by
Tony Imi

Film Editing by
Chris Lawrence

Casting by
Mark Thomas

Production Design by
Hayden Pearce

Art Direction by
Tom Pearce

Costume Design by
Jany Temime

Makeup Department
Kathy Ducker	....	makeup artist
Pamela Haddock	....	assistant makeup artist
Meinir Jones-Lewis	....	makeup designer
Barbara Southcott	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Marcin Marcinkiewicz	....	production manager: Polish unit
Gareth Skelding	....	unit manager
Lionel Strutt	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Malgorzata Adamska	....	assistant director: Polish unit
Andrzej Bednarski	....	assistant director: Polish unit
Harry Boyd	....	first assistant director
Joanna Crow	....	third assistant director
Christopher Dando	....	assistant director
Barbara Szyszko	....	assistant director: Polish unit
Rhian Wyn Jones	....	assistant director

Art Department
Dave Feeney	....	stand-by carpenter
Teresa Gruber	....	set dresser: Poland
Wayne Maggs	....	painter
Inga Palocz	....	set dresser assistant: Poland
Frazer Pearce	....	set dresser
Huw Pearce	....	set dresser
Gareth Richards	....	assistant props
Mike Weston	....	construction manager
Ray Weston	....	scenic decorator
Steve Wheeler	....	property master
Paul Jones	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Julie Ankerson	....	foley artist
Campbell Askew	....	sound effects editor
Ben Brazier	....	assistant sound editor
Kevin Brazier	....	supervising sound editor
Robert Brazier	....	foley mixer
Simon Day	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Fewell	....	foley artist
Dave Humphries	....	adr mixer (as David Humphries)
Blair Jollands	....	sound effects editor
Simon Jones	....	temp mix
Sandy MacRae	....	production sound mixer
Ian Richardson	....	boom operator
Alan Sallabank	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kallis Shamaris	....	dialogue editor
Trevor Swanscott	....	foley mixer
Robert Thomson	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Richard Reeves	....	special effects supervisor
Arkadiusz Rosczak	....	special effects supervisor: Polish unit

Stunts
David Anders	....	stunt double
Robert Brzezinski	....	stunt coordinator - Polish unit
Glenn Marks	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Eddie Armstrong	....	gaffer
Alex Bailey	....	still photographer
Paul Edwards	....	Steadicam operator
Paul Godfrey	....	camera operator
Mark Hutchings	....	electrician
Paul O'Neil	....	first company grip
Kevin Rudge	....	camera focus
Martin Scanlan	....	camera trainee
Kevin Scott	....	assistant camera
Steve Slocombe	....	best boy
Andrew Stubbs	....	second company grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stephanie Eatwell	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
John Heath	....	color grader
Tom Mayclim	....	negative cutting assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Stewart Lewis	....	score recordist
Dai Shell	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Jon Wilkins	....	transportation coordinator
Barry Wooding	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Tilly Creswell	....	production coordinator
John Davies	....	production accountant
Olegar Fedoro	....	dialogue coach: Russian
Claire Lincoln	....	production secretary
Miroslawa Manko	....	location manager: Poland
Jennifer Thomas	....	key assistant accountant
Thomasi Vilos	....	assistant location manager

Production Companies

• Ballpark Productions Partnership
• Entertainment Film Distributors
• Fiction Factory

Distributors

• PlayArte Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2001) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)
• Sociedad General de Derechos Audiovisuales (SOGEDASA) (Spain)
• Trimark Video (USA) (VHS)
• VCL Communications (Germany)

Other Companies

• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services

Also Known As:

"Rancid Aluminium" - UK (original title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, violence, language and drug use

Runtime:

91 min | Germany:88 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:R | Germany:16 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Company:

Ballpark Productions Partnership

Trivia:

The last film of Barry Foster.

Soundtrack:

Come Love Me

I demand an hour and a half of my life back

First of all, I should've known better than to go to see a film that was being flyposted around London with a recommendation from The Daily Star emblazoned at the top of it. Second of all, the only reason I went at all was because my girlfriend was in a post-Shakespeare In Love Joseph Fiennes phase.

And oh dear god it's bad. It doesn't help that it makes absolutely no sense, mainly due to some of the most jarring cuts I've ever seen outside a GCSE film project. One scene in particular threw me entirely when Rhys Ifans' character was in London one minute, being vaguely threatened by some cliched heavy, but once I'd glanced away for a second (probably checking my watch) I looked up to find that he was suddenly in Russia, being sneered at by some different cliched heavies. Elsewhere the editing is seriously misguided - several times the film lingers on pointless scenes featuring female flesh, while seemingly integral plot points are rushed through, patched together unsatisfactorily by a hammy voiceover.

Both Fiennes and Ifans - actors I rate - are quite terrible, but words can only hint at how appalling Steven Berkoff is in this film. He pretty much only says one word (several times) - "Beeeeeeeezneeeeeeesss", and every time he did I couldn't help but think that he was gradually making his villain in Rambo 3 seem like an acting tour de force.

I've never once walked out on a film before. I'm clearly too stubborn - we were the only two people that DIDN'T walk out at the screening we attended. Comfortably the worst film I have ever paid so endure.