The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000)

The last day of creation. A stranger arrives in London. No one knows who he is or where he has come from. By the time he leaves, the entire universe will have been erased. A black comedy ... See full summary »

Director:

Ben Hopkins

Writers:

Thomas Browne, Rob Cheek (story),

Stars:

Tom Fisher, Ian McNeice, Tony Maudsley

3 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Fisher	...	No / Tomas Katz
Ian McNeice	...	The Inspector
Tony Maudsley	...	Taxi driver
William Keen	...	Cuthbert (as Will Keen)
Andrew Melville	...	Minister of fish
Matthew Causton	...	Gallows Nelson
Toby Jones	...	Civil servant
Asif Kapadia	...	Gwupigrubynudny-landians
Kris Krishnamma	...	Gwupigrubynudny-landians
Jamille Jinnah	...	Gwupigrubynudny-landians
Sophie Bevan	...	Journalist
Kiki Kendrick	...	Eileen
Trevor Thomas	...	Schlauch
Amelia Curtis	...	Yvonne
Tilly Blackwood	...	Underworld secretary

Storyline

The last day of creation. A stranger arrives in London. No one knows who he is or where he has come from. By the time he leaves, the entire universe will have been erased. A black comedy about the Apocalypse, 'The Nine Lives...' presents a unique brand of left-field humour, spiritual beauty and spectral horror.

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Plot Keywords:

apocalypse | black comedy | eclipse | future | taxi | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

ED Distribution [fr]

Country:

UK Germany

Language:

English French

Release Date:

11 January 2001 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Die neun Leben des Tomas Katz

Filming Locations:

Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, Muswell Hill, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

G2 Films, Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion (GFF), Strawberry Vale Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Black and White Color (Metrocolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The school football match scene was filmed in an actual school in Walthamstow, London, England. Child extras were rounded up from nearby theatre groups. Two children were picked from each, and it was considered a great honor to be allowed to take part in filming.

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Quotes

Ivul Gurk: But the country seems gripped, gripped, t-t-t-t-t, gripped...
Tomas Katz: Gripped by what, Ivul?
Ivul Gurk: ...gripped, grigrigrigripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, grigrigrigripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, grigri grigri grigrigri... gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, gripped, grip-grip-grip-grip-grip-grip-grip-grip-grip grigrigrigrigrigrigrigrigrigrigrigrigrigrigrigrigrigrigrigrigri-gripped by ...

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Crazy Credits

The film credits the "Bollards and Windows of London" right after the main cast.

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Connections

Referenced in Alfa Omega (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Lunar Sunrise"
By Terra Ferma
Written, Produced and Arranged by Claudio Giussani
Recorded and Mastered at Wild Eyed Studios

User Reviews

Makes David Lynch seem ho-hum and logical

Although this movie has the look and feel of something a high school student turned in for his film-making class final project, it is worth watching if you enjoy absurd or surreal vignettes. Make sure you don't expect to get anything meaningful out of it, however. It does poke fun at various elements of society -- I especially liked the "emergency broadcast" talk program on the BBC, which was only slightly more bizarre and irrelevant than most of these talking head programs. The Ouija board scenes were also hilarious. In fact, the more I think about individual scenes, the more I appreciate having stumbled across this film.