AKA (2002)

Director:

Duncan Roy

Writer:

Duncan Roy (writer)

Release Date:

11 October 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Based on the remarkable true story.

Plot:

AKA is the story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain...

Plot Keywords:

England | False Identity | Gay Interest | Gay Kiss | Gay Teenager

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Matthew Leitch	...	Dean Page
Diana Quick	...	Lady Gryffoyn
George Asprey	...	David
Lindsey Coulson	...	Georgie
Blake Ritson	...	Alexander Gryffoyn
Peter Youngblood Hills	...	Benjamin
Geoff Bell	...	Brian Page
Hannah Yelland	...	Camille Sturton
Daniel Lee	...	Jamie Page
Bill Nighy	...	Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
David Kendall	...	Lee Page
Fenella Woolgar	...	Sarah
Sean Gilder	...	Tim Lyttleton
Robin Soans	...	Neil Frost
Stephen Boxer	...	Dermot
Neil Maskell	...	Marcus
Reginald S. Bundy	...	Jeremy
Kathryn Pogson	...	Freddy Furnish
Sue Douglas	...	Shop assistant
Martin Wimbush	...	Reed Furnish
Harry Gostelow	...	Restaurant customer
Kenny Gibson	...	Derek
Christopher Luscombe	...	Sandy
Georgina Hale	...	Elizabeth of Lithuania
Paul Roseby	...	George
Faith Brook	...	Contessa de la Reche
John Quayle	...	Lord John Choat
Stephen Marcus	...	Tommy
Diana Berriman	...	Rich woman in restaurant
Helen Lindsay	...	Lady Geraldine Choat
Brian Bovell	...	Prison officer
Shaun Prendergast	...	Prison officer
Graham Seed	...	Bank manager
Jane How	...	Cosima van Badon
Brian Lawrence	...	Perry
Sophie Clarke	...	Selina Hoyland-Jones
Anders Price	...	Piers
Rachel Pickup	...	Stella Primrose
Sonya Leite	...	Sonya
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Kendall	...	Lee Page
Sam Newman	...	Stephen

Directed by
Duncan Roy

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Duncan Roy		writer

Produced by
Julian Alexander	....	associate producer
Julian Hayward	....	executive producer
Margaret Matheson	....	executive producer
Duncan Roy	....	executive producer
Paul Trijbits	....	executive producer
Richard West	....	producer

Original Music by
Matt Rowe

Cinematography by
Steve Brooke Smith
Ingrid Domeij
Steve Smith
Scott Taylor
Claire Vinson

Film Editing by
Lawrence Catford
Jon Cross
Jackie Ophir

Casting by
Gary Davy

Production Design by
Philip Robinson

Art Direction by
Dean Clegg

Set Decoration by
Gemma Ryan		(uncredited)

Costume Design by
Digby Howard
Becky Seagar
Andrea Swales
David Thomas

Makeup Department
Chris Allen	....	hair stylist
Sarah Cawthorne	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Donall McCusker	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ian Barrett	....	art department crew
David Card	....	art department crew
Tanya Miller	....	art department crew
Steve Oakes	....	art department crew

Sound Department
Leon Benning	....	boom operator
Aiden Black	....	sound
Iain Eyre	....	sound editor
Robert Farr	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Harrison	....	supervising sound editor
Joe Taylor	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Jason Wingrove	....	assistant camera
David Wyatt	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Christian Hutter	....	wardrobe assistant

Other crew
Lesley Collinson	....	location manager
Lisa Gordon	....	continuity
Paul Telfer	....	personal assistant to director

Distributors

• Cinemien (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Empire Pictures Inc. (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Homescreen (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sundance Channel Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Sundance Channel Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Fatts  post-production script services
• Goldcrest Post Production London  re-recording facilities
• Ninety Seven Plus  titles
• Sound Design Company, The  digital sound editing

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, nudity, language and drug use.

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:R(A) | UK:18 | USA:R | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Isle of Man

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the scenes within the VISA investigator's office, there are IBM Personal Computers on the desks. The story is set in 1978, however, the IBM PC was not introduced until August 12, 1981.

So this is Britain?

For some reason, Canal+ Film2 channel is showing on my boyfriend's TV. This movie was on this morning. I didn't even know it's name, I just searched with the name of a character since I felt I should comment on this. AKA is most likely a movie not many people have seen, since it deals quite heavily with things that are often swept under the carpet, such as homosexuals and drugs.

This is not a bad movie. I can't see why so many people seem to have rated it 1/10. I gave it 7 since it's not excellent, but still worth viewing. The main thing is the tension between British middle class and aristocrats. Do you remember the episode of Faking it where a sales girl was taught to be a lady? Well this is the same thing but with a boy and no one to teach him. The main character Dean Page is a mama's boy who must leave home and soon finds himself in Paris, pretending to be Lord Alexander Gryffoyn. David and his lover boy Benjamin take Dean/Alex under their wings, unaware of who he really is. Upper class proves to be mostly a bunch of arrogant cocaine sniffers that treat outsiders like s***. Notice when Dean returns home there is a pile of dog poop on the road. The ending is quite predictable, but what's said about David is quite funny.