Fat Slags (2004)

The Fat Slags from Viz hit the big time and become celebrities.

Director:

Ed Bye

Writer:

William Osborne

Stars:

Fiona Allen, Sophie Thompson, Jerry O'Connell

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Fiona Allen	...	Sandra
Sophie Thompson	...	Tracey
Jerry O'Connell	...	Sean Cooley
Anthony Head	...	Victor
Geri Halliwell	...	Paige
James Dreyfus	...	Fidor
Naomi Campbell	...	Sales Assistant
Angus Deayton	...	Maurice the hotel receptionist
Hugh Dennis	...	Immigration 2
Les Dennis	...	MC
Tom Goodman-Hill	...	Baz
Michael Greco	...	Niarchos
Eamonn Holmes	...	Himself
Ralf Little	...	Milkman
Dolph Lundgren	...	Randy

Storyline

Fat Slags charts the rise and fall of our eponymous heroines, who are unrepentantly vulgar and crass. Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way to fame and fortune. Sean Cooley an internationally renowned billionaire suffers a blow to the head, rendering him temporarily insane on the day The Fat Slags arrive in London. Spotting them on a popular daytime TV chat show, he falls in love with their larger than life look and approach. Determined to make them stars, he forces fashion designer Fidor Konstantin to base his next collection around the girls, creating a media sensation. In a whirlwind turn of events, Sandra and Tracey take the UK by storm, hitting number one in the record charts and inadvertently winning the Turner Prize. As far as the press is concerned, fat is the new black... Throughout their journey into the world of celebrity, the girls maintain their unique and ...

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Plot Keywords:

fat | based on comic

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 October 2004 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Cabot Hall, Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Artists Independent Productions, Entertainment Film Distributors, Funny Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dolph Lundgren said to Empire Magazine in 2007: "How did I get involved in "Fat Slags"? That's a good question. I'd ask that agent of mine, but he's sunk in the Thames River. (Laughs)"

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Quotes

Tracey: I could do with a snack, chips with curry sauce
Sandra: I fancy a bag o' crisps!
Tracey: Ooh, what flavour?
Sandra: Prawn cocktail?
Tracey: Ooh, you posh git!

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Connections

Spoofs Mission: Impossible (1996)

User Reviews

Sad end of an iconic pair of women

Having been madly in love with the Fats Slags since I was a young man, I was disappointed with this movie. How on earth can directors and producers continue to imagine that it can still be funny to take ordinary people and make them rich and successful, after Rosanne destroyed her career by doing exactly that with her working class show. This is without the incredibly clichéd notion that there is something inherently funny about working class people from the north of England. They talk in a funny way , they say funny things and they don't understand sophisticated ideas like art. What a loads of dated old rubbish. The charm of the fat slags was always that they are only concerned with satisfying their immediate needs whether food, sex or anything else and this is what makes them perfect women. They have a view of themselves which depends only on the reflection one slag provides for the other and they are completely indifferent to the feelings and sensibilities of anyone else. These are the Fat Slags as the ideal women they are, the characters in this film are a complete travesty. Still, they can't take away my dreams.