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Writer:
Sean Ellis (writer)
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You give 8 hours...They give you money.
Plot:
Ben is an art college student in London, whose imagination runs wild as he works the late-night shift at the local supermarket. What do he and his colleagues do to pass the long, endless hours of the night? full summary | full synopsis
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Supermarket
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 6 wins
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Lots of nudity and angst--but is it art?
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Sean Biggerstaff | ... | Ben | |
| Emilia Fox | ... | Sharon | |
| Stuart Goodwin | ... | Jenkins | |
| Michael Dixon | ... | Barry | |
| Michael Lambourne | ... | Matt | |
| Hatti Riemer | ... | Old Lady | |
| Frank Hesketh | ... | Young Ben | |
| Irene Bagach | ... | Beautiful Girl | |
| Christine Fuller | ... | Frozen Girl 2 | |
| Celesta Hodge | ... | Deer Girl | |
| Kinvara Balfour | ... | Shampoo Girl 1 | |
| Cherie Nichole | ... | Shampoo Girl 2 (as Cherie Nichole Bradley) | |
| Hayley-Marie Coppin | ... | Swedish Student | |
| Daphne Guinness | ... | Checkout Counter Woman | |
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| Roddy Adair | ... | Sainsbury's Islington Footballer | |
| Nadia Alkhashab | ... | Frozen Girl in Sainsbury's | |
| Katie Ball | ... | Art Class Girl | |
| Henrietta Bass | ... | Ben's Mother | |
| Lene Bausager | ... | Woman with Trolley | |
| Gary Beeson | ... | Young Sean | |
| Michelle Bentley | ... | Nightclub Girl | |
| Samantha Bloom | ... | Mrs. Booth | |
| Jay Bowen | ... | Steve Jenkins | |
| Tree Carr | ... | Girl | |
| Natalie Denning | ... | Busty Customer | |
| Bianca Drakes | ... | Stripper | |
| Gayle Dudley | ... | Natalie's Mother | |
| Erica Ellis | ... | Canteen Lady | |
| Kubrick Ellis | ... | Dog | |
| Stan Ellis | ... | Art Class Teacher | |
| Shaun Evans | ... | Sean Higgins | |
| Kenneth Fahy | ... | Art Class Life Model | |
| Katrine Falkenberg | ... | Katrine at the Party | |
| Emilia Fenton | ... | Tanya | |
| Nick Hancock | ... | Rory Davies | |
| Keeley Hazell | ... | Frozen Girl in Sainsbury's | |
| Matthew Hodgson | ... | Barman | |
| Lucy Holt | ... | Lucy at Proud Galleries | |
| Hayden Jones | ... | Jim the Bouncer | |
| Winnie Li | ... | Betting Employee | |
| Nelly Lyster-Smith | ... | Young Natalie | |
| Gary McNulty | ... | Sainsbury's Islington Footballe | |
| Katarina Olsson | ... | Sean's Mother | |
| Marc Pickering | ... | Brian | |
| Wayne Ploughman | ... | Sainsbury's Islington Footballe | |
| Nia Roberts | ... | Woman at the Till | |
| Michelle Ryan | ... | Suzy | |
| James Smith | ... | Sainsbury's Islington Footballer | |
| Janine-May Tinsley | ... | Adult Natalie | |
| Graham Ward | ... | Man with Dog | |
| Howard Ward | ... | Football Referee | |
| Lee Wilson | ... | Sainsbury's Islington Footballe | |
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There was no budget for wardrobe so the main cast borrowed uniforms from the store and shoppers wore their own clothes.
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Ben's Theme
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CASHBACK was nominated for the 2006 Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film, losing to SIX SHOOTER. While the film had an interesting style and was filled with angst, I wonder if it was so artistic or interesting to merit the nomination. While I have not seen all the other films it competed against, I felt that perhaps it was an odd choice because on one level it might be seen as an artistic film but on the other it really just looked like a young film student trying to make a pornographic and offensive film that could be considered mainstream. The film is crammed with full-frontal nudity of some very beautiful women, though the scenes are not necessarily of a sexual nature (i.e., they are not engaging in sex acts). However, there are more up close crotch shots than I would have expected for this category and the crude sexual references (such as the sausage and shampoo scenes) just made the film seem rather gross in spots. Keeping the nudity and dropping the shampoo/sausage scenes would have greatly improved the film and given the project a greater sense of artistry--not smut.
Perhaps I am just a prude, but I was left feeling quite mixed about the film. It was interesting but seemed very gratuitous as well--like a film made by a few teens whose parents were away for the weekend.
By the way, if they DID want to make a mainstream film, having the movie star a guy named "Biggerstaff" didn't help their cause.