44 Inch Chest (2009)

Director:

Malcolm Venville

Writers (WGA):

Louis Mellis (written by) &
David Scinto (written by)

Release Date:

2010 (New Zealand)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

The Measure of Revenge

Plot:

A jealous husband and his friends plot the kidnapping of his wife's lover with the intention of restoring his wounded ego.

Plot Keywords:

Jealous Husband | Abandoned Building | Adultery | Running | Coin Toss

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Ray Winstone	...	Colin Diamond
Ian McShane	...	Meredith
John Hurt	...	Old Man Peanut
Tom Wilkinson	...	Archie
Stephen Dillane	...	Mal
Joanne Whalley	...	Liz Diamond
Melvil Poupaud	...	Loverboy
Steven Berkoff	...	Tippi Gordon
Edna Doré	...	Archie's Mum
Andy de la Tour	...	Biggy Walpole
Derek Lea	...	Bumface
Ramon Christian	...	Boy on Sofa
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dave Legeno	...	Brighton Billy (uncredited)

Directed by
Malcolm Venville

Writing credits (WGA)
Louis Mellis		(written by) &
David Scinto		(written by)

Produced by
Paul Brett	....	executive producer
Glenn Brown	....	executive producer
Richard Brown	....	producer
Stuart Ford	....	executive producer
Steve Golin	....	producer
Paul Green	....	executive producer
Peter Heslop	....	co-producer
Peter Heslop	....	line producer
Ian McShane	....	executive producer
Louis Mellis	....	executive producer
Dave Morrison	....	executive producer
David Scinto	....	executive producer
Tim Smith	....	executive producer
Ray Winstone	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Angelo Badalamenti

Cinematography by
Daniel Landin		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Rick Russell

Casting by
Gary Davy

Production Design by
John Stevenson

Art Direction by
Nick Gottschalk

Set Decoration by
Gemma Ryan

Costume Design by
Caroline Harris

Makeup Department
Louise Coles	....	hair / makeup assistant
Richard Glass	....	contact lens optician
Frances Hannon	....	hair designer
Frances Hannon	....	makeup designer
Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore	....	contact lens technician
Chris Lyons	....	special effects teeth (uncredited)

Production Management
Mark Harris	....	post-production supervisor
Bobby Prince	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Heidi Gower	....	third assistant director
Martin Harrison	....	first assistant director
Chris Stoaling	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Grace Brook	....	stand-by art director
Tristan Carlisle-Kitz	....	chargehand stand-by props
Sophia Chowdhury	....	production buyer
Peter Fentem	....	property master
Claire Fleming	....	art department assistant
Pip Fox	....	stand-by propman
Justin Hayzelden	....	dressing props
Loretta Lipworth	....	art department trainee
Daryn McLaughlan	....	assistant art director
Steven Morris	....	props
Nick Pelham	....	storyboard artist
Scott Rogers	....	props
Paul Couch	....	stand-by painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Antony Bayman	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Orin Beaton	....	boom operator
Ed Colyer	....	adr recordist
Michael Fentum	....	sound effects editor
Samir Foco	....	dialogue editor
Glen Gathard	....	assistant adr recordist
Dominic Gibbs	....	sound effects editor
Nick Gillett	....	sound assistant
Ishmael Harris	....	trainee sound assistant
Alistair Hawkins	....	assistant sound editor
James Mather	....	supervising sound editor
Ian Sands	....	sound mixer (second unit)
Chris Sturmer	....	dolby sound consultant
Kevin Tayler	....	adr recordist
Mark Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Anne Marie Walters	....	senior special effects technician
Alistair Williams	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Alex Bicknell	....	visual effects consultant
Paddy Eason	....	visual effects supervisor
David Emeny	....	digital compositor
Marie Fernandes	....	digital intermediate producer
Björn Fredriksson	....	compositor
Timothy P. Jones	....	digital film bureau
Alex Llewellyn	....	digital compositor
Hugh Macdonald	....	digital compositor: Stranger
John Palmer	....	digital film bureau manager
Rob Pizzey	....	digital colourist
Becky Roberts	....	visual effects producer
Aurora Shannon	....	digital intermediate assistant
Sally Spencer	....	visual effects producer

Camera and Electrical Department
Sam Barnes	....	additional focus puller
Tim Battersby	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Kerry Brown	....	still photographer
John Clarke	....	electrician
Andy Cole	....	rigging gaffer
John Colley	....	gaffer
Sam Goldie	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Lizzie Kelly	....	video assist operator
Dash Lilley	....	camera trainee
Gavin MacArthur	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Tobias Marshall	....	additional clapper loader
David McAnulty	....	key grip
Paul Molloy	....	electrician
Simon Muir	....	grip trainee
Mike Parsons	....	electrician
Sophie Wilson	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera

Casting Department
Victor Jenkins	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Linda O'Reilly	....	set costumer
Marco Scotti	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Rob Farris	....	digital intermediate producer
Rob Gordon	....	digital film editor
Emily Greenwood	....	digital film editor
Stephen Haren	....	additional editor
Stephen Haren	....	first assistant editor
Katura Jensen	....	post-production coordinator
Angus Munro	....	avid engineer
Laurent Treherne	....	digital intermediate technical director

Music Department
Jim Bruening	....	score recordist
Daniel James Chan	....	composer: additional music
Rupert Coulson	....	score mixer
Phil Marshall	....	composer: additional music
Gerard McCann	....	music editor
Bill Pearson	....	music recordist
Susan Stone	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Malcolm Cooper	....	camera car driver
Tony Jayes	....	driver: John Hurt
Simon Jones	....	transportation captain
Graeme Main	....	driver
Brendan O'Gorman	....	unit driver

Other crew
David Broder	....	location manager
Lesley Broderick	....	production accountant
Benjamin Carter	....	location scout
Ethan Carter	....	production staff
Diana Dill	....	script supervisor
Wayne Docksey	....	animal consultant
Stephanie Dölker	....	production coordinator
Richard George	....	assistant location manager
Catherine Golding	....	assistant production coordinator
Jenny Hargreaves	....	assistant to director
Charles Heaphy	....	production financing
Natasha Hook	....	unit nurse
Adrian Hubbard	....	runner/stand in
Matthew Jenkins	....	assistant coordinator
Marie-Louise Khondji	....	assistant to producer
Hakan Kousetta	....	production legal advisor
Hannah Lamb	....	location assistant
Tristan Law	....	runner/stand in
Gareth Lewis	....	floor runner
Liam Lock	....	additional floor runner
Nicoletta Mani	....	script supervisor: second unit dailies
Stacy Mann	....	unit publicist
Gabriel Olson	....	assistant: director
Jeremy Pelzer	....	managing director: studio
Eve Swannell	....	production coordinator
Catherine Tyler	....	assistant to producer
Piotr Walczak	....	facilities manager (2009)
Laura Windows	....	floor runner

Thanks
John Hillcoat	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Prescience Media (presents)
• Omni Films (presents)
• Twilight Production & Entertainment (as Twilight Production & Entertainment Corporation) (presents)
• IM Global (in association with)
• Anonymous Content
• Passenger
• Goldcrest Post Production London (post-production)
• Prescience

Distributors

• Icon Film Distribution (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Image Entertainment (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2010) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Ascot Elite Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (all media)
• HBO Hungary (2012) (Hungary) (TV)
• Image Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Television (2009) (Romania) (all media)

Special Effects

• Nvizible (visual effects) (as Stranger)

Other Companies

• ARRI Media  camera equipment provided by
• Arion Facilities  telecine dailies
• Bonded Services  film storage
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Eastside Communications  publicity: Germany
• Elstree Film & Television Studios  movie studio
• Fatts  post-production script services
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Goldcrest Post Production London  sound post-production
• Hyperactive Broadcast  editing equipment
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• PMA Production  making of/electronic press kit
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Translux  facilities
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong language including sexual references, and some violence

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R | Netherlands:16 | UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Australia:MA (2010) | New Zealand:R16 | Portugal:M/16

Filming Locations:

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Prescience Media

Trivia:

The word 'fuck' is used 162 times.

Quotes:

Old Man Peanut:I wouldn't give her the pickings out of my handkerchief.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Angela and Friends: Episode #1.39" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Prelude from Samson and Delilah

Not as good as it should be

(I saw this at the Sydney Film Festival, but IMDb has it as "in production", so I may have seen an incomplete version.) The pitch would have been something like "Reservoir Dogs meets Last Orders". From Reservoir Dogs we get the basic set-up of a bunch of crooks played by fine actors meeting in a lock-up and debating what to do with their captive, plus an enigmatic title and a flashback structure. From Last Orders comes a group of top-notch actors clearly enjoying themselves in a brown, downbeat London.

Some of the dialogue is fun if you like expletives spat out in poetry-like rhythms. There are good jokes and the acting is, as you'd expect from this lot, pretty fine. I was particularly pleased to see Stephen Dillane get his chance to prove himself cinematically after such an impressive theatrical career.

The downside is the plot, or rather the lack of it. The basic premise is laid out early on in the piece, and there is no real conflict to maintain our interest. Contrast the uniformity of opinion here with the combustible dynamics of Mr Blond, Mr White et al and the problem is clear. Some dream sequences intended to open the tale out feel forced, and a couple of minor twists are inconsequential.

If this script had been produced with a younger group of unknown actors it might get hailed for its promise. With this cast, 44 Inch Chest can only be counted a disappointment.