Public Sex (2009)
"Dogging: A Love Story" (original title)

An aspiring journalist drops his inhibitions to research the UK's outdoor sex scene. He meets a certain girl in a car park, and the totally unexpected happens.

Director:

Simon Ellis

Writers:

Brock Norman Brock, Michael Groom

Stars:

Luke Treadaway, Kate Heppell, Richard Riddell

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Luke Treadaway	...	Dan
Kate Heppell	...	Laura
Richard Riddell	...	Rob
Sammy T. Dobson	...	Tanya (as Sammy Dobson)
Michael Socha	...	Jim
Justine Francesca Glenton	...	Sarah (as Justine Glenton)
Allen Mechen	...	Laura's Dad
Malcolm Freeman	...	Mister Dole
Sean Francis	...	Winston
Shaun Mechen	...	Interested Piker
Dirk Smith	...	Council Dogger
Ken Mood	...	Council Dogger (as Kenneth Mood)
Danny Moonshine	...	Council Dogger
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matthew Baker	...	Spunking Piker (as Matt Baker)
Michael Groom	...	Dogger

Storyline

The perils, pitfalls and wrong turns of romance in the 21st century. Aspiring journalist Dan expected so much more after graduation... but with no leads, little motivation and a girlfriend who would rather cozy up to her boss in the office, it's not exactly as he planned. In a bid to get his life back on track and coerced by his womanizing flatmate, Dan is introduced to the local al fresco sex scene. Encountering an array of weird characters looking for their dubious highs, it soon becomes clear that the scene is ripe for an expose. Dropping his inhibitions in the name of research, Dan becomes a reluctant pawn on the car park circuit, where he meets Laura and the totally unexpected happens.

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Plot Keywords:

journalist | car | sex | outdoor sex | female nudity | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 October 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Public Sex

Filming Locations:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vertigo Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min 103 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

How a Great Idea becomes Annoying

Add an original story concept about something seldom talked about publicly, include lively, interesting actors, then conclude the story by by using every cliché available.

Sadly, this could have been far better than it turns out. It's definitely not the fault of anybody but the writer or whoever had final say on how the film ended.

The actors, camera people, post-production, sound crew, basically everyone but the writer, do everything possible to keep the film enjoyable despite the script. Hopefully, it was more of a studio/producer issue forcing a plain, boring, predictable, tedious, uncreative, pre-packaged ending on it because the plot and first hour really did show promise.