A Bunch of Amateurs (2008)

A sleazy Hollywood agent tricks one of his clients, a faded action star, into playing King Lear in an amateur charity production in England.

Director:

Andy Cadiff

Writers:

Nick Newman (screenplay), John Ross (screenplay),

Stars:

Burt Reynolds, Alexandra Weaver, Elesia Marie

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Burt Reynolds	...	Jefferson Steel
Alexandra Weaver	...	Girl on Motorbike
Elesia Marie	...	1st Cinema Girl (as Elesia Ennis)
Sarah Goldberg	...	2nd Cinema Girl
Glynis Brooks	...	Woman In Street
Camilla Arfwedson	...	Amanda Blacke
Michael Wildman	...	Mr. Darcy
Guy Flanagan	...	Box Office Guy
John Moraitis	...	Man In Theatre
Pat Starr	...	Woman In Theatre
Maisie Scott	...	Young Amanda
Charles Durning	...	Charlie Rosenberg
Pandora Colin	...	Nadine
Lucy Akhurst	...	Stewardess
Stephen Gressieux	...	Italian Tourist (as Stefano Gressieux)

Storyline

A sleazy Hollywood agent tricks one of his clients, a faded action star, into playing King Lear in an amateur charity production in England.

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Plot Keywords:

self deprecation | reference to william shakespeare | english | reference to shakespeare's king lear

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Taglines:

They wished for a star, then wished they hadn't.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Műkedvelő társulat

Filming Locations:

Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£91,156 (UK) (19 December 2008)

Gross:

£201,849 (UK) (26 December 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Isle of Man Film, CinemaNX, Limelight

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The village of Stratford St. John in Suffolk where the amateur theatre production of 'King Lear' takes place is a fictional setting as no such place actually exists. Nor is there a place called Stratford in Suffolk. However, there is a real location in Suffolk named Stratford St. Mary.

User Reviews

this beer tastes like Pig ****

A Film that i saw advertised never got to see,but came in the cinemas and went out again straight away.

i found it for a fiver in tescos and thought why not, a good casting, reynolds as lear playing with a British tour de force.

A wonderful i think piece of British cinema, some great one liners and reynolds doesn't steal the show, he shares it with the pigs and his sterilised hot tub and a wonderful cast who all admitted they were starstruck working with "burt reynolds".

even the dog gets some great lines in my opinion watch it, its one of them little gems that i will go on about.

with such trash in the last few year being made Indiana jones and the X files ripoff (thank god i didn't buy it or even cinema to view that ) around this film is a tonic to watch.one i can watch again and again i think.

thank you "you bunch of amateurs".