4.3.2.1 (2010)

Directors:

Noel Clarke
Mark Davis

Writer:

Noel Clarke

Release Date:

2 June 2010 (Ireland)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

4 Girls, 3 Days, 2 Cities, 1 Chance.....

Plot:

While Jo (Roberts) is chained down in a dead end supermarket job, her friends are all out on their own...

Plot Keywords:

Diamonds | Can Of Pringles | Period In Title | Digit In Title | Flashback

Cast

Ophelia Lovibond	...	Shannon
Shanika Warren-Markland	...	Kerrys
Emma Roberts	...	Joanne
Tamsin Egerton	...	Cassandra
Andrew Harwood Mills	...	Driving Instructor
Adam Deacon	...	Dillon
Ashley Thomas	...	Smoothy (as Ashley Bashy Thomas)
Ben Cooke	...	Big Thief
Steven Cree	...	Scotty
Michael Hunter	...	Tats - Dillon's Crew
Sean Pertwee	...	Mr. Richards
Alan McKenna	...	Mr. Jones
Kate Magowan	...	Mrs. Richards
Ben Shepherd	...	Newscaster
Linzey Cocker	...	Gwen
Noel Clarke	...	Tee
Gregg Chillin	...	Manuel
Davie Fairbanks	...	Fraser
Darcy Thomas	...	Youth at Canal
Ermal Memia	...	Youth at Canal
Michelle Ryan	...	Kelly
Christopher Whitlow	...	Carl
Camille Coduri	...	Mrs. Phillips
Ben Miller	...	Mr. Phillips
Susannah Fielding	...	Jas
Kevin Smith	...	Big Larry
Laura Giddings	...	Virgin Atlantic Senior Cabin Crew
Becky Giddings	...	Virgin Atlantic Senior Cabin Crew
Freddie Stroma	...	Cool Brett
Audrey Kaipio	...	Desk Clerk
Adam Gillen	...	Geek Brett
Natalie Britton	...	News Reporter Susan Sanders
Mandy Patinkin	...	Sir Jago Larofsky
Eve	...	Latisha
Alexander Siddig	...	Mr. Jauo-Pinto
Jay Read	...	Mrs. Jauo-Pinto
Clarke Jr.	...	Baby Lewis
Maria Consuelo S. Radclyffe	...	Grandmother
Lourenco de Melo Castro	...	Grandfather
Arnold Oceng	...	Dark Chocolate
Jade Moira Lawrence	...	Fraser's Girl (as Jade Moira)
Jon Dover	...	Big Guy
Femi Oyeniran	...	Fraser's Mate #1
Tristram Newham	...	Fraser's Mate #2
Jo Martin	...	Driving Examiner
Rickie Haywood-Williams	...	Newscaster - MTV (as Rickie Haywood Williams)
Helen McCrory	...	Mrs. Jones
Monty Croft	...	Ron the Security Guard
Jacob Anderson	...	Angelo
Nicholas Briggs	...	Barry
Ben Drew	...	Terry
Laura Whitmore	...	Newscaster - MTV
James Bravery	...	Dave
Steven Harvey	...	Customer
Grace Wainwright	...	Detective Lydia Devon
Adam Sagar Smith	...	Detective Quentin Boon
Bartosz Wozniak	...	Kelly's Men #1
Imre Elekes	...	Kelly's Men #2
Ian Seale	...	Anchorman Ted
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Geoff Carino	...	Sleeping man on Plane (uncredited)
Andrew Dawson	...	Airline Passenger #2 (uncredited)
Rochelle De-Terville	...	Passer By (uncredited)
Lee Donaghy	...	Met Policeman (uncredited)
Joyia Fitch	...	Young Hostage Couple (uncredited)
Lee Nicholas Harris	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Jamie Hawes	...	Man on Bus (uncredited)
Sarah Linda	...	Party Girl (uncredited)
Les Loveday	...	Barman (uncredited)
Shaun Lucas	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Jadran Malkovich	...	Young Hostage Couple (uncredited)
Chris Mansfield	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Patricia Mantuano	...	Brazian Aunt (uncredited)
Jack Marsh	...	Big Issue Seller (uncredited)
Craig Miller	...	Billy (uncredited)
John Warman	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Elisha Willett	...	Coffee Shop Customer (uncredited)

Directed by
Noel Clarke
Mark Davis

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Noel Clarke

Produced by
James Edward Barker	....	executive producer (as James Barker)
Damon Bryant	....	producer
Noel Clarke	....	producer
Mark Davis	....	producer
Amy Dempsey	....	line producer: New York
Johnny Fewings	....	executive producer
Christopher Figg	....	executive producer
Mark Foligno	....	executive producer
Gareth Jones	....	executive producer
Justin Lanchbury	....	associate producer
Yoko Lytle	....	associate producer
Steve Milne	....	executive producer
Dean O'Toole	....	producer
Nick Pitt	....	associate producer
Deepak Sikka	....	executive producer
Mick Southworth	....	executive producer
Stewart Till	....	executive producer
Toby Tobias	....	associate producer
Robert Whitehouse	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Adam Lewis
Barnaby Robson

Cinematography by
Franco Pezzino

Film Editing by
Mark Davis		(The Long Weekend Cut)
Mark Everson

Casting by
Urvashi Chugani

Production Design by
Murray McKeown

Art Direction by
Paul Harvey
Alan Pearson

Costume Design by
Andy Blake

Makeup Department
Sylvia Atkins	....	makeup dailies
Hannah Edwards	....	makeup artist
Cate Hall	....	makeup designer
Selen Hurer	....	makeup daily
Kristyan Mallett	....	prosthetics designer/supplier
Zoey Stones	....	makeup artist
Pippa Woods	....	makeup dailies

Production Management
Meg Clark	....	post-production supervisor
Mark Ellis	....	unit manager
Elizabeth Garrett	....	production manager: New York
Jo Gross	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Danielle Bennett	....	additional third assistant director: dailies
Brian Bentham	....	first assistant director: New York
Dexter Bryant	....	third assistant director
Mark Hopkins	....	second assistant director
Alice Johnson	....	second assistant director: New York
Josey McNamara	....	third assistant director
Alex Oakley	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Nina Aufderheide	....	standby art director
Dan Bodfish	....	art department assistant
Camila Higgs	....	buyer
Cosmo Sarson	....	graffiti artist
Bart Tuft	....	props
Joe Withers	....	standby props

Sound Department
Harry Barnes	....	supervising sound editor
Nigel Bennett	....	post production sound
Sandy Buchanan	....	adr mixer
Peter Burgis	....	foley artist
Martin Cantwell	....	sound designer
Ed Colyer	....	foley mixer
James Corless	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Mike Dowson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Glen Gathard	....	foley editor
John Hayes	....	production sound mixer
Andre Logan	....	sound mixer: New York
J. Monty Nyahay	....	boom operator: New York
Richard Pryke	....	sound re-recording mixer
Colin Ritchie	....	dialogue editor
Andrew Rowe	....	sound
Paul Schwartz	....	boom operator
Jason Swanscott	....	foley artist
Ian Tapp	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Ian Clinch	....	compositor
George Dodgson	....	compositor
Christian Jelen	....	visual effects supervisor
Theodore Majendie	....	digital compositor
Theodore Majendie	....	rotoscope animator
Henry Pentacost	....	visual effects
Matthew Tinsley	....	senior compositor
Robin Willott	....	lead compositor
Robin Willott	....	visual effects supervisor
Micky Wyle	....	compositor

Stunts
Andy Bennett	....	stunt coordinator
Tony Christian	....	stunt performer
Dave Judge	....	stunt rigger
Paul Kennington	....	stunt performer
Kai Martin	....	stunt performer
Andy Merchant	....	stunt performer
David Newton	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Kerry Brown	....	additional still photographer
Chris Cavanagh	....	assistant video assist
Adam Coles	....	focus puller
Kevin Day	....	gaffer
Simon Dolling	....	camera trainee
Hamish Doyne-Ditmas	....	camera operator
Tom Elgar	....	video assist
Thomas English	....	steadicam operator
Francis Hughes	....	camera trainee
Dylan Jones	....	video assist
Sally Low	....	first assistant camera
Richard Mason	....	best boy
Craig Porter	....	second assistant camera
Mark Rafferty	....	electrician
Iwan Prys Reynolds	....	focus puller: "a" camera
Nick Wall	....	still photographer
Renee Willis	....	clapper loader: "a" camera
G.T. Womack	....	second assistant camera: New York

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Rohan Chand	....	casting associate
Kayas Irshad	....	extra coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alex Bernhard	....	costume supervisor
Alex Day	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Mike Andrews	....	digital film technician
Cory Augustyn	....	assistant editor
Andrew Daniel	....	colorist
Tim Drewett	....	digital film technician
Jerri Howlett	....	on-line assistant
François Kamffer	....	di technician
Justin Lanchbury	....	di film consultant
Des Murray	....	on-line editor
Mike Phillips	....	assistant editor
Andy Richards	....	supervising DI conform editor
Sophie Sorensen	....	post-production coordinator
Gemma Townsend	....	digital intermediate technician
Thomas Walters	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Cory Augustyn	....	composer: additional music
Martyn Berg	....	A&R consultant
Harris Fiona	....	musician: solo piano
Ian Neil	....	music supervisor
Barnaby Robson	....	music arranger

Transportation Department
Dean Tyler	....	driver

Other crew
Joel Blanco	....	production accountant: New York
Elizabeth Brizzell	....	assistant production accountant
Jade Bryant	....	floor runner
Jamie Cook	....	caterers
Simon Dolling	....	runner
Charlotte Draper	....	runner
Ian Ellis	....	location manager
James Greenslade	....	production legal
Evan Gregg	....	assistant location manager: New York
Karl Hartman	....	office production assistant
Roslyn Hill	....	assistant production coordinator
Dan Hillsdon	....	production accountant
Al Mackay	....	location scout (as Alastair Mackay)
Carolyn O'Reilly	....	runner
Emma Olrich-Smith	....	production coordinator
Jeremy Pelzer	....	location scout
Emma Rogers	....	armorer
Edwina Sercombe	....	floor runner
Tom Sexton	....	location scout: new york
Natalie Sloan	....	script supervisor
Imanuel Smith	....	production assistant
Cedric St. Clair	....	pre-production assistant
Joseph Stephans	....	location manager: New York
Ashley Stowell	....	on-set medic
Richard W. Thompson	....	finance director: Universal Pictures
Lucy Ward	....	assistant script supervisor: dailies
Katie Watson	....	business representative: SAG
Mike Wild	....	armorer
Jonathan Wu	....	set production assistant: new york

Thanks
Adam Ackland	....	special thanks
James Edward Barker	....	very special thanks
Nick Pitt	....	thanks
Martin Poultney	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Unstoppable Entertainment
• Retro-juice Productions
• Atlantic Swiss Productions
• Veneration Music (in association with)

Distributors

• At Entertainment (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• E Stars Films (2010) (China) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bangladesh) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bhutan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (India) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Maldives) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Nepal) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Pakistan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Sri Lanka) (all media)

Special Effects

• Retro-juice Productions (VFX)
• Visual Effects Company, The (motion control)

Other Companies

• ARRI Media  camera equipment provided by
• Atlantic Pictures (II)  production services: new york
• Fatts  post-production script services
• Magna Films  film financing
• Molinare Studio  in association with
• Molinare Studio  post-production
• Pinewood Armoury  weapons rental
• Scallywag Travel  travel agent
• Veneration Music  very special thanks

Also Known As:

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Australia:MA (2010)

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Unstoppable Entertainment

Quotes:

Dillon:Do you kiss your mum with that mouth?
Kerrys:Nah, but I kissed yours.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Projector: 4.3.2.1. (#2.27)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Drunk Girls

3 films Clarke is synonymous with. 2 of which were highly accomplished bordering on very good. 1 misfire here, which isn't without merit but is lacking in the long run.

4.3.2.1. is Noel Clarke's latest in low-level set, juvenile driven criminal shenanigans on the streets of London, and, hark, the expanding to that of New York (no doubt for the American market). The effort is a piece which needed more of a reigning in, more of a delicate attitude towards the sorts of expansive and sporadic material writer/director Clakre takes on and as a result the film ends up a flitting, spitting piece; a film which darts around covering an array of varying stories and strands of varying content, most of which is intelligible, but almost all of which eventually comes to feel inconsequential. It is the result of the ever escalating career of British filmmaker and producer Noel Clarke, his 2006 debut Kidulthood a rather paralysingly terrifying insight into the world of inimical kids running riot; his 2007 follow up branching out more into character and framework linked to redemption and causality.

The film covers, taking clear glee in establishing, '4' girls over '3' nights in '2' cities; but only with the '1' chance, remember. It's sad and a little surprising to report that none of the lead four girls are particularly interesting above a certain level. The best character in the film, the character whose plight resonates with us the most, is the Brazilian father, played by Alexander Siddig, of one of the four girls in Kerrys (Warren-Markland) and her volatile brother, whose pained expression and agonisingly pacifist approach to his family affects us most as he, like us, looks out and around at the ever-decaying world inhabited by ever-decaying people around him in the exact manner we do. With Kerrys comes Emma Roberts' Joanne; wiry, upper-class blonde Cassandra (Egerton), who's got a big trip to America lined up, and young Shannon (Lovibond) who's going through a tough time in life, unaided by her parent's separation. Their lives in England consist of usual fare: college, driving lessons, odd jobs in 24/7 corner shops and trips to the swimming centre; Cassandra even appears to play the piano when at home, one session of which concludes with her butler clapping very slowly, even sarcastically, as she appears to very slowly understand how to do it. Things appear to kick off for the worse when, upon leaving a café, during which Kerrys establishes an early characteristic of empowerment when foiling a mugger after a friend's bag, a diamond robbery occurs a hundred feet away and upon their respective escape, one is dropped into Shannon's bag.

The opening story is Shannon's, an intimate enough portrayal of a young girl going through some tough times as friends and parents appear to shoulder her out of their lives; the closing story is Jo's crime infused tale of gangsters, heister's and romance, most of everything Britain based pretty much told as kitchen sink drama for the BBC Three generation. Inbetween, we cover the tribulations of young Cassandra and her trip to New York for a piano playing trial that might see her garner entrance to an elite school; along the way, a rendez-vous with an Internet contact spelling disaster. The film is not utterly devoid of ideas in this regard nor on this strand, Cassandra's story a stern enough deconstruction about the dangers to do with cyberspace identity no doubt rife within the universe of the people 4.3.2.1. is aimed at; her uncovering of a sordid plot to do with stalker-like obsession sees her initially land in New York to a chirpy soundtrack and a string of familiarised New York iconography which eventually gives way to a tale of terror that is mostly stupid but engages on a basic enough level.

The film appears to empower women as much as it distinguishes the men as vile, corrupt, pig-headed morons whom are mostly amoral, creepy or just plain evil. In 4.3.2.1., the women are humanised and feel on some very deep levels, be it in the form of suicidal ideation or angrily and powerfully in reaction to a man's advances, particularly on one occasion when that character was previously established as somewhat introverted in this sense. It's an idea driven by the character of Kerrys whom predominantly takes on the role of warrior woman and is granted additional points of interest when it transpires the strongest character in the film is additionally homosexual. The notion is somewhat sadly contradicted by the fact Clarke has Kerrys and her partner as the item of the male gaze, objectifying some of her and her girlfriend's more intimate scenes while more often than not, on a much broader scale, manipulates the script so as to be able to shoot extended sequences of them wearing next to nothing.

There was always a recognisable sense in Clarke's previous projects, particularly Kidulthood, of the man shooting everything through a hazy filter of remorse and sadness; a depression at the fact he knows they were a rather accurate representations of Britain's youth and the items it faces. His latest, this 2010 effort, is bouncier in this regard; more upbeat and throw-away, as if the detailing of these seedy people and their seedy lives has given way to the concentration on the wacky situations that pop up and the sordid manner in which it's all connected with everything - most of the characters here just feel 'placed' in amidst the middle of it all for good measure. The opening heist gone-wrong sequence is unfolded and placed on the back-burner, but is curiously forgotten about by around the hour mark; that sense of very little of it really all that intrinsically linked to most of what's happening starting to feel prominent. Along the way, a lot of charging about with nary a lot accomplished is the order of the day, the strands fluctuating from standing deathly still doing nothing to darting along at a break-neck rate; very little of it all that interesting and by the time Jo's strand has kicked in, the gimmick really just wearing out its welcome.