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G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

  • 19991999
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h 57m
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6.6/10
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G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999)
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Six London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to make a name for themselves in the music industry against the pressures and tragedies of everyd... Read allSix London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to make a name for themselves in the music industry against the pressures and tragedies of everyday life.Six London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to make a name for themselves in the music industry against the pressures and tragedies of everyday life.
IMDb RATING
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655
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  • Director
    • John Strickland
  • Writer
    • Simon Mirren
  • Stars
    • Steve John Shepherd
    • Ben Waters
    • Alec Newman
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  • Director
    • John Strickland
  • Writer
    • Simon Mirren
  • Stars
    • Steve John Shepherd
    • Ben Waters
    • Alec Newman
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    • 24User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Steve John Shepherd
    Steve John Shepherd
    • Samas Sam
    Ben Waters
    • Beanas Bean
    Alec Newman
    Alec Newman
    • Charlieas Charlie
    Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Chiwetel Ejiofor
    • Rixas Rix
    Anjela Lauren Smith
    Anjela Lauren Smith
    • Sherryas Sherry
    Melanie Gutteridge
    Melanie Gutteridge
    • Lucyas Lucy
    Georgia Mackenzie
    Georgia Mackenzie
    • Rachelas Rachel
    Alicya Eyo
    • Bobbyas Bobby
    • (as Alicia Eyo)
    Freddie Annobil-Dodoo
    Freddie Annobil-Dodoo
    • Elroyas Elroy
    Alun Armstrong
    Alun Armstrong
    • Uncle Henryas Uncle Henry
    Geoffrey Beevers
    • Building Society Manageras Building Society Manager
    Annette Bentley
    • Sharonas Sharon
    John Blundell
    John Blundell
    • Brianas Brian
    Debbi Blythe
    • Sophieas Sophie
    Karl Collins
    • Clintonas Clinton
    Joe Duttine
    • Mickas Mick
    Christine Ellerbeck
    • Aliceas Alice
    Perry Fenwick
    • Antas Ant
    • Director
      • John Strickland
    • Writer
      • Simon Mirren
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      As his character becomes a crack addict, Ben Waters embarked on a crash diet to make him look like he was drug dependent.
    • Quotes

      Charlie: Death is an absolute, their ain't nothing absolute about life. Anytime you want out the door is always open.

    • Soundtracks
      Rachel's Song
      Written by Guy Sigsworth

      Performed by Lester Bowie with GMT

    User reviews24

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    Becomes too exaggerated and contrived to really be as involving as it needed to be
    When they left school, six friends were full of hope and dreams of success. Four years later they are still trying but mostly their lives are still on the same track – with their same partners and playing in the same experimental jazzy funk combo. However when Charlie gets involved in an accident it sends shockwaves through an already troubled group; Bean goes off the rails when he sees his girlfriend with another man, becoming hooked on drugs and dealing; Rix get his girlfriend Sherry pregnant and has to try and hold the band together as Sam wants to drop the jazz aspect and bring in a new vocalist to become more commercial.

    Opening with the same actors supposedly playing 16/18 year olds, this film quickly moves onto four years later where, aside from school uniform, they look exactly the same – however this jump in creditability is the least of your worries in a film that never stops adding to the plot in an effort to replace real emotion with pace. The story introduces to a collection of characters quite quickly and seems to have aimed to be realistic of life for young people in London but, as the film goes on, the base premise is opened up as each character has all manner of tragedy happen to them resulting in the film feeling far too busy as it spins towards a rather overblown conclusion. It's a shame because the people are quite interesting at the start but the script doesn't allow them to really develop as real people and so puts them in extreme lives and covers for the material's inability to really grip and involve by simply having it move very fast and always having something happen on screen. It is pacy enough to keep watching though and I'll say this for it – I was never bored, but I also never really cared for the people or found myself involved in these lives.

    The direction is pretty good though, using London quite well without becoming a tourist trade film. The atmosphere of lost lives is well put across and it keeps a downbeat tone even as the plot twists become decreasingly like any life I've ever lived! The music is pretty good though even if it will probably have dated pretty badly in about ten years time – personally I quite liked the jazzy sort of jungle stuff and I like the vocalist even if she did turn it very poppy (which was the point I suppose).

    The cast find themselves with good basic characters and are left with the challenge to keep them real people while their lives become increasingly exaggerated. Newman does well with his loss and makes it believable even if he has little time to put complex feelings across. Shepard is OK but his character is quite bland and it shows in his performance. I did feel a bit sorry for Waters, whose character goes the farthest and becomes rather silly and OTT by the end of the film. Ejiofor is pretty good and works well with a lot more time and dialogue than he was allowed in Love Actually (hasn't he put on a lot of weight by the way!) but it's a shame the same isn't offered to Smith who is only given a bump to carry around and little else.

    Overall this is a reasonable British film but hardly any great shakes. It has pace and energy and it has tried to create an ensemble drama featuring 'real' lives but the emotion and drama is not as real as it thinks and involving stories are replaced by exaggeration as the film is unable to stop adding to it's drama. If it had been better written it could have rested on smaller events but as it isn't, it needs to keep moving for fear of stalling. In this regard it does keep moving and is never really boring but it isn't that good a film as a result but should please those who are easily won over by soapy dramas as the like.
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    • Jun 27, 2004

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    • Release date
      • October 1, 1999 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Greenwich Mean Time
    • Filming locations
      • Greenwich, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Anvil Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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