Heartlands (2002)

Gentle Colin 'Col' Lawes happily lead a quiet life, running a news agency with his spoiled-rotten wife Sandra and playing competition darts in the Atletic Arms team. Colin catches her ... See full summary »

Director:

Damien O'Donnell

Writers:

Paul Fraser, Paul Fraser (story)

Stars:

Michael Sheen, Mark Addy, Jim Carter

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Sheen	...	Colin
Mark Addy	...	Ron
Jim Carter	...	Geoff
Celia Imrie	...	Sonja
Ruth Jones	...	Mandy
Phillipa Peak	...	Sarah
Jane Robbins	...	Sandra
Paul Shane	...	Zippy
Mark Strong	...	Ian
Joe Dempsie	...	Craig (as Joseph Dempsie)
Silas-Paul Simpson	...	Andy
Russell Hayes	...	Russ
Alan Williams	...	Deno
Bill Rodgers	...	Dennis
James Corden	...	Shady

Storyline

Gentle Colin 'Col' Lawes happily lead a quiet life, running a news agency with his spoiled-rotten wife Sandra and playing competition darts in the Atletic Arms team. Colin catches her committing adultery with team captain Geoff, a cop, who pretends Colin abused her. Col is thrown off the team just after it qualified for the league finals in Blackpool. He decides to travel there alone, hoping to win her back. The adventurous journey feels like the start of a more playful life.

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Plot Keywords:

dart | adultery | roller coaster | dart game | funfair | 

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Taglines:

An offbeat road trip... An exciting new world!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for a scene of sensuality and some language

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 April 2003 (UK)

Also Known As:

A szív és vidéke

Company Credits

Production Co:

DNA Films, Film Council, Miramax

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Film debut of Joe Dempsie.

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Crazy Credits

Coach Driver - Mel Gibson (the credit was added as a laugh at the expense of producer Harvey Weinstein, who wanted starrier names in the cast).

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Soundtracks

Sweet Bride
By Kate Rusby
Performed by Kate Rusby, John McCusker, Andy Cutting and Michael McGoldrick

User Reviews

For bikers, folkies, rollercoasterophiles, ex-Brownies, and low-budget filmmakers

You should like this film if you are a motorbike fan, if you liked seaside resorts as a kid, if you like gentle folk music, or if you were in the Brownies. In some ways it's a typical British film: understated humour, overstated contrasts between the good and the bad in English landscapes, various characters who overdo British stereotypes, and a hero who's a wimp; but it also carries the usual themes of a road movie, albeit more slowly than many road movies. It's also about "heart", in the figurative sense, which is about the only relevance the title has to the film ... except that the road trip goes across the central hills of England. It's obviously a low budget film, but it shows what can be achieved without big special effects.