London to Brighton (2006)

Desperate to evade an angry pimp, a London prostitute and a young girl flee by train to Brighton after an appointment with a powerful client goes violently wrong.

Director:

Paul Andrew Williams

Writer:

Paul Andrew Williams

Stars:

Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Johnny Harris

6 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lorraine Stanley	...	Kelly
Georgia Groome	...	Joanne
Johnny Harris	...	Derek
Nathan Constance	...	Chum
Sam Spruell	...	Stuart Allen
Alexander Morton	...	Duncan Allen
David Keeling	...	Charlie
Jamie Kenna	...	Tony
Chloe Bale	...	Karen
Claudie Blakley	...	Tracey (as Claudie Blakely)
Tim Matthews	...	Shane
Louise Appel	...	Debbie
Cat Meacher	...	Street Prostitute
Nick Ewans	...	Kerb Crawler in Car - Brighton
James Beirman	...	Kerb Crawler in Car - London

Storyline

It's 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down London toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped. Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom bleeding to death. Duncan's son, Stuart, has found his father and wants answers. Derek, Kelly's pimp, needs to find Kelly or it will be him who pays. Kelly and Joanne need to get through the next 24 hours alive...

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Plot Keywords:

digging one's grave | brassiere | brighton england | pantyhose | grave digging | 

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Taglines:

Innocence has nowhere to hide

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violent and sexual content, and strong language

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 December 2006 (UK)

Also Known As:

Londino - Brighton

Filming Locations:

Victoria station, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Steel Mill Pictures,Wellington Films,LTB Films Limited

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The main characters are from Paul Andrew Williams' short film Royalty (2001). Johnny Harris and Lorraine Stanley reprised their roles as Derek and Kelly, respectively, whilst Nathan Constance and Chloe Bale, who are both featured in the short, took new roles for this film.

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Goofs

For the exterior shot and interior scenes, the sun is shining from the wrong side for a morning southbound train journey.

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Connections

Remade as Vidiyum Munn (2013)

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Soundtracks

Ja No What?
Performed by Sum Lunacy
Written by Rory Hannah
Published by Copyright Control
(P) 2006

User Reviews

Gritty urban noir hits as hard as a sledgehammer.

Britain from time to time produces brilliantly realistic urban films, and here in Paul Andrew Wiliams' debut feature we have a truly great genre entry that is awash with realism.

Joanne is a 12 year old runaway befriended by young prostitute Kelly, a tragic event leads to them fleeing from London to Brighton on the train, in furious pursuit is a pimp and a gangsters son, and all of their lives are hurtling towards a night of reckoning.

This film contains prostitutes, paedophiles, drugs, and violence, yet to even think that this film panders to genre stereotypes would be doing it an injustice. This is a gritty realistic picture that thru its bleak story telling manages to make the viewer feel a part of the events unfolding, it's harsh and unrelenting in its portrayal of the dark parts of city life that do exist in our world. The screenplay is as lean as a prize featherweight boxer, no saggy tag ons, no sub plots to bog the story down, just a hard as nails story culminating in a wonderful final reel.

Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Johnny Harris, and Sam Pruell, your names, I hope, will get to be known outside of England, because you all excellently realised characters that reminded me of people I have encountered during my life. I do hope that you will not be consigned to the forgotten filing cabinet that contains the one film wonders.

Excellent and unforgettable picture 9/10