Projects in genres: Comedy

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Based on an actor who suffers from an identity crisis with his film noir private detective character, whom I shall fondly refer to as - The Mole (his character actually wears a facial mole!).

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Downtown Los Angeles - the last customers are finishing their early evening business at the bank. At 6:08pm on 09/09/09 there will be an automatic timer test on the vault. The bank heist is planned to perfection, everything is ready and every eventuality if accounted for, what could go wrong? Wearing Wizard of Oz masks for disguise the heist is on, the one condition for success, they must be out by 18:10. Everything is carried out to plan, until at 18:09, a second group of robbers wearing super hero masks enter; they have been given the same inside tip.

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Extracts from the maiden speech of Scotland's first ambassador to the United Nations (with officially translated English sub-titles).

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The Trip is an improvised tour of the North of England that reunites comedy favourites Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. In the style of 'Curb your Enthusiasm', the story is fictional but based around their real personas. When Steve is commissioned by a Sunday newspaper to review half a dozen restaurants, he decides to mix work with pleasure and plans a trip around the North of England with his food-loving American girlfriend. But when his girlfriend leaves him and returns to the States, Steve is faced with a week of meals for one. Reluctantly, he calls Rob, the only person he can think of who will be available. Rob, never one to turn down a free lunch, agrees and together they set off for a culinary adventure. Over the course of six meals at six different restaurants in and around the Lake District, Lancashire and The Yorkshire Dales, the unlikely couple find themselves debating the big questions in life over a series of culinary delights. This six-part comedy series is directed by Michael Winterbottom, and builds on the success of previous collaborations with Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan, 'A Cock and Bull Story' and '24 Hour Party People'.

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A black comedy about a fateful Christmas dinner. You should try the parsnips.

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Awkward and socially inept, Japanese Toshi finds himself shut out of his colleagues' fun while on a business trip in London - but Toshi's about to have some fun of his own.

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Captain Xtreme and Private Panic return attempt to complete a dare devil stunt successful. Unfortunately, escaped criminal 'Woody Silvers' has turned up making life for Ben and Jon a little more complicated. Antonio 'Huggy Bear' Fargas guests.

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James Matthew (Karl Sedgwick) is an arrogant young man who has everything going for him.

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Wasters is a small self contained film in the same mould of CLeRkS. Written and directed by Luke Rufo. It is one slow wednesday night for our four slackers who work in a bar. They would all rather be elsewhere doing other things instead of pouring drinks for others to have good times. This is a story about friendship, betrayal, love and oh yeah talking about shagging, drinking and everything in between.

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A man stands in line for his morning coffee blissfully unaware at how life defining his encounter with the slack-jawed, gum-chewing barista will actually be. Can we be defined by the small choices we make in life, like our coffee order? Or does our coffee order choose us?

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Rose is a beautiful, quick-witted con-artist, who makes a killing selling fake paintings. But when she scams an art loving gangster, he sets Europe’s most efficient and expensive assassin on her tail. Enter Victor Maynard. He sets out on the assignment with his usual lethal professionalism. Yet every time Victor has Rose in his sights something holds him back. Entranced by the spirited Rose, Victor spares her life and becomes her protector, accidently acquiring a young apprentice into the bargain. Now on the run, Victor has to fight both his feelings for Rose and the murderous attentions of 'the second most expensive' assassin, sent to finish off all three of them.

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A howling wolf, an embarrassing incident and a missed opportunity. Love is made of courage.