Projects in genres: Comedy

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Charlie Noades R.I.P. is based around its central character Steve Parr. He works in the family business ‘Scrap and Salvage’ in a yard owned by his father Les. Surrounded by a loyal - if a little strange band of workmates who consist of Mick – his best friend and a self appointed gigolo, Sonny – a divorcee with an addiction to the Discovery Channel, Kitty – Steve’s auntie, a middle aged spinster with a razor sharp sarcastic wit and Elvis who is - well he’s just Elvis, oh and there’s Frank the junk yard dog – he’s got a sexual appetite matched only by Hugh Heffner! Together they spend their days trying to make a living in a business that belongs to a different time. On returning from a routine job, Steve is informed that he has been left a wooden chest full of old diaries in the will of a complete stranger. The diaries reveal a long, forgotten secret involving Steve’s Grandfather and a large quantity of hidden gold. Can he unlock the secrets and find the missing gold? He’d better do something quickly because what he doesn’t know is that the clock is ticking for everyone at ‘Parr’s Scrap and Salvage.  

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A high octane thriller starring cheese! Cheese has never been this exciting before!

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Edwardian Magician Aleister Crowley, dubbed the 'Wickedest Man in the World', shocked the establishment with his exploration of sexual magic, experiments with hallucinogenic drugs and his bizarre occult ceremonies. Although he gloried in the notoriety, calling himself 'The Beast', Crowley was a sensitive poet, a world champion mountaineer, a skilled chess player and an expert in occultism. Astonishingly, he was an enthusiast of the new science of quantum physics. So when a secret experiment goes awry leaving occult obsessive lecturer Professor Haddo, believing he is resurrected as Crowley, his masonic counterparts at Cambridge try and put a stop to his progressively wild indulgencies in drugs, sexual magic and obscene rites. But when Crowley's magic comes into conflict with quantum physics the outcome is extraordinary, with one of the most amazing triple twist endings in movie history.

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The tale of a man who just wants to get to work.

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Told in flashback, Crimson is a ‘road movie’ without a car, it follows the darkly comic odyssey of Jake, a dislocated youth, as he journeys by foot across Leicester over a few hours. The film is a meditation on alienation, English culture, Americanisation, and spiritual decay.

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A simple story of love and hate.

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A husband and wife compete in a bitter battle of wills over the scrabble board, in a game where losing is not an option.

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Pete is a member of a boy band who, after spending time in a rehab tries to get back on track, auditioning for acting jobs and working in a mental hospital. But the hospital is facing closure. A property developer is keen to see it gone. A young journalist, Juliet, together with the man in charge, Dr Stern (himself disillusioned with the future of the NHS), decide to stand for it. Their plan is to perform a play, inviting people, journalists and MP’s (Members of Parliament) to support their cause. One of the patients, Richey, is released and goes to share flat with Pete, who is busy ‘re-imagining’ Shakespeare’s 'Romeo and Juliet' set on another planet and starts organizing the show. They badly need money and Richey takes up odd jobs to make ends meet. Dr Stern takes a dozen of the staff and patients to work on a building site and make money for the play. He also goes to see the developer in charge of the project, trying to postpone the demolition day but without success. Patients and staff go to a pub to celebrate Richey’s birthday but that ends with a scandal. Then Juliet and Richey end up on a bench by the river and they realize they are in love. The play doesn’t go smoothly but is a success nevertheless and they have good audience, including their local MP, who has been forced to attend by Juliet. But still, the MP refuses to interfere because he is secretly going to benefit from the sale of the building. Everyone is really disappointed apart from Pete, who takes everyone to a nightclub where he persuades his actress friend Tiffany to seduce the MP in a car and they take compromising pictures of them both. Juliet and Richey spent that night together but later on, while walking her home, Richey gets run over by a van. Next morning, in front of TV cameras, the MP becomes a passionate advocate of the hospital cause. A little later, Richey’s funeral procession takes place. Pete makes all the patients believe Richey is faking his death in order to remain here and not going back to the fictional planet.

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Dogging: A Love Story is an outrageous comic tale which follows a young mans search for true romance amongst the perils and pitfalls of love in the 21st century.

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Seven men with mid-life anxiety set out for a weekend in the country in an attempt to reconnect with their masculinity. What they find is a catastrophe so horrible and bizarre that a mid-life crisis turns out to be exactly what they need to survive it.

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Alfie Singh, Accountant turned Film Producer, has a great idea for a film. It’s called 'Ealing Comedy' and it’s about an Accountant turned Film Producer called Alfie Singh. Alfie will play himself and his real son Paul will play his son in the film. Turned down by all the Financiers, Alfie vows to make the film himself. His life with his teenage son and his struggles to finance and make the film are all woven together in a series of mad-cap events concluding in a very British triumph.  

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One hot summer afternoon in a remote Spanish village a stranger arrives, the first man to hop around the world.