Projects in genres: Comedy

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A lost property store manager finds temptation gets the better of him when the answer to his problems is handed in at the store.

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Two childhood friends, Darren and Gary, re-unite for the funeral of an old acquaintance. Gary boasts of the life he's made in London in the four years since he's moved on. Darren is still living in the same town they're from. It doesn't take long before the timid and easily led Darren, drawn in by his charasmatic friend, finds himself in trouble as the pair check out their old haunts, mates and ex-girlfriends.

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The countdown is on - in 7 days' time Britain converts to the Euro. It's the biggest opportunity the criminal world has ever had. Billions of sterling head for the incinerator. When a railway heist goes wrong and an enormous bag of money falls from the sky into the hands of Damian and Anthony, there's only one thing to do - spend it like there's no tomorrow.
 
But how can a 7 and 9 year-old hope to spend a quarter of a million quid a week? Anthony's black market operations bring hyper-inflation to the school playground and Damian wants to help the poor, but they're in short supply. Oh, and the train robbers want their money back.
 
Will they manage to spend the money before it's worthless. Will the school authorities discover what's going on? Or will the robbers get there first?

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Mr Thompson is a very old man, who wakes up every morning to buy a drooping flower from Miss Simmons, the forever-unmarried flower shop lady. She secretly believes this is just an excuse for him to see her but she never does anything about it. Today, however, through some strange turn of fate, they have managed to set themselves a date.

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Defending tennis champion Kurt Bruckner is struggling to stay in the quarter finals against the up-and-coming tennis star Jorge Romeo. Bruckner loses his serve and his temper when Jorge inadvertently triggers a courtside competition he didn't expect.

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A romantic comedy about two Londoners who meet on a blind date. Too busy to bother getting to know each other, they fantasize a whole relationship - meeting, sex, the split - in only 9 ½ minutes. A satire on modern sexual mores, that twists our expectations of the rom-com genre.

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In desperation, biological clock ticking loudly, Pat breaks into a sperm bank, but ends up finding love with the security guard Ronnie, who's sterile.
 

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A fairytale portrait of a beautiful young woman who appears to have everything, yet is contemplating leaving this world behind.

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By 2050, lifestyle is designed by the Corporate State. Unhealthy food, obesity, famine and war are illegal.
 
Martin Dwyer, a mid-level executive, reports to the Head Office for a routine review. Instead, he is invited up to the top floor, the Executive Floor.

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James Crocker: young, dashing and American, is having a jolly time in London; drinking, partying with unsuitable ladies and starting bar room brawls, earning him the nickname 'Piccadilly Jim'. That is, until his fearsome Aunt Nesta appears from New York, determined to drag him home, teach him some manners and get him a proper job. Jim has no intention of leaving until he claps eyes on Anne, Nesta's step-niece, and he is on his way to New York quicker than you can say 'Double martini, please barman!' Anne has never met Jim in the flesh, though knows about his fearful reputation, so Jim pretends to be Algernon Bayliss; teetotaller and upright member of society, until he can convince Anne to fall in love with the real Jim. But with temptation at every step, as well as his Aunt Nesta on his heels, will this be Piccadilly Jim's finest hour, or his final undoing?

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Alarm bells are beginning to ring and storm clouds are bearing down on the brilliant future of Adrian, the new teenage pop idol. Showing no respect or loyalty for his newly gained millionaire status, his old friends, neighbours, a fat ex-girlfriend and his pain in the neck of a brother threaten to reveal seedy details of his private life, hoping in return to receive the benefits from selling the exclusive rights of a bombshell article. After all, they want to live comfortably too. But Adrian doesn't want them to live at all. Accompanied by his "artistic" girlfriend, the gorgeous Amaretto, and followed closely by an intrepid gossip journalist, Adrian sends all  his acquaintances to a remote island in the Caribbean for a crazy holiday, which he hopes will be their last.

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Romantic comedy. Laurence's pointless existence involves guarding the empty offices of an empty office block. His life is spent going around in one endless circle until he meets Ann and falls in love at first sight. She offers an opportunity for his spirit to escape, but things are never that easy.