Project Detail

Beginner's Luck

Name: Beginner's Luck
Director: James Callis, Nicholas Cohen
Genre: Drama
Released: 2002
Duration: 83 mins

Synopsis

Mark Feinman has a dream; he's stranded alone on a desert island, but he doesn't know why. In a flash of inspiration he realises his dream is a premonition and immediately sets up a touring theatre company with his two friends, Hettie and Jason. Their mission: to bring a radical reinterpretation of Shakespeare's Tempest to unsuspecting audiences in Edinburgh, Paris and London.

Mark and his misfit mates are forced to sign up their actors from an assortment of petty criminals, public school boys and burger bar workers. However, the miraculous arrival of the mysterious and beautiful Anya spurs them on to new heights for the world premiere in Soho.

After a sublimely disastrous opening in London, the young hopefuls flee to Edinburgh and Paris in search of their dreams: fame, fortune, sexual adventure and a decent meal. Once on the road they find their idealism rewarded with every possible mishap and breakdown.

Having reached rock bottom, Mark makes a final stab at leadership. He announces a new booking in a glamorous Parisian venue. In the city of love and lights they find that their problems have only just begun. With no money and no roof over their heads, they may as well be marooned on a desert island.

Details

Year: 2002
Type of project: Features
Running time: 83 mins
Format: Super 16mm
Director: James Callis, Nicholas Cohen
Producer: Harriet Evans-Lombe, Richard Osborne, James Harding
Editor: Alistair Waterson
Screenwriter: James Callis, Nicholas Cohen
Director of Photography: Chris Preston
Sound: Andy Mitchell
Composer: Karl Wallinger, Tristan Norwell
Principal cast: James Callis, Julie Delpy, Steven Berkoff, Christopher Cazenove, Tom Redhill

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Latenight Pictures

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Golden House
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UK

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Sales Company

Icon Entertainment Int

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UK

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