Project Detail

Elephant Juice

Synopsis

From Amy Jenkins, the hottest new voice to come out of England comes a comedy set in contemporary London about seven friends who are connected by steamy affairs, secret betrayals and a desire to get everything they've been told they cannot have.





In a generation with too many choices, among friends who are all coupled, Billy is the only one without someone to love.





Now that his friends are all turning thirty they've decided his love life needs help: from all of them.





But with friends who are only out for themselves, for the first time in his life he'll have to trust his own instincts.

Details

Year
2000
Type of project
Features
Running time
83 mins
Format
35mm Kodak
Director
Sam Miller
Producer
David Aukin, Trea Hoving, Colin Leventhal
Editor
Ellen Pierce Lewis
Screenwriter
Amy Jenkins
Director of Photography
Adrian Wilde
Sound
Alastair Crocker
Composer
Tim Attack
Principal cast
Daniela Nardini, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Lapaine, Kimberly Williams, Sean Gallagher, Mark Strong, Lennie James

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Miramax/HAL Films

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