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Final Cut

Synopsis

At the wake of an actor who has died in sudden and unexpected circumstances, a group of friends gather around the grieving Sadie only to find themselves being filmed to conclude a movie the deceased had been working on in the months leading up to his death. To help them understand why she wishes to complete the film, Sadie shows the group earlier footage in which they've been filmed unaware by video cameras hidden around the house (in living rooms, bedrooms and toilet!) at dinners, parties and so on. The footage of the friends, interspersed with Jude's own to-camera sequences (commenting on what they are watching) turns out to be shocking and often explicit recordings of personal conversations, drug taking and sexual encounters. As a result the wake increasingly descends into an absurdly comic, recriminatory and violent debacle as the group confront each other over the truths revealed on video. Final Cut is a wildly outrageous, extremely funny 'false' documentary partially filmed on video, where the actors use their own names and play fictionalised versions of their real personalities. Guaranteed to offend some and intrigue others,Final Cut is an ambitious and entertaining low budget film featuring some of the cream of young British acting talent.

Details

Year
1999
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Format
35mm Fuji
Director
Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis 1st Feature
Producer
Jim Beach
Executive Producer
Jim Beach
Director of Photography
John Ward
Principal cast
Sadie Frost, Ray Winstone, Jude Law
Screen Writers
Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Fugitive 21/2 Gate Street London WC2A 3HP Tel: 020 7242 6969 Fax: 020 7242 6970

Sales Company

Stranger than Fiction 217 Golden House 29 Great Pulteney Street London W1R 3DD Tel: 020 7734 5489 Fax: 020 7734 5490 Email: gracarley@aol.com

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