Project Detail

Flashbacks of a Fool

Nick Wall

Synopsis

Joe Scott is a fading Hollywood star, instantly recognisable to the public, whose hedonistic lifestyle of sex, drugs, and celebrity has taken its toll. Handsome even in his drug-addled 40s, he leads a directionless, lonely life in his opulent Malibu mansion whilst outside the tide of public opinion has turned firmly against him.

Flash back 25 years to the 1970s and small town life set to the beat of Roxy Music and Bowie. Joe's rights of passage as a young man in a tiny British seaside community lay the foundations for the Hollywood dream he goes on to experience. His budding sexuality, his boyhood camaraderie, the untoward advances of a voluptuous older woman, and his teenage actions lead to unforeseen, tragic consequences, which will ultimately force him to flee in search of a new life.

Flash forward to the present day. Following news of the demise of Joe's childhood friend Boots, he makes the journey back to England for the funeral. Once there, he must face the ghosts of his past; his family, his friends and his first love, Ruth.

Details

Year: 2008
Type of project: Features
Director: Bailie Walsh 1st Feature
Producer: Daniel Craig, Sean Ellis
Co-Producer: Daniel Craig, Sean Ellis
Editor: Struan Clay
Screenwriter: Bailie Walsh
Director of Photography: John Mathieson
Production Designer: Laurence Dorman
Sound: Howie Nicol
Composer: Richard Hartley
Principal cast: Daniel Craig, Helen McCrory, Olivia Williams, Emilia Fox, Mark Strong, James D'Arcy, Claire Forlani, Jodhi May, Alfie Allen, Sid Mitchell, Eve, Harry Eden, Max Deacon

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Left Turn Films

The Chocolate Studios
Apt 18
7 Shepherdess Place
London N1 7LJ
UK

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Sales Company

Arclight Films

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Fox Studios Australia #40
Driver Ave
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Australia

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