Project Detail

Four Eyes

Synopsis

After being knocked out, an erratic Paul Hunt believes he has been the victim of a mugging, robbed of £1000, a deposit for his new house. Relationships are already strained between his new wife and his elderly father who all live under the same roof. Paul is now under pressure at his new job as a double glazing sales man for tyrant Big Al, under pressure to care for his devoting father and under pressure to get the money back, before his pregnant wife finds out.

Life just can't get worse for the trainee salesman as his boss forces him to wear glasses - "They make you look 17% more intelligent" - his new company car looks like Tweety Pie on wheels and his wife's on his back to get a new home.

Made on a shoestring, yet glittering with wit and invention - and jam-packed with brilliant set-pieces - Finnigan's digital feature is a superb example of Scottish independent filmmaking.

Details

Year: 2004
Type of film: Features
Running time: 74 mins
Format: DV Cam
Director: Duncan Finnigan 1st Feature
Producer: Duncan Finnigan, Wilma Smith
Editor: Duncan Finnigan
Screenwriter: Duncan Finnigan
Director of Photography: Wilma Smith
Sound: Wilma Smith
Principal cast: Duncan Finnigan, John Smith,

Genre

Scottish Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

FIN Scotland Productions 45 Blair Road, Coatbridge North Lanarkshire ML5 1JQ, Scotland Tel: +44 (0)1236 420417 finscotland@hotmail.com www.finscotland.com

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The main characters, Jim and Duncan, are both unemployed, but always seem to have money. Newly returned from a Spanish holiday, Jim is sporting a fresh deep cut to his head, through misadventure during his holiday. They befriended a Spanish couple when returning back to Scotland, where they now live. The couple invite Jim and Duncan back to their house for a small party. During the party the Spanish man starts to film with his video camera. As the night progresses the Spanish couple retire to their bed, drunk and tired. This is when you start to see Jim and Duncan for who they really are, and the reason why they're at the party. They gather up their hosts' belongings, including the video camera, and leave with them. <br /> <br /> From this point onwards we explore the sometimes funny, but twisted world in which they live. They seek disturbing delights and highs in the form of mugging, theft and housebreaking, recording everything they do, on the stolen camera. Jim is still very annoyed about the cut on his head, after his affections for a married woman while on holiday were not received well by her husband. Jim only has revenge in mind.

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