High Heels and Low Lifes
Synopsis
When two London girls overhear a heist happening in their neighbourhood, they devise a seemingly fail-safe plan to blackmail the bank-robbing gang. But when one phone call pitches them deep into a criminal underworld, events spiral out of control and the girls realise they have taken on more than they could ever have bargained for.
Thelma and Louise outwit Goodfellas in this contemporary British comedy caper about the explosive results when High Heels take on Low Lifes.
Details
- Year
- 2001
- Type of film
- Features
- Format
- 16mm Kodak
- Director
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Mel Smith
- Producer
- Barnaby Thompson, Uri Fruchtmann
- Editor
- Chris Bhundon
- Screenwriter
- Kim Fuller
- Director of Photography
- Steve Chivas
- Principal cast
- Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Kevin McNally, Michael Gambon
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Fragile Films / Buena Vista Intl. UK
Contact: Barnaby Thompson97-99 Dean Street
London W1
UK
Sales Company
BVI
Contact: Kristin Jones3 Queen Caroline Street
London W6 9PE
UK
T 020 8222 1536
kristin.jones@disney.com
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