It was an Accident
Synopsis
Goodman is quick to point out the differences between his film and Guy Ritchie's. "They share similar language but this has heart and soul," he says. The film stars two of Britain's most promising young actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor (most recently wowing theatre audiences in Blue Orange at the National Theatre) and Max Beesley (reunited with Metin Huseyin after the BBC serial Tom Jones).
It was the richness of the language in Cameron's novel that appealed to Parker and Goodman. That Parker and Huseyin had both lived in Walthamstow gave them an insight into the area's particular brand of East End culture and helped turn what could have been just another London gangster flick into a film that, as Huseyin says, is "very funny about violence, but underpinned by a serious story about a guy you want to succeed trying to go straight".
The film is looking for spots on the international festival circuit. "We'd like to see it at Toronto because it's a multi-cultural town that we know will respond to the film and that will help with a US sale," says Goodman.
Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of project
- Features
- Director
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Metin Huseyin
- Composer
- Courtney Pine.
- Dir
- Metin Huseyin. 2000. 35mm. 100mins. Exec prods: Alexis Lloyd, Andrea Calderwood, David Barron. Prod: Paul Goodman. Scr: Ol Parker, based on the novel by Jeremy Cameron. DoP: Guy Dufaux. Prod des: Joseph Bennett. Main cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Max Beesley, James Bolam, Nicola Stapleton, Neil Dudgeon, Hugh Quarshie, Thandie Newton, Louis-Rae Beadle, Jacqueline Williams, Sidh Solanki, Cavan Clerkin. Budget: £2.8m. Funding: Pathe Pictures, Arts Council of England.
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
LITMUS 52 Tottenham Street London W1P 9PG Tel (44) 20 7692 5577 Fax (44) 20 7692 5578 Email: litmus@dircon.co.uk
Sales Company
Pathe International (33) 1 40 76 91 65 Territories sold: Cyprus, Greece, Poland.
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