Project Detail

Out On A Limb

Synopsis

Take one television chef, past his sell-by date, add three armed robbers, stir in the police and simmer for three days. Bring to the boil and serve with a dressing of sexual tension and confusion. On screen, Felix Limb appears to be the perfect convivial TV chef. Off screen he is a neurotic with rapidly plummeting ratings and an American wife, Michelle, who seems to do most of the cooking. Tonight he is hosting one of his regular dinner parties for influential guests, and a few old rivals, plus an ambitious nubile PA – Amy. As the dinner party reaches the final course, with a drunken Felix about to come to blows with Bruce, in walk two masked and heavily armed strangers - Simon Cooper had planned to kidnap a bank manager with the help of a mysterious American mercenary, Vaughn. But Simon has written down the wrong address and before he can correct his mistake the police arrive. With the house surrounded, this dinner party is going to last longer than anyone expected.

Details

Year
2005
Type of film
Features
Running time
98 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Robert Heath
Producer
Costa John Theo, Christopher Theo, Ronnie Apteker
Editor
Jackie Le Cordeur
Screenwriter
Bob Mcabe, Rob Churchill
Director of Photography
Mike Downie
Sound
Chris Martin
Music
Andrew Ford
Principal cast
Henry Goodman, Neil Stuke, Julianne White, Costa Milton

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Theta Films

6 Broad Court
Covent Garden
London WC2B 5QZ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7240 3464

Sales Company

Vine International Pictures

VIP House
Greenacres
New Road Hill
Downe
Orpington
Kent BR6 7JA, UK

T+44 (0)16 8985 4123

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