Project Detail

Powder

Synopsis

Keva McCluskey, lead singer of UK indie band The Grams is the real deal. A genuine artist who is tortured by his own craft and his past. Keva is smacked with injustice when their inferior rivals Transbad Saints, led by the preposterous Helmet Horrocks, hit the headlines. But a fortuitous meeting with society Trustafarian Guy de Burret boots the unsuspecting Grams straight into the harsh limelight. Helmet can't accept this and the battlelines are drawn.

The Grams camaraderie is soon rent asunder, as a bewildering host of journalists, music moguls and parasites works its sinister magic. Keva has to confont his demons as The Grams have to fight to save their minds, their bodies and their friendship. They win, lose and ultimately, win again in this bacchanalian tale of sex, drugs. And rock'n'roll.

Details

Year
2010
Type of film
Features
Running time
119 mins
Format
HD
Director
Mark Elliott 1st Feature
Producer
Kevin Sampson, David Moores
Editor
Mark Elliott
Screenwriter
Kevin Sampson
Director of Photography
Mark Waters
Production Designer
Malcolm Holmes
Composer
David A Hughes
Principal cast
Liam Boyle, Alfie Allen, Al Weaver, Ralf Little

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Red Union Films

Multimedia House
51 New Chester Road
New Ferry
Merseyside CH62 1AA UK
UK

Sales Company

Simon Crowe

SC Films International
3a Lower James Street
London W1F 9EH
UK

T + 44 (0)20 7287 1900

simon@scfilmsinternational.com

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

Seven Games Seven Games

Director: Mark Elliott

Year: 2005

Willem Shaw's life is comfortable. The owner of a successful business, he's happily married with two children he adores. They live in a community where Willem is liked and respected. Spiritually, he's never questioned the safe beliefs he was brought up with. The only blot in his life is the local football club. The team he avidly supports has not won all season. Dispirited, clueless and with seven games to go, it is a dead-cert to disappear into the abyss of non-league football.<br /> For Willem, this is worse than death.<br /> <br /> But when a highly unlikely, fatal accident coincides with Willem's beloved United recording an equally unlikely win, the two ideas of death and victory merge inextricably together. He becomes convinced winning the seven games the club needs to survive can be delivered. All the god of football demands in return for each win is - sacrifice.<br /> <br /> Willem finds himself on a slippery slope of increasingly risky, gruesome, but blackly comic murders. And he goes on a journey of dark self-discovery that confronts every certainty he holds about life, belief and the weird connection between being a fan and the ancient power of prayer.

Watchers Watchers

Director: Mark Elliott

Year: 2002

In the twilight world of a CCTV surveillance centre, Watchers scan the screens looking for trouble, and looking for signs of life. Then, both come in the form of a pretty young woman, and fact and fantasy collide, to shocking effect. But the darkest secret of all remains hidden.

No Women No Children No Women No Children

Director: Akporé Uzoh

Year: 2025

The aftermath of a sexual assault (rape). Exploring the deep-felt consequences for all involved. At its heart an epic story of a couple's fight for the survival of their love.