Rhythm & Blues
Synopsis
The pair are adopted by the male dysfunctional male escort agency, 'Boys Galore', run by the Dickensian duo, Mitzi and Bethsheba, which leads to a surreal encounter with American tycoon Bad Daddy and his courtiers.
Bad Daddy lives in a gothic palace with his love addicted French companion, Jean-Claude (who is also a master of gay marionettes). The house becomes centre-stage for a massive clash of personalities and cultures. Hiding amongst this incongruous group is a serial killer masquerading as an escort and nicknamed by the tabloid press as 'The Rent Boy Ripper'.
The result is a dangerous cocktail of the streetwise and the louche which pushes to the limits the ties of friendship bound by the contradictory forces of love, lust and loot.
Side-stepping political correctness and good taste, Rhythm & Blues is irreverent, high camp, slapstick and totally over-the top mixed with a touch of John Waters, Ealing Comedy and Pedro Almodovar.
Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 90 mins
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
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Stephen Lennhoff
- Producer
- David Winters
- Executive Producer
- David Winters
- Screenwriter
- Michael Jones
- Director of Photography
- Fiona Cunningham-Reid
- Sound
- Diana Ruston
- Composer
- New Songs by
- Principal cast
- Angus A. Maciness, Paul Blackthorne, Ian Henderson, Jevon Antoni-Jay, Richard Ritchie, David Glynn Rogers, Phillip Sarturi
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Life on Mars Contact: Stephen Lennhoff 124 Holland Road London W14 8BD Tel: 020 7602 7283 hughbw@yahoo.com
Sales Company
Equator Films Contact: Steve Turney 484 London Road Isleworth Middlesex TW7 4DE Tel: 020 8659 9556 Fax: 020 8568 4863 equatorfilms@btinternet.com
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