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Svengali

Synopsis

Idealistic Dixie (Jonny Owen) and his girlfriend Shell (Vicky McClure) leave their small Welsh hometown for London, where Dixie intends to let nothing stand between him and his dream of being the manager of a big-time rock band. The realities of the music business — and of London rents — would daunt many a lesser man, but not Dixie. Expanded from a YouTube cult series, this is a smart and winning comedy (EIFF).

Details

Year
2013
Type of film
Features
Running time
90 mins
Director
John Hardwick
Producer
Martin Root, Jonny Owen, Victoria Wood, Rob Small
Executive Producer
Mark Pritchard, Henry Normal
Editor
Ant ‘Pants’ Boys, Kant Pan
Screenwriter
Jonny Owen
Sound
Markus Moll, Stanley Gabriel, Simon Pearson, Luke O’Connell, Stuart Miller
Music
Ian Neil, Tristin Norwell
Principal cast
Jonny Owen, Vicky McClure, Roger Evans, Martin Freeman, Maxine Peake, Michael Socha, Dylan Edwards, Joel Fry, Curtis Lee Thompson, Brian Hibbard, Sharon Morgan, Morwenna Banks

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

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