The Last Minute
Synopsis
Max Beesley, the boyish charmer who became a teen heartthrob in the recent BBC adaptation of Tom Jones, takes the lead as Billy Byrne, a supercool, supertalented young artist who is the toast of the town. But, just as he begins to get used to the heady cocktail of success, his star crash-lands back on earth and he finds himself caught up in a dangerous world of crime and murder.
The film was, says Justice, "a fantastic opportunity to do a movie that does not rely on all the genre trickery of our previous pictures, although naturally, old habits die hard!"
Thanks to Palm Pictures, Justice and Norrington were allowed to make the film exactly as they had always planned, with "a small, young, talented and hungry crew working with a great cast in and around London," explains Justice. Shot last summer in East London and at Three Mills Studios, the film features a supporting cast of new and old faces alongside Beesley, including Jason Isaacs as a sledgehammer-wielding bootboy with a taste for crooning, veteran baddie Udo Kier and newly crowned king of the wideboys, Frank Harper.
Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of film
- Features
- Director
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Stephen Norrington
- Music
- Paul Rabjohns.
- Dir
- Stephen Norrington. 2000. 35mm. tbc. Exec prods: Peter Frankfurt, Hooman Majd. Prod: Matthew Justice. Scr: Stephen Norrington. DoP: James Welland. Prod des: Chris Edwards. Ed: Elliot Graham. Main cast: Max Beesley, Emily Corrie, Tom Bell, Ciaran McMenamin, Jason Isaacs, Kate Ashfield, Frank Harper, Udo Kier. Funding: Palm Pictures.
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
VENOM ENTERTAINMENT c/o Palm Pictures 3827 York Blvd Los Angeles CA 90065, US Tel: (1) 323 344 0211 Fax: (1) 323 344 1760.
Sales Company
Palm Pictures (1) 323 344 0211.
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