The Martins
Synopsis
Robert Martyn (Lee Evans), an unemployed but optimistic loser, lives with his adoring and long-suffering wife Angie (Kathy Burke). They have two children - Katie, their heavily pregnant fourteen year-old daughter, and angelic Little Bob, their eight year old son who worships his Dad.
Everyday he wakes up thinking that things will turn out better for him and his family, and that one day he'll win one of the competitions he's always entering. All he wants to do is give his wife and kids everything they really deserve.
When Robert discovers that yet again he hasn't won the 'Dream Holiday' of a lifetime, a competition in his local newspaper, he finally snaps. He decides to take the law into his own hands; if he can't win a holiday, he'll just have to steal one!
Details
- Year
- 2001
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- tbc
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
-
Tony Grounds
- Producer
- Peter Bennett-Jones, Paul Tucker, Ralph Kamp, Steve Christian
- Editor
- Robin Sales
- Screenwriter
- Tony Grounds
- Director of Photography
- David Johnson
- Sound
- Martin Trevis (Sound Recordist)
- Composer
- Richard Hartley
- Principal cast
- Lee Evans, Kathy Burke, Linda Bassett
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Tiger Aspect
5-7 Soho SquareLondon W1
UK
T 020 7434 0672
Sales Company
Icon Entertainment International
Charlotte Building17 Gresse Street
London
W1T 1QL
UK
T +44 (0)20 7927 6900
www.iconmovies.net
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