Project Detail

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz

Synopsis

The last day of creation. A stranger arrives in London. No one knows who he is or where he has come from. By the time he leaves, the entire universe will have been erased.

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz is a black comedy about the Apocalypse.

A manhole opens just outside the M25, London's orbital motorway. A man crawls out. He wears clothes from another century, his face is pale and strange. His name is Tomas Katz.

By the motorway, he hails a taxi. After a brief discussion with the taxi driver, something strange happens . . . Tomas Katz is now dressed as the Taxi Driver and is driving the cab. The Taxi Driver is dressed as Tomas Katz, and is standing on the hard shoulder.

Tomas Katz, dressed as the taxi driver, heads into the centre of London.

Outside the Ministry of Fisheries, the Tomas Katz-Taxi Driver picks up the Minister and takes him to a press conference. By the time they arrive at their destination, the Minister has transformed into the Taxi Driver, and Tomas Katz has become the Minister.

As the Minister, he enters the press conference and declares war on the Middle East.

Details

Year: 2000
Type of film: Features
Running time: 89 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Ben Hopkins
Producer: Hans Geissendörfer
Editor: Alan Levy
Screenwriter: Ben Hopkins
Director of Photography: Julian Court
Sound: Andy Shelley
Music: Dominick Scherrer
Principal cast: Thomas Fisher, Ian McNeice, Tim Barlow, Janet Henfrey

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Strawberry Vale Contact: Caroline Hewitt 36-40 Glasshouse St London W1 Tel: 020 7494 1399 Fax: 020 7494 1662

Sales Company

United Artists Films Contact: Irene Ilias 10 Stephen Mews London W1P 1PP Tel: 020 7333 8877 Fax: 020 7333 8878 iilias@mgm.com

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