Projects matching: Jim Doyle

Synopsis

Charlie Noades R.I.P. is based around its central character Steve Parr. He works in the family business ‘Scrap and Salvage’ in a yard owned by his father Les. Surrounded by a loyal - if a little strange band of workmates who consist of Mick – his best friend and a self appointed gigolo, Sonny – a divorcee with an addiction to the Discovery Channel, Kitty – Steve’s auntie, a middle aged spinster with a razor sharp sarcastic wit and Elvis who is - well he’s just Elvis, oh and there’s Frank the junk yard dog – he’s got a sexual appetite matched only by Hugh Heffner! Together they spend their days trying to make a living in a business that belongs to a different time.

On returning from a routine job, Steve is informed that he has been left a wooden chest full of old diaries in the will of a complete stranger. The diaries reveal a long, forgotten secret involving Steve’s Grandfather and a large quantity of hidden gold. Can he unlock the secrets and find the missing gold? He’d better do something quickly because what he doesn’t know is that the clock is ticking for everyone at ‘Parr’s Scrap and Salvage.
 

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'Plain Jane' Sylvia is chronically lacking in self-confidence, suffering constant put-downs and the ever-present threat of 'eviction' from the call centre where she slaves away under the watchful eye of her monstrous boss and his sexy assistant. But when gorgeous guitarist Pablo enters her life, the sexy flamenco rhythms begin to move her feet, and Sylvia blossoms.

When Sylvia's well-meaning dad surprises her with a devastating revelation, Sylvia's world is turned upside-down. But will she crumble or prove herself at the local flamenco contest?

An uplifting, feel-good, Brit comedy drama, Flirting with Flamenco will have you laughing, crying and feeling empowered to turn your life around.

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The film is a stylish British comedy-drama. A trio of New Age travellers/hippies dognap the beloved bulldogs of a Bristol-based antiques dealer, his wife and their detective son, and we have a full-on kidnap-and-ransom caper where everything goes pear-shaped before we reach a feel-good happy ending of sorts.

Maurice, the antiques dealer, is revealed to have no cash and is in debt to loan sharks. His fiery wife Maria-Carmen doesn't know about their cash problems. Their policeman son, Raymond, is incensed that his parents are being tormented and decides to take the law into his own hands. The hippie girl, Norah, is a devotee of the deity Luvah and turns on the 'angry brigade' class warrior Dennis when he threatens to harm the dogs. At the ransom drop, Norah's boyfriend Spook is accidentally killed and Norah sees him received into the next world by Luvah. So it's down to her and Raymond to put all things right - which they do, more or less. 

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Eddie Harris is a 'normal' dad, who loves his life, his job and most of all his family.

His philosophy is honesty and frankness and agrees with his wife Jeanie to be totally open when answering their children's questions, no matter how embarrassing. This backfires when their daughter stumbles in on them making love, and proceeds in all innocence to regale her school with her inside knowledge of carnal pleasures. Jeanie is asked to see the Headmistress who is slightly concerned at the level of Katie's knowledge and at a picture Katie has drawn of Eddie dressed up as a 'rough old granny' as part of a bath-time game.

Eddie soon finds himself being investigated and, in an attempt to keep his family together, is forced to exile himself from his family until the matter is dealt with. While in exile Eddie gets some misguided advice from his best friend Cliff and embarks on a quest to become a 'normal' dad again.

'Re-inventing Eddie' - based on the critically acclaimed West End play 'One Fine Day' - has a theme that is extremely relevant and ultimately timeless, resulting in a quest that is a funny but extremely poignant and moving journey of lost innocence and false accusations.