Themes: Down on Their Luck, Drug Trade, Dangerous Friends
Main Cast: Justin Chadwick, Steven Mackintosh, Emer McCourt, Roshan Seth, Fiona Shaw
Release Year: 1991
Country: UK
Run Time: 105 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Screenwriter Hanif Kureishi marked his directorial debut in this slice-of-life chronicle about a collection of drug-dealing slackers in London. Centering on a band of delinquents calling themselves "the posse," the group is led by an ambitious male hustler named Muffdiver (Steven Mackintosh). His friend, Mr. Clint Eastwood (Justin Chadwick), begins to wonder about Muffdiver when he announces that he will no longer sell drugs for the gang. But soon Clint is wondering about himself, and after being beaten and stripped naked, he decides to go legitimate and look for a real job. He applies to a chic restaurant for a job as a waiter. The owner, Hemingway (Brad Dourif), promises to hire him if he comes back to the restaurant wearing a good pair of shoes. Obsessed with landing the job, he tries any way he can to get the pair of shoes. Impressed by the efforts of Clint and Muffdiver to get normal jobs, Sylvie (Emer McCourt), a drug addict who lives with the two, is inspired to leave the street life behind herself and pursue a more ordinary vocation. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Brad Dourif - Hemingway; Stevan Rimkus - Tom Tom; Eleanor David - Lily; Alun Armstrong - Stone; Nick Dunning - Faulkner; Naveen Andrews - Bike; Garry Cooper - Mr. G; Yemi Ajibade - Tramp; Joseph Alessi - Plainclothes Policeman; Dave Atkins - Heavy; Paudge Behan - White Thug at Party; Anthony Cairns - Busy Bee; James Caplan - Boy in Country; Chale Charles - Mr. G's Girl; Karl Collins - Barman; Charlie Creed-Miles - Kid in Loft; Evelyn Doggart - Mr. G's Girl; Joe England - Young Clint; Philip Glenister - Suited Man; Anthony Haygarth - Burns; Pippa Hinchley - German tourist; David Hounslow - Plainclothes Policeman; Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Nanny; Danny John-Jules - Black Man at Party; Oliver Kester - Black Thug at Party; Rowena King - Melanie; Steve Lawrence - Drug Dealer; Tracey MacLeod - TV Interviewer; Sandy McDade - Woman Diner; Delroy Nunes - Kid in Loft; Ben Peel - DJ at Party; Sean Pertwee - German tourist; Greg Saunders - Rent Boy; Veronica Smart - Woman Diner; Gordon Warnecke - Mr. G's Assistant; Leila Whitman - Baby; Sally Whitman - Mother; Sarah Worth - Girl in Country; George Miller - Mr. Runcipher
Credit
Colin Blaymires - Art Director, Diane Dancklefsen - Art Director, Amy Roberts - Costume Designer, Hanif Kureishi - Director, Jon Gregory - Editor, Sarah Sarhandi - Composer (Music Score), Mark Springer - Composer (Music Score), Bruce Smith - Composer (Music Score), Stuart Walker - Production Designer, Edward Lachman - Cinematographer, Tim Bevan - Producer, Graham Bradstreet - Producer, Hanif Kureishi - Screenwriter
