Main Cast: Kelly MacDonald, Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Tom Bell
Release Year: 1999
Country: UK
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
This omnibus film is both a tribute to 1990s Cool Britannia and an opportunity for many of Britain's best actors to step behind the camera. Set in the London's underground (AKA the Tube), the film's nine shorts depict England's most hallowed form of public transportation in wildly divergent manners, from gritty to surreal. Jude Law's "A Bird in the Hand" is a quietly affecting tale about an ailing old man, while "Horny", by Stephen Hopkins is an extended sexual fantasy imagined by a sweaty commuter enduring both the dog days of summer and his obvious arousal. Ewan MacGregor's "Bone" is a fanciful tale about a trombonist and his imagined lover on their way home from a concert, while Bob Hoskins' "My Father the Liar" is an emotionally powerful tale about a child who witnesses a suicide. But perhaps the standout segment from this film is Armando Iannucci's uproarious "Mouth", featuring a beautiful, poised woman vomiting on her fellow commuters set to Bruckner's 9th Symphony. Frank Harper appears in a number of these short works as an overly officious subway staffer. This film premiered at the London Film Festival and was later showed on the UK's BSkyB cable channel. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
Liz Smith - [Horny]; Leah Fitzgerald - [Horny]; Frank Harper - [Rosebud]; Peter McNamara - [Grasshopper]; Jake Wood - [Grasshopper]; Ray Winstone - [My Father The Liar]; Tom Watson - [My Father The Liar]; Edna Doré - [My Father The Liar]; William Hoyland - [My Father The Liar]; Daniela Nardini - [Mouth]; Allan Miller - [A Bird In The Hand]; Morgan Jones - [A Bird In The Hand]; Ed Allen - [A Bird In The Hand]; Rachel Weisz - [Rosebud]; Hans Matheson - [Steal Away]; Carmen Ejogo - [Steal Away]; Don Warrington - [Steal Away]; Lee Ross - [Steal Away]; Jim Carter - [Steal Away]
Credit
Bob Hoskins - Director, Stephen Hopkins - Director, Ewan McGregor - Director, Jude Law - Director, Charles McDougall - Director, Amy Jenkins - Director, Gaby Dellal - Director, Niven Howie - Editor, John Murphy - Composer (Music Score), Simon Boswell - Composer (Music Score), David A. Hughes - Composer (Music Score), Stephen Hopkins - Screenwriter, Nick Perry - Screenwriter, Paul Fraser - Screenwriter, Amy Jenkins - Screenwriter, Ed Allen - Screenwriter, Gaby Dellal - Screenwriter
