Crush (Original title)Sad Fuckers Club (Working title)
Dates: 2001 (Copyright), 28 September 2001 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, USADirector: John McKay
Synopsis: Romantic comedy. In a small English village, headmistress Kate meets her two girlfriends once a week and they talk about men. One day Kate meets former student Jed after a funeral at which he was organist. They have sex in the graveyard and embark on a secret love affair. One day they decide to make their love public and to marry. When Kate's girlfriends learn this, they are envious and, convinced that the young lover is the wrong man for Kate, they hatch a plot. This works, and soon Kate throws her lover out of the house in the middle of the night. The young man sits down in the road where he is run over by a truck. When Kate learns of her friends' plot, she hates them. Things change when she discovers that she is pregnant and needs the help of one of them, who is a doctor. She gives birth to a baby and makes up with her friends. In the end they meet once a week again, are proud to be forty, have their usual talks and love the baby.
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Subjects: Friendships, Toy boys
Releases
Date: 07 June 2002Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Fujicolor - Sound - Dolby Digital / Dolby SRRuntime: 112 mins 00 secs - Length: 10080 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Film Four Distributors
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: NEVILLE, Lucy Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Premiere n321 November 2003 Page: 56
Title: Cahier critiqueAuthor: [H.D.] Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
In: Exposure Spring 2002 Pages: 26-27
Title: Free, Three and Easy.Author: FALK, Quentin Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article about the film CRUSH and its making, with comments from director John McKay and director of photography Henry Braham about the plot, characters and filming.
In: Empire n157 July 2002 Page: 123
Title: [Empire - n157 July 2002: no known title]Author: TURNER, Matthew Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Music from the Movies n33 May 2002 Page: 66
Title: Film music reviewAuthor: COLLINS, Mark Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v12 n6 June 2002 Page: 40
Title: ReviewsAuthor: DICKINSON, Kay Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Film-Echo/Filmwoche n14 6 Apr 2002 Page: 32
Title: FilmkritikenArticle type: CreditsLanguage: German
In: Variety 21 May 2001 Pages: 22-23
Title: FILM REVIEWSAuthor: ELLEY, Derek Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1312 15 Jun 2001 Page: 19
Title: Hoping to catch the Bridget wave.Author: HUNTER, Allan Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Empire n148 October 2001 Page: 113
Title: [Empire - n148 October 2001: no known title]Author: WESTBROOK, Caroline Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v11 n3 March 2001 Page: 6
Title: Rushes: news: feeling the crushArticle type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: FilmFour lost their nerve over the title for their new production, The SAD FUCKERS CLUB and have changed the title to CRUSH.
In: Screen International n1309 25 May 2001 Page: 11
Title: Case study: CrushAuthor: HUNTER, Allan Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: On the making of women's film CRUSH by Film Four.
In: Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue v55th 2001 Page: 87
Title: [Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue - v55th 2001: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Includes prouction/distribution contacts.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedStock date: 2001BFI identifier: C-1221129
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 2001 (Copyright), 28 September 2001 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, USADirector: John McKay
Synopsis: Romantic comedy. In a small English village, headmistress Kate meets her two girlfriends once a week and they talk about men. One day Kate meets former student Jed after a funeral at which he was organist. They have sex in the graveyard and embark on a secret love affair. One day they decide to make their love public and to marry. When Kate's girlfriends learn this, they are envious and, convinced that the young lover is the wrong man for Kate, they hatch a plot. This works, and soon Kate throws her lover out of the house in the middle of the night. The young man sits down in the road where he is run over by a truck. When Kate learns of her friends' plot, she hates them. Things change when she discovers that she is pregnant and needs the help of one of them, who is a doctor. She gives birth to a baby and makes up with her friends. In the end they meet once a week again, are proud to be forty, have their usual talks and love the baby.
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Subjects: Friendships, Toy boys
Releases
Date: 07 June 2002Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Fujicolor - Sound - Dolby Digital / Dolby SRRuntime: 112 mins 00 secs - Length: 10080 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Film Four Distributors
Credits
(67)
©: Film Four Limited, A Pipedream Pictures production: Pipedream Pictures, In association with: Film Council, In association with: Senator Film Produktion GmbH, In association with: Industry Entertainment, Presented by: FilmFour, Supported by: National Lottery through the Film Council, [International Sales]: Film Four International, Executive Producer: Paul Webster, Executive Producer: Hanno Huth, Executive Producer: Julia Chasman, Produced by: Lee Thomas, Co-producer: Elinor Day, Line Producer: Fiona Morham, Line Producer (Additional Photography): Miara Martell, Exec i/c of Production for FilmFour: Caroline Hewitt, Production Co-ordinator: Polly Jefferies, Location Manager: Emma Pill, Post-production Supervisor: Alistair Hopkins, Assistant Director (1st): Susie Liggat, Assistant Director (2nd): Sarah Dibsdall, Assistant Director (3rd): Ed Evennett, Assistant Director (Dailies/2nd Unit 2n): Marios Hamboulides, Script Supervisor: Susanna Lenton, Casting Director: Michelle Guish, Written by: John McKay, Director of Photography: Henry Braham, Dailies/2nd Unit Director of Photography: David Morgan, Operator: Kate Robinson, Focus Puller: John Foster, Focus Puller (Additional Photography): Clive Mackey, Clapper Loader: Keith Roberts, Clapper Loader (Additional Photography): Will France, Opticals/Digital Effects: The Moving Picture Company, Cine Image, Editor: Anne Sopel, Assistant Editor (1st): Louisa Drysdale, Production Designer: Amanda Macarthur, Art Director: John Reid, Costume Designer: Jill Taylor, Make-up/Hair Designer: RoseAnn Samuel, Title Design: Frameline, Original Music: Kevin Sargent, Orchestra Conductor: Nic Raine, Orchestrations: Nic Raine, Orchestrations: Kevin Sargent, Music Supervisor for FilmFour: Jeremy Kimberlin, Music Recording: Mike Ross-Trevor, [Music] Mixer: Steve Parr, Music Consultant: Dana Sano, Sound Recordist: Keith Tunney, Sound Recordist (Additional Photography): Bruce White, Boom Operator: Adam Margetts, Dubbing Mixer: Mike Prestwood Smith, Supervising Sound Editor: Steve Schwalbe, Dialogue Editor: Nigel Stone, ADR Supervisor: Nigel Stone, Foley Artist: Jason Swanscott, Foley Artist: Paula Boram, Foley Mixer: Peter Gleaves, Foley Mixer: Terry Isted, Foley Editor: Harry Barnes, Stunt Co-ordinator: Tina Maskell, Stand-in: Leah Foley, Stand-in: Rebecca Shepherd, Stand-in: Sherrie Robinson
Cast
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Andie MacDowell (Kate), Imelda Staunton (Janine), Anna Chancellor (Molly), Kenny Doughty (Jed), Bill Paterson (Reverend Gerald Farquhar Marsden), Caroline Holdaway (Pam), Joe Roberts (Brendan), Josh Cole (young police constable), Gary Powell (sergeant), Christian Burgess (Kate's Frenchman), Morris Perry (bishop), Richenda Carey (lady governor), Roger Booth (hearty governor), Derek Deadman (little crematorium man), Andrew Bicknell (Mr Yacht), Jeremy Gittins (Mr Horse), Tim Walker (Mr Bundesbank), Louis Hammond (Mr Sensitive), John Voce (Boring Martin), Anthony Renshaw (minicab driver), Mathilda Thorpe (stationer), Sarah Rickman (assistant 1), Eve Rose Cooper (assistant 2), Claire Nicholson (nurse 1), Elizabeth Hurran (nurse 2), David Nicholls (Bill), James Vaughan (Mr Unspeakable Lying Bastard), Louise Gold (Eleanor), Lauren Stone (smoking school girl), Maureen Bennett (parent), Kevin Sargent (teacher), Rosie Scanlon Jones (little girl in garden)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(13)
In: Sight and Sound v13 n2 February 2003 Page: 66Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: NEVILLE, Lucy Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Premiere n321 November 2003 Page: 56
Title: Cahier critiqueAuthor: [H.D.] Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
In: Exposure Spring 2002 Pages: 26-27
Title: Free, Three and Easy.Author: FALK, Quentin Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article about the film CRUSH and its making, with comments from director John McKay and director of photography Henry Braham about the plot, characters and filming.
In: Empire n157 July 2002 Page: 123
Title: [Empire - n157 July 2002: no known title]Author: TURNER, Matthew Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Music from the Movies n33 May 2002 Page: 66
Title: Film music reviewAuthor: COLLINS, Mark Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v12 n6 June 2002 Page: 40
Title: ReviewsAuthor: DICKINSON, Kay Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Film-Echo/Filmwoche n14 6 Apr 2002 Page: 32
Title: FilmkritikenArticle type: CreditsLanguage: German
In: Variety 21 May 2001 Pages: 22-23
Title: FILM REVIEWSAuthor: ELLEY, Derek Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1312 15 Jun 2001 Page: 19
Title: Hoping to catch the Bridget wave.Author: HUNTER, Allan Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Empire n148 October 2001 Page: 113
Title: [Empire - n148 October 2001: no known title]Author: WESTBROOK, Caroline Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v11 n3 March 2001 Page: 6
Title: Rushes: news: feeling the crushArticle type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: FilmFour lost their nerve over the title for their new production, The SAD FUCKERS CLUB and have changed the title to CRUSH.
In: Screen International n1309 25 May 2001 Page: 11
Title: Case study: CrushAuthor: HUNTER, Allan Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: On the making of women's film CRUSH by Film Four.
In: Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue v55th 2001 Page: 87
Title: [Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue - v55th 2001: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Includes prouction/distribution contacts.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedStock date: 2001BFI identifier: C-1221129
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film