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Dates: 1999 (Copyright), 15 October 1999 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, GermanyDirector: Bill Forsyth
Synopsis: Gregory Underwood teaches English at the Cumbernauld school where he was formerly a pupil. Obsessed with his 16-year old pupil Frances, Gregory ignores the advances of his fellow teacher Bel. Frances and fellow pupil Douglas want Gregory to help them to obtain evidence against Gregory’s former schoolfriend Fraser Rowan, a local businessman who they believe is manufacturing and exporting torture equipment. Despite his reluctance, Gregory agrees to help the youngsters and finds that himself involved in a fight against political injustice and the abuse of human rights.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: School life, Teachers, Civil rights, Torture
Releases
Date: 15 October 1999Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 116 mins 9 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Film Four Distributors
Dates: 1999 (Copyright), 15 October 1999 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, GermanyDirector: Bill Forsyth
Synopsis: Gregory Underwood teaches English at the Cumbernauld school where he was formerly a pupil. Obsessed with his 16-year old pupil Frances, Gregory ignores the advances of his fellow teacher Bel. Frances and fellow pupil Douglas want Gregory to help them to obtain evidence against Gregory’s former schoolfriend Fraser Rowan, a local businessman who they believe is manufacturing and exporting torture equipment. Despite his reluctance, Gregory agrees to help the youngsters and finds that himself involved in a fight against political injustice and the abuse of human rights.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: School life, Teachers, Civil rights, Torture
Releases
Date: 15 October 1999Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 116 mins 9 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Film Four Distributors
Credits
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©: Film Four Ltd, A Young Lake production: Young Lake, In association with: Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund, [Produced] for: Film Four, Presents: Film Four, [Presented] in association with: Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund, Kinowelt Filmproduktion, Produced by: Christopher Young, Line Producer: Alan J. Wands, Production Co-ordinator: Alison Campbell, Production Accountant: Louise Coulter, Assistant Accountant: Jenifer Booth, Accounts Assistant: Neil Cairns, Location Manager: Brian Kaczynski, Foreign Location Co-ordinator: Manu Kurewa, Assistant Location Manager: Janet Riddoch, Production Assistant: Patrick McGurn, Production Assistant: Judith Milne, Production Assistant Post: Luke Coulter, Production Trainee: Linda Fraser, Production Runner: Sandy Miller, Floor Runner: Lucy Marr, 1st Assistant Director: David Gilchrist, 1st Assistant Director: Tommy Gormley, 2nd Assistant Director: Claire Hughes, 3rd Assistant Director: Harry Boyd, Script Supervisor: Janis Watt, Casting: Susie Figgis, Casting: Nina Gold, Local Casting: Aileen Ritchie, Local Casting: Mari Binnie, Local Casting: Stephen Docherty, Steven Duffy, Written by: Bill Forsyth, Director of Photography: John de Borman, Cameraman: Paul Herley, Focus Puller: David Bryant, Clapper Loader: Ros Ellis, Camera Trainee: Heidi Bartlett, Gaffer: Steve Kitchen, Best Boy: Brian McGhee, Electrician: Frank McConologue, Electrician: Allan Marshall, Generator Operator: Pat Sweeney, Grip: Eddie Burt, Video Cameraman: Stephen Hanley, Video Assist: Kieran Boyne, Unit Stills Photographer: Nick Wall, Graphics: Susan Leitch, Editor: John Gow, 1st Assistant Editor: Giles Burgess, Post-production Facilities by: First Cut, Production Designer: Andy Harris, Art Director: Stephen Wong, Assistant Art Director: Stephen Campbell, Draughtsperson: Frances Connell, [Props Department] Buyer: Jerry Organ, Prop Master: Gordon Fitzgerald, Dressing Props: Stewart Cunningham, Dressing Props: Piero Jamieson, Standby Props: Mat Bergel, Standby Props: Tristan Carlisle-Kitz, [Props Department] Storeman: Mark Hedges, [Art Department] Assistant: Suzanne Field, [Art Department] Runner: Catriona Naismith, [Art Department] Trainee: Tim Monroe, Construction Manager: Ross Balfour, Costume Designer: Kate Carin, [Costume] Assistant: Dena Thanopoulos, Wardrobe Supervisor: Margie Fortune, Make-up Supervisor: Christine Cant, Make-up Artist: Sara Kramer, [Make-up] Trainee: Marion McCormack, Titles: Peerless Camera Company, Opticals: Peerless Camera Company, Neg Cutting: Tru-cut, Film Stock: Kodak, Colour by: DeLuxe, Music by: Michael Gibbs, Music Recorded at: Snake Ranch Studios, Music Clearances: Jeremy Kimberlin, Music Contractor: Colin Sheen, Production Sound Mixer: Louis Kramer, Additional Boom Operator: Alan Brereton, Sound Trainee: John Currie, Sound Maintenance Engineer: Pete Murphy, Sound Re-recorded at: De Lane Lea Sound Studios, Re-recording Mixer: Mike Prestwood Smith, Re-recording Mixer: Stuart Hilliker, Sound Editor: Douglas McDougall, Assistant Sound Editor: Lorraine Keiller, ADR Mixer: Peter Geaves, Dog Stand-in: Becky, Legal Clearances: Critchley Legal Clearances, Legal Services: Jonathan Berger, Theodore Goddard, Animal Consultancy: Creature Feature, Animal Consultancy: David Stewart, Ann Bedford, Unit Publicist: Carolyn Jardine, Camera [Equipment]: Moviecam from Movietech Camera Rentals, Moviecam from Movietech Camera Rentals, Completion Guarantor: Film Finances Inc., With Thanks to: Mamoun Hassan, Production Facilities: Glasgow TV and Film Studio
Cast
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John Gordon-Sinclair (Gregory Underwood), Dougray Scott (Fraser Rowan), Maria Doyle Kennedy (Bel), Kevin Anderson (Jon), Martin Schwab (Dimitri), Fiona Bell (Maddy Underwood), Carly McKinnon (Frances), Hugh McCue (Douglas), John Murtagh (headmaster), Alexander Morton (Norman, teacher), William Harkness (courier), Albert Coulson (bus driver), Paul Birchard (American executive), Simon Huh (Asian executive), Dawn Steele (Jan), Constanzo Cacace (Italian restauranteur), Gary Lewis (Mr McCance), Anne Kidd (headmaster's secretary), Matt Costello (Detective Gorrie), Jane Stabler (Detective Ritchie), Stewart Preston (assistant headmaster), Anne Marie Timony (Joyce), Dougie Robertson (policeman), Jonathan Hackett (Deere, government official), Bruce Byron (Telfor, government official), Steven Clelland (minicab driver), Marc Carapiet, Jim Creighton (Rowan's bodyguard), Sadie Miller (Bel's neighbour), Douglas Robertson, Michael O'Brien (Rowan's van driver), Karen Sinclair, Amanda Malcolm, Alex Reape, Stephen Duguid, Kirstie Anderson, Isobel Melville, Nicole Strachan, Greg Lloyd, Dawn Henderson, Sara Kellie (Greg's pupil), Gillian Alexis Lloyde, Lois MacKenzie, Suzanne Craig, Vivienne Henderson, Jane Coleman (cheerleader), Aisling Friel, Nadia Coia, Julie Quinn, Janine Sheridan (the Rowan girls), Gabriel Alhucema, Americo Alhucema, Angela Alhucema, Pamela Alvarez, Hugo Alvarez, Esther Fernandez Araque, Hernando Fernandez Araque, G. Mandela Fernandez Araque, Aimara Reques, Eliana Roditis Ritchie, Gabriel Smith-Reques, Patricia Toledo-Knothe (Chilean families), Amu Logotse, Suzanne Bonnar, Nkuli Zikalala, Clare Robertson, Tina Clark, Rozalie Montlouis-Gabriel, Chas Fraser, E.M. Valentine (African band), Rebel (dog)