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City Rats
Starring
Tamer Hassan, Danny Dyer, Ray Panthaki, Kenny Doughty, Susan Lynch, Myanna Burring, James Lance, Natasha Williams
Take a ride through the City and discover the truth…
Revolver Entertainment, Scanner-Rhodes Productions and Face Films are proud to announce the release of City Rats which will be out in cinemas on April 24th and on DVD on April 27th 2008. The muti-platform release will give viewers the ultimate choice on how they want to view the film: at home on DVD or pay per view or in Cinemas. The Premier for City Rats will be showcased at the East End Film Festival, Genesis Cinema on Friday April 24th and the Apollo West End on Saturday April 25th.
Shot on location in the City of London and made with the help of Talent Circle, this dark comedy is a collection of blended tales featuring eight troubled Londoners struggling for recognition and approval amongst an extensively diverse society, in an over-buzzing environment. Through redemption, torment and frankness each lost soul finds a solution, albeit in darkness or in light.
Eight haunted people meet and fall apart - looking for redemption in each other. Jim (Tammer Hassan) is throwing watermelons off his office roof. He's testing the effect for a possible suicide. But then there is Sammy (Myanna Burring) on an adjacent roof about to jump herself. They meet, delay their departure and set off searching for other ways out than down. Sue's ex-boyfriend, Dean, (RAY Panthaki) is struggling with his creativity. His paintings are getting panned and his poetry ripped apart. He needs a muse - and who better than Gina (Susan Lynch), the experimental prostitute with dodgy legs who lives next door.
However, Dean soon finds out that Gina never does anything for free. After a short fling with Dean, Olly (Kenny Doughty) is lost in a world of sexual confusion when forced to look after his deaf-mute brother Chris (James Lance) for the day. Olly discovers that not only does Chris have gay feelings too, but is more comfortable with them than he is. They embark on a searing quest through Soho's gay community to help Chris loose his virginity, but no-one has more to hide than oldest brother Pete (Danny Dyer). He's being stalked by Carol, a timid old lady looking for her son - a guy Pete knew from his violent drug days. Fearfully Pete opens his frozen heart to Carol and they begin a treacherous journey to the woods to find her lost son. By the end, each lost soul finds a solution and connections are made or missed and longed-for families brought together for a moment of hope.
Refreshing and original, this film scrubs the gloss of one of the world’s most glamorous cities and exposes the melting pot of London’s East End, while boldly exploring contemporary issues such as sexuality, disability, ethnicity, love, life and death, unleashing home truths to unearth longed for hope.
City Rats is available to pre-buy on DVD. You can obtain your copy from either Play.com or Amazon.co.uk.
DVD Editorial Notes:
• Title: City Rats
• Certificate: 18
• Released: 27th April 2009
• RRP: 12.99 - pre-buy 8.99
• Running Time: 94 Minutes
• Extras: Deleted scenes, the making of City Rats, an alternative ending, extended scenes
• Format: Blu-Ray and Vanilla
To view a trailer of the web site, please take a look at the films web site www.cityratsthemovie.com or www.scanner-rhodes.co.uk.
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 Contact
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Dean Fisher |
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Posting
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09/03/2009 |
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Type:
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Showing Off |
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Applicable
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England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland |
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Relevance:
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UK Film, UK Casting, UK Screenwriters, UK Documentary, UK Animation & Digital Creative, UK Music Video & Composers, UK Post-Production |
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