“Stick to the rules, tell them everything, leave and never come back”
‘Movie of the Year’ Skeletons has been the talk of screenWORKS since it premiered at last month’s EIFF. On Friday July 9th it opens at the Cameo for one week only.
In this surreal comedy, Davis and Bennett are a mismatched pair of traveling salesman, operatives, in the business of cleaning skeletons from closets. Together they travel across Britain, wandering in and out of other people’s lives, performing the ‘Procedure’ whereby hidden secrets and lies are exposed. They literally bring the skeletons out of the closet.
Funded by EM Media and Scottish Screen, “SKELETONS” is play at the Cameo, Edinburgh this Friday 9th – 16th July http://bit.ly/SkeletonsEdinburgh. The film is the latest in a long line of outstanding and distinctive films to receive the Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 2010).
Writer-director Nick Whitfield assembled a strong cast for his feature debut, Jason Isaacs (GREEN ZONE, the HARRY POTTER series), Paprika Steen (Festen) and cult theatre and stand-up comedy double act Andrew Buckley and Ed Gaughan onboard for this emotional ride into our subconscious.
The film was co-produced by Edge City Films in Glasgow and Forward Films in London. ECF Scottish producer Paul Welsh’s relationship with writer/director Nick Whitfield stretches back to their days on the Edinburgh Fringe in the late 90’s. After meeting again in 2006, they have since collaborated on a number of short and feature length projects together. Other talent from north of the border include Production Designer James Lapsley whose unique work on Skeletons is already receiving many accolades.
A Q&A with Paul Welsh & James Lapsley will take place at the Cameo on Wednesday 14th July following the 6:15pm screening.
A low-budget production with cinematic qualities, the film is a fantastic example of what’s possible for regional talent in the UK, working with the support of local funds, local crew, a good cast and committed producers.
If you’re not in Edinburgh you can campaign for the movie to vist your nearest cinema at www.skeletonsthemovie.com
“Skeletons is a true original and with its pitch-perfect performances, surreal streak of humour, strong sense of place and poignant notes of melancholy, Whitfield’s feature debut might just be the finest cult film to have come from Britain since Withnail and I. That is high praise indeed.” Film4
“There is hope for British cinema after all… a work of genuine originality and inspiration… sharply written and darkly funny, well cast and strikingly photographed… as uniquely British a sensibility as that of Withnail and I…” The Times
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