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Get ready for one of the biggest
British films of all time – Once Upon A Time In The Midlands.
The film features a star-studded cast including Robert Carlyle,
Rhys Ifans, Kathy Burke, Shirley Henderson and Ricky Tomlinson
and introduces Finn Atkins.
Dek (Rhys Ifans) and Shirley (Shirley
Henderson) live together with 12 year-old Marlene (Finn
Atkins), her daughter by the sexy delinquent Jimmy (Robert
Carlyle), who skeddadled years ago and hasn’t been
heard from since. Decent-but-dull Dek loves Shirley, so much
so that he humiliates her by proposing without warning on
national television.
Like every other person Shirley has ever
met, Jimmy witnesses Dek’s TV proposal and he returns
to town, convinced that his nerdy rival doesn’t stand
a chance against a renewed romantic assault from the great
love of her life. While Shirley seems destined to succumb
to Jimmy’s charms, he hasn’t reckoned on the formidable
resistance from their daughter Marlene, his sister Carol (Kathy
Burke), her estranged husband Charlie (Ricky Tomlinson),
their sons Emerson and Lake, Carol’s daughter Donna,
her boyfriend Donut…Nor could he anticipate a heroic,
last-minute challenge from the mild-mannered, love-sick Dek…
Once Upon A Time in The Midlands
was co-written by Shane Meadows and Paul Fraser,
who previously collaborated with the director Meadows
on “A Room for Romeo Brass” and “TwentyFourSeven”.
Certificate: tbc
Running Time: 104 mins
Release Date: 6 Sept 2002
www.filmfour.com/midlands
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