With its high-profile celebrity stars, improvised storyline and edgy ‘mock-doc’ style, Final Cut, the dark drama from the creative team behind The Krays, is one of the most bizarre and distinctive British films of the late ‘90s. It will be released on DVD courtesy of Infinity on 25 September 2006.
Made in 1998, Final Cut stars two of the most successful British actors working in
movies today: Oscar nominee Jude Law (Alfie, The Talented Mr Ripley, Cold
Mountain) and Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast, King Arthur, The Proposition). It also
features Law’s ex-wife, actress and fashion entrepreneur Sadie Frost (Shopping,
Coppola’s Dracula).
In Final Cut, the cast play characters named after themselves and the action takes
place at the funeral wake of successful writer Jude – played by Jude Law - as the
mourners gather to watch a film he’d been secretly working on for the past two years.
What they see is shocking: Jude has been filming his so-called friends’ most intimate
and depraved behaviour: stealing from each other, abusing their spouses, sleeping
with hookers, cross-dressing and worse. Husbands turn against wives and friends
against friends as the true nature of their lives and relationships is revealed. But
Jude’s biggest revelation is yet to come.
Final Cut is devised, directed and produced by Dominic Anciano and Ray Burdis,
the creative team behind such films as The Krays, Love, Honour & Obey, The
Reflecting Skin and the TV series Operation Good Guys. It was nominated for a
Golden Hitchcock award at the 1999 Dinard British Film Festival.
Extras include: Director’s Commentary, cast interviews.
Title: Final Cut Release Date: 25 September 2006 RRP: £15.99
‘this mischievous little jape…exerts a certain
fascination’
Time Out
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