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| Directed by | Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant |
| Written by | Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | 14 April 2010 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cemetery Junction is an upcoming film written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Principal photography began on 15 June 2009,[1] and the film is set to be released on 9 April 2010.[2]
The film was originally titled The Man from the Pru, a colloquial term (and later an advertising slogan) for agents of the Prudential insurance company. During the writing of the film, the Prudential allowed Gervais and Merchant to use their archives for research. However, after reading the finished script, the company decided it was not pleased with how they were to be portrayed in the film and decided not to allow their name to be used. The new title comes from the name of a road junction in the New Town district of the town of Reading in the English Royal county of Berkshire where the film takes place. [3] The Prudential's UK headquarters is also in Reading. An extended trailer was broadcast on Channel 4 on 31st January 2010.
Plot
CEMETERY JUNCTION tells the funny, touching, universal story of being trapped in a small town and dreaming of escape.
In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls.
Freddie (Christian Cooke) wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce (Tom Hughes) and lovable loser Snork (Jack Doolan) are happy with life the way it is.
When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie (Felicity Jones), the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.
Cemetery Junction is set in the 1970s in Reading, Berkshire, where Gervais himself grew up. It follows two twenty-somethings who work as building society clerks. According to Gervais, it is a "coming of age" story that is a cross between The Office and Mad Men.[4]
Since its initial announcement, the UK release date has changed to April 14.[5]
Cast
- Ricky Gervais as Len Taylor
- Julia Davis as Mrs. Taylor
- Ralph Fiennes as Mr. Kendrick
- Emily Watson as Mrs. Kendrick
- Matthew Goode as Mike Ramsay
- Christian Cooke as Freddie Taylor
- Tom Hughes as Bruce Pearson
- Jack Doolan as Snork
- Felicity Jones as Julie
- Matt Holness as Bandleader
- Steve Speirs as Sgt. Wyn Davies
- Burn Gorman as Renwick
- Anne Reid as Freddie's Gran
- Michael Jibson as Cliff
Writing
In an interview with BBC Radio 2's Danny Wallace on 9th January 2010, Gervais stated the script was loosely based upon the lyrics of the Bruce Springsteen song "Thunder Road".[6]
References
- ^ http://www.rickygervais.com/thissideofthetruth.php
- ^ Gervais, Ricky (4 September 2009). Television interview with Jonathan Ross. Friday Night with Jonathan Ross [Television broadcast]. BBC One.
- ^ Financial Times - Pru Blocks Gervais Film Name - 21st April 2009
- ^ The Independent 18 August 2008
- ^ [1]
- ^ BBC Radio 2 - Dermot O'Leary: 09/01/10