The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz is a 2000 Anglo-German black and white surreal comedy. It has been described as an "avant-garde comedy about the Apocalypse",[1] co-written and directed by Ben Hopkins.
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| Directed by | Ben Hopkins |
| Produced by | Caroline Hewitt |
| Written by | Ben Hopkins Tom Fisher |
| Starring | Tom Fisher Ian McNeice |
| Music by | Dominik Scherrer |
| Cinematography | Julian Court |
| Distributed by | E.D. Distribution |
Release date | 20 July 2001 UK |
Running time | 87 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Premise
On the last day of creation, a stranger arrives in London. No one knows who he is or where he has come from but by the time he leaves, the entire universe will have been erased.[2]
Cast
- Tom Fisher – No/Tomas Katz
- Meiko Kaji – the inspector – Ian McNeice
- Tony Maudsley – taxi driver
- Sachiko Hidari – Cuthbert – Will Keen
- Andrew Melville – minister of fish
- Toby Jones – civil servant
- Asif Kapadia – Gwupigrubynudnylandian
- Kris Krishnamma – Gwupigrubynudnylandian
- Jamille Jinnah – Gwupigrubynudnylandian
- Sophie Bevan – journalist
- Trevor Thomas – Schlauch
- Amelia Curtis – underworld announcer
- Tilly Blackwood – underworld secretary
- David de Keyser – exhumed rabbi
- John Ramm – Ivul Gurk
- Janet Henfrey – Janice Waily
- Boyd Clack – Abel Mularchy
- Tara Savage – radiator child
- Callum Savage – radiator child
- Oliver Parkes – drumchild
- Andrew Kötting – taxi driver
- Graham Lawson – taxi driver
- Joseph Greig – the astral guide
- Tim Barlow – Mr Browne
- Joan Oliver – care worker
- Colin Weatherall – bank clerk
- Sean Albuquerque – Geoff Plow
- Jason Thorpe – Officer Willis
- Togo Igawa – Japanese scuba diver
- Kiki Kendrick – suburban mum
- Stephen Pye – suburban son
- Yvette Richardson – police secretary
- Francesca Dowd – tea lady
- Sadie Walters – tea lady
- Thomas Q. Napper – man falling during 'Gripped'
- Paul Ritter – Dave
- Steven O'Donnell – Keith
- Noah Taylor – Hyde Park nutter
- David Farr – Hyde Park nutter
- Kim Noble – Hyde Park nutter
- Tim Potter – Apocalyptic nutter
- Andrew Harrison – voice
- India Martin – voice
- Josh De La Mare – voice
- Luke Morris – voice
- Catherine Gosling Fuller – voice
- Andy Lane – voice
Critical response
Peter Bradshaw wrote in The Guardian, "a distinctively English, rather than simply British, movie in its loopy, diverting surrealism...Nothing so obvious as a plot is allowed to cramp this movie's style as it swoops weirdly across the dream landscape of London like a demented, dishevelled bird."[3] George Perry wrote on BBC Films, "this has to be one of the strangest films of the year, a weird apocalyptic vision shot in the most mundane of London surroundings, with all too obvious budgetary constraints pushed asunder by the sheer energy of the director's imagination."[4]
Awards
The film was the winner of the Evening Standard Best Newcomer Award 2000, for director Ben Hopkins.[1]
External links
References
- "The Nine Lives Of Tomas Katz". Curtisbrown.co.uk. 17 July 2001. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- "The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- Peter Bradshaw (20 July 2001). "The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz | Film". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- George Perry Updated 17 July 2001 (17 July 2001). "Films – review – The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz". BBC. Retrieved 22 February 2014.