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1234

2008 · 82 min

A gentle, wry hangout with awkward dreamers fumbling toward a band, warm and a little sad.

Directed by
Giles Borg
Genres
Comedy, Music, Romance
Starring
Ian Bonar, Lyndsey Marshal, Kieran Bew
Tagline
step one - learn three chords, step two - form a band.
Overview
Ian Bonar is Stevie, a wannabe musician whose look is a hybrid of Jarvis Cocker and early Elvis Costello. Working with his drummer pal Neil (Matthew Baynton) in a call centre, they dream of breaking into the indie music scene. To do this they require additional band members. Step forward the driven (and drinking) guitarist Billy (Kieran Bew) and slightly scatty bassist Emily (Lyndsey Marshal), who has a sideline in making sculpture from hair.

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Directed by
Giles Borg
Genres
Comedy, Music, Romance
Starring
Ian Bonar, Lyndsey Marshal, Kieran Bew
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • friendship
  • love
  • identity
  • work
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, music, romance, drama
Directed by
Giles Borg
Written by
Giles Borg
Starring
Ian Bonar, Lyndsey Marshal, Kieran Bew, Brendan Hughes, Mathew Baynton, Giles Maythan, Luke Rutherford, Matthew Sim
Cinematography
Mike Eley
Runtime
82 min
Country
United Kingdom

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