In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- Themselves
- (uncredited)
Marcie Bolen
- Self
- (uncredited)
Huw Bunford
- Self - Super Furry Animals
- (uncredited)
Cian Ciaran
- Self - Super Furry Animals
- (uncredited)
The Dandy Warhols
- Themselves
- (uncredited)
Elbow
- Themselves
- (uncredited)
Franz Ferdinand
- Themselves
- (uncredited)
Guy Garvey
- Self - Elbow
- (uncredited)
Bobby Gillespie
- Self - Primal Scream
- (uncredited)
Bob Hardy
- Self - Franz Ferdinand
- (uncredited)
Peter Hayes
- Self - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- (uncredited)
Dafydd Ieuan
- Self - Super Furry Animals)
- (uncredited)
Nick Jago
- Self - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- (uncredited)
Richard Jupp
- Self - Elbow
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- Michael Winterbottom(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley did not communicate with each other between filming so that their off-screen relationship would not affect the one they had on screen.
- Goofs(at around 11 mins) The boom mic momentarily drops down into the scene and pulls back up while Lisa asks "Do you think I look like a boy?"
- Crazy creditsThe opening title and the closing credits appear to be pieces of cut film or paper placed together to form the words.
- Alternate versionsUnrated Edited Version on DVD in USA removes the explicit sex, but it still too graphic for an R rating.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Nip/Tuck: Liz Cruz (2006)
- SoundtracksWhatever Happened To My Rock and Roll
(Live)
Performed by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Peter Hayes, Robert Levon Been,
Nick Jago)
Composed by Peter Hayes / Robert Levon Been (as Robert Been) / Nick Jago (as Nicholas Jago)
© BRMC Music / WB Music Corp by kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd
Courtesy of Virgin Records Limited / Virgin Records America, Inc
Featured review
Beautiful, intimate, responsible. A minor triumph.
This is a love-it-or-hate-it film, as reflected by the deep divisions in critical response. It is a serious piece of film-making but there are two major components that you may love or hate - extreme sexual explicitness and modern rock music.
The rock music is mostly from live concerts. If the music that people pogue and stage dive to is not for you, you probably won't want to sit through an hour of it (check the soundtrack listings - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Von Bondies, Salif Keita, Franz Ferdinand, Primal Scream, Dandy Warhols, Goldfrapp, Super Furry Animals, Elbow - do you recognise/like a few of them?) The sexual explicitness is a matter of personal taste - and tastes in sexuality vary a lot. If you can identify or empathise to some extent to this 20-some young couple and feel comfortable seeing how their relationship develops through sex and rock music you may, as I did, find it beautiful and intimate. The lovemaking is so natural that it is in sharp contrast to the fictionalised and very artificial sex scenes in mainstream films. There's also some wonderful symbolism in contrasting shots and details of Antarctica (connected to the daytime work of the main character). It's also a triumph British cinema that the Censors have allowed it to reach mainstream cinemas uncut.
The rock music is mostly from live concerts. If the music that people pogue and stage dive to is not for you, you probably won't want to sit through an hour of it (check the soundtrack listings - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Von Bondies, Salif Keita, Franz Ferdinand, Primal Scream, Dandy Warhols, Goldfrapp, Super Furry Animals, Elbow - do you recognise/like a few of them?) The sexual explicitness is a matter of personal taste - and tastes in sexuality vary a lot. If you can identify or empathise to some extent to this 20-some young couple and feel comfortable seeing how their relationship develops through sex and rock music you may, as I did, find it beautiful and intimate. The lovemaking is so natural that it is in sharp contrast to the fictionalised and very artificial sex scenes in mainstream films. There's also some wonderful symbolism in contrasting shots and details of Antarctica (connected to the daytime work of the main character). It's also a triumph British cinema that the Censors have allowed it to reach mainstream cinemas uncut.
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- Chris_Docker
- Mar 19, 2005
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Box office
- Budget
- £1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $66,853
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,457
- Jul 24, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $1,590,308
- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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