THE SUPERGRASS:

FEATURE FILM

NOVEMBER 1985

WRITERS: PETER RICHARDSON & PETE RICHENS

DIRECTOR : PETER RICHARDSON

103 minutes

 

CAST :

ADRIAN EDMONDSON ---------- Dennis Carter

DAWN FRENCH ---------- Andrea

PETER RICHARDSON ---------- Harvey Duncan

JENNIFER SAUNDERS ---------- Lesley

NIGEL PLANER ---------- Gunter

ROBBIE COLTRANE ---------- Troy

KEITH ALLEN ---------- Wong

DANIEL PEACOCK ---------- Jim Jarvis

RONALD ALLEN ---------- Commander Robertson

ALEXEI SAYLE ---------- Motorbike Cop

MICHAEL ELPHICK ---------- Collins

PATRICK DURKIN ---------- Franks

MARIKA RIVIERA ---------- Landlady

RITA TRIESMAN ---------- Mrs Carter

LANA PELLAY ---------- Mary

NEIL CUNNINGHAM ---------- Waiter

DAVID BEARD ---------- DJ

KEVIN ALLEN ---------- Shop Assistant

While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girlfriend. Although he fails to gain any interest from the girl, the police take a great interest in his story. From this point on, Dennis digs a deeper hole for himself at every turn

 

CREW:

PRODUCERS: ELAINE TAYLOR

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: MICHAEL WHITE

ORIGINAL MUSIC: SIMON BOOTH, LARRY STABBINS, KEITH TIPPETT

CINEMATOGRAPHY: JOHN METCALFE

FILM EDITING: GEOFF HOGG

ART DIRECTION: SIMON HOLBROOK,  NIKI WATERIDGE

COSTUME DESIGN: FRANCES HAGGETT

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: JOY SPINK

MUSIC RECORDIST: TOBY ALLINGTON

SOUND RECORDIST: JOHN HAYES

BOOM OPERATOR: ANDREW MORRIS

STUNT DRIVER: DAVE HOLLAND

SINGER "THE SUPERGRASS THEME" :PP ARNOLD

MUSIC PRODUCER: SIMON BOOTH

STILL PHOTOGRAPHER: JOHN BROWN

PRODUCER COMIC STRIP: SIMON WRIGHT

FILMING LOCATIONS:

Hope Cove, Devon ,England

London

South Milton, Devon , England

QUOTES:

Mary: You've got a lovely tan!
Mrs. Carter: Yes. The sun did that

 

Andrea: For God's sake, he's not a drug dealer! He lives with his mum!
Constable Collins: So do I!

 

Commander Robertson: Where did you get that sun-tan, Dennis?
Dennis Carter: On holiday.
Commander Robertson: Where?
Dennis Carter: Look, I'm not saying anything 'till I've seen a solicitor.
Commander Robertson: Collins, is there a first-aid box in this station?
Constable Collins: Well, of course, sir.
Commander Robertson: Good. Have this man beaten up.

 

Commander Robertson: Ah, I'd like you to meet these two police undercover officers, Dennis. This is Harvey Duncan, who'll be acting as your miinder, and this is Policewoman Lesley Reynolds, who'll be going as your girlfriend.
Dennis Carter: That's not my girlfriend!
Commander Robertson: She is now!

[being pursued by a motorcycle policeman]
Dennis Carter: We've lost him, Harv...
Lesley Reynolds: Well done, Harvey.
Dennis Carter: Yeah, nice bit of driving, Harvey!
[the car crashes into a traffic sign]

 

Troy: Do that again and I shall take you out to sea and drown you!

 

Dennis Carter: [drunk] You've gotta be lucky. But then again, I don't think they'll catch up with me in Sri Lanka.
Lesley Reynolds: Why not?
Dennis Carter: Because I'll grow a moustache! I could grow a beard, I could... But... I always think people with beards have got something to hide, you know... Have you ever grown a beard, Harvey?
Harvey Duncan: No.
Dennis Carter: No, nor have I.

 

Dennis Carter: Beauty.
Lesley Reynolds: Famous.
Dennis Carter: Supergrass!
Harvey Duncan: Dead.
[Dennis laughs]
Lesley Reynolds: I thought so.
[they're pulled over]
Dennis Carter: Police!

 

[Dennis, Harvey and Lesley are pulled over]
Lesley Reynolds: Driving licence?
Dennis Carter: Haven't got one.
Harvey Duncan: What?
Dennis Carter: I don't have one.
Lesley Reynolds: Shit!
Dennis Carter: Pants!
Harvey Duncan: Shut up, Dennis!

 

Lesley Reynolds: What about Jim?
Troy: Oh, little Squealer here stuck a knife in his neck, didn't you?
Dennis Carter: Don't be stupid!
[Troy kicks him off the bed]
Troy: Pardon?

 

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