City Rats
Encyclopedia
City Rats is a black comedy
feature film, released on April 24, 2009 and starring Tamer Hassan
, Ray Panthaki
, Susan Lynch
, Kenny Doughty
, MyAnna Buring
, James Lance
and Natasha Williams
and Danny Dyer
.
and Blu-ray, reaching number 6 in the UK DVD charts, as well going on to have a limited run in cinemas.
from London
based Post Trip-Hop band Second Person
and includes the track "Paper Umbrella". Other tracks were provided by Spencer Hickson.
Black comedy
A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...
feature film, released on April 24, 2009 and starring Tamer Hassan
Tamer Hassan
Tamer Hassan is a British actor of Turkish Cypriot descent.-Early life:Hassan was born in London, England into a Turkish Cypriot family. Having sustained an injury in boxing, Hassan started to run nightclubs and restaurants and is now the owner, chairman and player/coach of Greenwich Borough and...
, Ray Panthaki
Ray Panthaki
Ray Panthaki is a British-born actor, film producer and writer.Born in London, Panthaki is best known for the roles he played on BBC soap opera EastEnders as Ronny Ferreira and as 'Hassan B' the nemesis to Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G in Ali G Indahouse...
, Susan Lynch
Susan Lynch
Susan Lynch is an actor from Northern Ireland.-Early life:Lynch was born in Corrinshego, Newry, County Armagh, Northern Ireland to an Italian mother and Irish father. Her brother is actor John Lynch, she has a sister, Pauline, who is a drama teacher at St...
, Kenny Doughty
Kenny Doughty
Kenny Doughty is an English actor who trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Married to the actress Caroline Carver.-Filmography as Director:-Filmography as Actor:...
, MyAnna Buring
MyAnna Buring
MyAnna Buring is a Swedish actress best known for appearing in the 2005 horror film The Descent.- Early life :Buring was born in Sweden but grew up in the Middle East...
, James Lance
James Lance
James Lance is a British actor who is best known for his appearances in a number of British comedy series. James Lance attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School...
and Natasha Williams
Natasha Williams
Natasha Williams is an actress based in Britain.Williams is known for playing the role of PC Delia French in the long running ITV drama The Bill. She also played the role of a pharmacist in "Gridlock", an episode of Doctor Who that was broadcast on 14 April 2007, and appeared in Powers in 2004...
and Danny Dyer
Danny Dyer
Danny Dyer is an English actor, media personality, and chairman of Greenwich Borough, a non-League football team.-Biography:Daniel John Dyer was born in Custom House, an area of East London, to Antony and Christine Dyer...
.
Cast
- Tamer HassanTamer HassanTamer Hassan is a British actor of Turkish Cypriot descent.-Early life:Hassan was born in London, England into a Turkish Cypriot family. Having sustained an injury in boxing, Hassan started to run nightclubs and restaurants and is now the owner, chairman and player/coach of Greenwich Borough and...
as Jimbo Jones - Ray PanthakiRay PanthakiRay Panthaki is a British-born actor, film producer and writer.Born in London, Panthaki is best known for the roles he played on BBC soap opera EastEnders as Ronny Ferreira and as 'Hassan B' the nemesis to Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G in Ali G Indahouse...
as Dean Wicks - Danny DyerDanny DyerDanny Dyer is an English actor, media personality, and chairman of Greenwich Borough, a non-League football team.-Biography:Daniel John Dyer was born in Custom House, an area of East London, to Antony and Christine Dyer...
as Pete Doherty - Susan LynchSusan LynchSusan Lynch is an actor from Northern Ireland.-Early life:Lynch was born in Corrinshego, Newry, County Armagh, Northern Ireland to an Italian mother and Irish father. Her brother is actor John Lynch, she has a sister, Pauline, who is a drama teacher at St...
as Gina McAshol - Kenny DoughtyKenny DoughtyKenny Doughty is an English actor who trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Married to the actress Caroline Carver.-Filmography as Director:-Filmography as Actor:...
as Olly O Neil - MyAnna BuringMyAnna BuringMyAnna Buring is a Swedish actress best known for appearing in the 2005 horror film The Descent.- Early life :Buring was born in Sweden but grew up in the Middle East...
as Sammy - James LanceJames LanceJames Lance is a British actor who is best known for his appearances in a number of British comedy series. James Lance attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School...
as Chris O'Banchord - Natasha WilliamsNatasha WilliamsNatasha Williams is an actress based in Britain.Williams is known for playing the role of PC Delia French in the long running ITV drama The Bill. She also played the role of a pharmacist in "Gridlock", an episode of Doctor Who that was broadcast on 14 April 2007, and appeared in Powers in 2004...
as Carol Singer - Jake CanusoJake CanusoJake Canuso was born in Switzerland to Italian descendants. In his late teens he trained as a professional dancer in London....
as Marco Harper - James DohertyJames DohertyJames Doherty may refer to:*Jim Doherty , Scottish footballer*Jimmy Doherty *Jimmy Doherty, fictional firefighter in the TV series Third Watch...
as Trevor McDoogle - Philip HerbertPhilip Herbert (actor)Philip Herbert is an English actor and mime artist, best known as his comedic alter ego, Hugh Jelly, a sidekick to gay comedian Julian Clary on the 1989 quiz show Sticky Moments with Julian Clary....
as John the Cowboy - Katrine De Candole as Chloe Glowey
- Vyelle Croom as Darryl
- Emily BowkerEmily BowkerEmily Bowker is an actress who has appeared on television in programmes such as Shameless, Torchwood, Holby City, Wire in the Blood, and The Bill. Her theatrical career to date includes plays at The Arcola Theatre, Finborough Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Cheltenham Everyman and Theatre Clywd...
as Carla
Release
The film premiered as part of the East End Film Festival at the Genesis Cinema Whitechapel on April 24, 2009. The following Monday it was also released on DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
and Blu-ray, reaching number 6 in the UK DVD charts, as well going on to have a limited run in cinemas.
Music
The score for this film was composed by Mark Maclaine and Julia JohnsonJulia Johnson
Julia Johnson is a London-born singer-songwriter and a founder-member of Post Trip-Hop band Second Person. Her first solo album, I Am Not The Night, recorded at Livingston Recording Studios and produced by Tristan Ivemy , was released in May 2011 through the independent label Blue January.- Trivia...
from London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
based Post Trip-Hop band Second Person
Second Person (band)
Second Person were a British band that existed for 10 years between 2001 and 2011 and mixed influences from trip hop, jazz, hip hop and electronica to form Post Trip Hop ....
and includes the track "Paper Umbrella". Other tracks were provided by Spencer Hickson.