Sex Lives of the Potato Men
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Sex Lives of the Potato Men is a British comedy film released in 2004
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The film is about the sexual antics of a group of potato delivery men in Birmingham
and stars Johnny Vegas
and Mackenzie Crook
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The film was condemned by most film critics for being crude and tasteless. The Times
review called it "one of the two most nauseous films ever made" It was also controversial in that nearly £1 million of public money from the National Lottery
via the UK Film Council
was used to fund the project.
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
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The film is about the sexual antics of a group of potato delivery men in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
and stars Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas is an English actor and comedian. He is known for his angry rants, portly figure, high husky voice and support of St Helens rugby league club. More recently he has moved into dramatic acting.-Early life:He was born in St Helens, Lancashire, the youngest of four children of Laurence...
and Mackenzie Crook
Mackenzie Crook
Paul Mackenzie Crook is a British actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Gareth Keenan in The Office and Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.-Life and career:...
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The film was condemned by most film critics for being crude and tasteless. The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
review called it "one of the two most nauseous films ever made" It was also controversial in that nearly £1 million of public money from the National Lottery
National Lottery (United Kingdom)
The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.It is operated by Camelot Group, to whom the licence was granted in 1994, 2001 and again in 2007. The lottery is regulated by the National Lottery Commission, and was established by the then...
via the UK Film Council
UK Film Council
The UK Film Council was set up in 2000 by the Labour Government as a non-departmental public body to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee governed by a board of 15 directors and was funded through sources including the...
was used to fund the project.
Cast
- Johnny VegasJohnny VegasJohnny Vegas is an English actor and comedian. He is known for his angry rants, portly figure, high husky voice and support of St Helens rugby league club. More recently he has moved into dramatic acting.-Early life:He was born in St Helens, Lancashire, the youngest of four children of Laurence...
as Dave - Mark GatissMark GatissMark Gatiss is an English actor, screenwriter and novelist. He is best known as a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen, and has both written for and acted in the TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock....
as Jeremy - Annette Bentley as Linda
- Julia DavisJulia DavisJulia Davis is an English comedy writer and performer, best known for writing and starring in the BBC Three comedy Nighty Night.-Background:...
as Shelley - Lucy DavisLucy DavisLucy Clare Davis is an English actress. She is best known for playing the character Dawn Tinsley in the BBC comedy The Office and as Dianne in the horror-comedy movie Shaun of the Dead.-Career:...
as Ruth - Evie Garratt as Joan's Mum
- Robert HarrisonRobert HarrisonRobert Harrison is the name of:*Robert Dinsmore Harrison , U.S. Representative from Nebraska*Robert H. Harrison , American jurist*Robert Harrison , publisher of Confidential magazine...
as Kevin - Nick HolderNick HolderNick Holder is an underground hip-hop and house music deejay and producer from Toronto, Canada.Holder began DJing in the early 1980s, and soon became influenced by the Detroit techno scene and DJs such as Derrick May and Carl Craig....
as Gordon - Mackenzie CrookMackenzie CrookPaul Mackenzie Crook is a British actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Gareth Keenan in The Office and Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.-Life and career:...
as Ferris - Dominic ColemanDominic ColemanDominic Coleman is a British actor who has starred in Stupid!, Sex Lives of the Potato Men and more recently in The Cup as Vincent Farrell. He also appeared in an episode of My Hero as the shady journalist Kevin Trent in the episode "Shock, horror!" He also provides the voice of Arthur Weasley in...
as Tolly - Barry Aird as Gherkin Man
- Joy Aldridge as Sauna woman
- Jeff AlexanderJeff AlexanderJeff Alexander was an American conductor, arranger, and composer of film, radio and television scores.-Career:...
as Bloke in group sex - Adrian ChilesAdrian ChilesAdrian Chiles is a British television and radio presenter, currently working for ITV Sport presenting football coverage....
as Towel man/Poppy's brother - Amerjit Deu as Doctor
- Justin EdgarJustin EdgarJustin Edgar is a British film director.Born in Handsworth, Birmingham on 18 August 1971, Edgar graduated from Portsmouth University in 1996 with a First Class degree in film. In 1998 he directed the short comedy Dirty Phonecalls for ITV’s First Cut scheme. It became a worldwide festival hit and...
as Chip Shop customer - Huss Garbiya as Beans
- Carol Harvey as Chip Shop Girl 2
- Alfie Hunter as Matthew
- Laurence Inman as Bored Bloke in porn shop
- Jenny JayJenny JayJenny Jay , is a British actress, who played Carmen in Carla Lane's television series Bread. She has also appeared in such programmes as Behind The Bike Sheds, The Bill, KYTV, Alas Smith and Jones, All Creatures Great and Small, Inspector Morse and the 80s children's drama series, Dodger, Bonzo and...
as Coma woman/Helen - Ceris Jones as Bald man
- Helen Lathamv as Chip Shop Girl
- Kay PurcellKay PurcellKay Purcell is a British actress. She is widely known for her role as Cynthia Daggert in Emmerdale, as well as for Candice Smilie in Waterloo Road, and as Gina Conway in Tracy Beaker Returns.-Television Roles:...
as Gloria - Nicola Reynolds as Poppy
- Kate RobbinsKate RobbinsKatherine Robbins is an English actress, comedienne and singer.-Biography:Robbins is a first cousin once removed of Paul McCartney and older sister of Amy Robbins . She attended Wirral Grammar School for Girls and won the Drama Prizes each year, notably with her monologue "All this glitters is not...
as Joan - Angela Simpson as Vicky
- Nicholas Tennant as Phil
- Betty Trew as Katie
External links
- If it's too smutty, you're too snooty article in The Guardian in which writer/director Andy Humphries answers the criticism of the film. Retrieved on 30-11-2006