2009 Festival Film A Deal is a Deal
Runtime: 106min
Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Category: Narrative Feature
Synopsis: Paul (Mackenzie Crook) is fed up with driving trains and longs to write novels. He suffers two people falling under his train and hears that three accidents will qualify him for early retirement with 10 years' paid salary' lump sum! Now all he has to do is find a willing victim. He meets Tommy (Colm Meaney), furious at being saved by Paul from jumping off a bridge. Paul offers him '1500 cash to wait till Monday to die (you know, so he can get that third one in). Having abandoned his family, Tommy decides to salve his conscience by paying his wife Rosemary (Imelda Staunton) and his daughter Frankie (Gemma Arterton) a last visit. Relationships are changed forever but Paul and Tommy are confronted with the reality of the deal they struck. After all a deal is a deal.
*Known as THREE AND OUT in the UK.
Director: Jonathan Gershfield
Writer: Steve Lewis, Tony Owen
Producer: Aaron Gershfield
Starring: Mackenzie Crook, Colm Meaney, Gemma Arterton, Imelda Staunton
Film Notes: This film is to be preceded by the short film, COLLECTOR.
2008, UK, English, Color
Show Times
Venue: FSU Student Life Cinema
Saturday, April 18th: 11:30 AM
Sunday, April 19th: 9:15 PM
Venue: TCC Turner Auditorium
Thursday, April 16th: 6:45 PM
