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Every year, thousands of wannabe's, has-beens and never-will-be's descend on Scotland for the Edinburgh festival. Away from the more commercial side of the festival - where comedians you've actually heard of will be competing for awards - the Edinburgh Fringe is the section of the festival where unknowns will be staging obscure .. Read more
| Starring | Stephen Mangan, Daniela Nardini, Amelia Bullmore, Raquel Cassidy |
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| Director | Annie Griffin |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Comedy |
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Every year, thousands of wannabe's, has-beens and never-will-be's descend on Scotland for the Edinburgh festival. Away from the more commercial side of the festival - where comedians you've actually heard of will be competing for awards - the Edinburgh Fringe is the section of the festival where unknowns will be staging obscure shows in the hope that their big break is just around the corner. 'Festival', a rambling new black comedy from 'The Book Group' creator Angie Griffin, follows a number of disparate characters who are connected to the Fringe in some way, from performers to judges, and charts the fluctuating emotions which they experience...
| Starring | Stephen Mangan, Daniela Nardini, Amelia Bullmore, Raquel Cassidy, Lyndsey Marshal |
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| Director | Annie Griffin |
| Studio | PATHE DISTRIBUTION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 47 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description |
| Released | Production year: 2005 To Rent: DVD: 28 Nov 2005 |
On the back of her acclaimed Channel 4 series âThe Book Clubâ, expectations were high for writer-director Annie... read more on Time Out
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Festival
Rubbish? No. Terrible? No. Godawful? Not strong enough. I am in an odd position, I'm almost at a loss for the words to encompass just how jaw-slackeningly ... read more »
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Watchable, but not brilliant
I love the work of Stephen Mangan and Chris O'Dowd so this seemed perfect for me. I'm glad I watched it, I wanted to see it through to the end but I'... read more »
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Worth a Look
You know, I think the other reviewers have been a little harsh about this movie. It's not as convincing a fly-on-the-wall mockumentary as, say, 'Best ... read more »
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This DVD made me laugh.
Twice.
Briefly.
In the 1:45 it lasted.
Including the bonus extras.
By the way, Lovefilm sent a strictly 'non-... read more »
Actress Melissa Mccarthy was forced to pull out of an award ceremony at California's Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Friday (03Feb12) after falling ill. She was due to pick up a Virtuosos Award for her performance in Bridesmaids at the festival, but missed out after coming down with laryngitis. The Virtuosos Award, recognising the year's stand-out performers, was also handed out to Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Young Adult's Patton Oswalt, A Better Life actor... Read more