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Terrorists and a rude waiter attack a politician and take over an exclusive London club.Terrorists and a rude waiter attack a politician and take over an exclusive London club.Terrorists and a rude waiter attack a politician and take over an exclusive London club.
Dave Beard
- General Karpov
- (as David Beard)
Rowena Bentley
- Indecisive Girlfriend
- (as Rowena Bently)
Miles A. Copeland III
- Derek
- (as Miles Copeland)
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- Writers
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- TriviaThis movie is ranked at the number forty-nine on Time Out's "Cinema's 50 Greatest Flops, Follies and Failures" list.
- Quotes
Police Inspector: This is the police! Lay down your knives and forks! You have all been eating the Prime Minister!
- ConnectionsSpin-off from The Comic Strip Presents (1982)
- SoundtracksEat the rich
Phil Campbell , Würzel , Lemmy and Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor
Performed by Motörhead
Courtesy of G.W.R. Entertainments corporation
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New meaning to Dinner and a Movie....
Set in fascist London, a group of non-relative, broken yet hopeful vagabonds find each other and attempt to restructure society into a single humane unit. When that fails they shoot people full of arrows and cause a smart and accurate assault on the posh structures of politics and upper class snobbery.
There are many parallels to Robin Hood and layers of Political strife that almost get buried under snide John Waters-esque humor and fantastic visual imagery not unlike Sid and Nancy or The Young Ones. The characters are well developed and provide a full range of personalities to keep the film moving and entertaining. It could use a minor editing job to remove some excess footage that slows down the first 1/2hour, other than that this should be an 80's cult classic for alternative humor. For those that liked "the Cook/thief/wife/lover"---this is better and doesn't seep in frivolity.
There are many parallels to Robin Hood and layers of Political strife that almost get buried under snide John Waters-esque humor and fantastic visual imagery not unlike Sid and Nancy or The Young Ones. The characters are well developed and provide a full range of personalities to keep the film moving and entertaining. It could use a minor editing job to remove some excess footage that slows down the first 1/2hour, other than that this should be an 80's cult classic for alternative humor. For those that liked "the Cook/thief/wife/lover"---this is better and doesn't seep in frivolity.
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- Country of origin
- Sprache
- Also known as
- Съешь богатых
- Filming locations
- Throgmorton Street, London, England, UK(Alex meets Gerry)
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- Gross US & Canada
- $200,723
- Gross worldwide
- $200,723
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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