Peaches
Synopsis
Nick Grosso's award-winning play Peaches, produced by the Royal Court in association with the National Theatre Studio in 1994, launched the career of one of Britain's most promising new playwrights. Grosso now dons the director's hat with this adaptation of the play for the big screen, an ordeal that took some six years to realise.
Exploring the identity crisis afflicting so many young 1990s men, the story revolves around sex-obsessed Frank and his student friends. From a Leeds college bar to the pubs of North London, their emotional adventures are charted in the seemingly nonchalant and comically-hip language of confused and hapless twentysomethings.
Frank's summer as a carefree slacker looks rosy until his best friend starts a job scheme. Then, when his other mate moves in with a girl and a college sweetheart tells him a big secret, Frank's world starts to spin out of control.
The film was inspired by Grosso's own personal philosophy when, as a student, life "wasn't about work, but about getting up in the morning -- about chicks and babes. Work was just a distraction".
Besides Grosso's status as a voice of his generation, the film's saleability rests on its two stars, Matthew Rhys and Kelly Reilly. The former is an up-and-comer whose credits include the soon-to-be-released Sorted and Titus, the latter was recently seen in Ben Elton's Maybe Baby, and both have starred alongside Kathleen Turner in the West End stage version of The Graduate.
Shot with backing from a mix of private equity finance and the Irish Film Board, the film will be offered to agents and distributors in the autumn.
Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of film
- Features
- Director
- Nick Grosso 1st Feature
- Dir
- Nick Grosso.
- Exec prods
- Paul Ward, Nicholas O’Neill.
- Prod
- Ronan Glennane.
- Scr
- Nick Grosso.
- DoP
- Brendan Galvin.
- Prod des
- Jessica Coyle.
- Ed
- Niamh Fagan.
- Main cast
- Matthew Rhys, Kelly Reilly, Justin Salinger, Matthew Dunster, Sophie Okonedo.
- Budget
- £720,000.
- Funding
- Private sources, deferrals, Irish Film Board.
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 24th June 2005
