Rent One for the Road (2003)
2.8 of 5 from 58 ratings
1h 32min
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- Synopsis:
Paul's a has-been salesman, booted out by his wife and living in a tent at the bottom of the garden; Jimmy's trying to look after his dead dad's business but it's going down the pan, just like Jimmy's life; Mark's a cabbie who's lost his licence and has debts up to his eyeballs and a weakness for dope. Three losers, they have one thing in common - they like a drink.Thrown together on an alcohol management course for convicted drink-drivers, they meet another lush, Richard (Hywel Bennett), a retired millionaire who resides in a mansion and owns a prize racehorse. It's the stroke of luck Paul (Rupert Procter), Jimmy (Gregory Chisholm) and Mark (Mark Devenport) have been waiting for. At the local pub, when they should be with their counsellor, the hapless trio hatch a plan to get their lives back on track - they're going to relieve Richard of some of his wealth! - Actors:
- Rupert Procter, Gregory Chisholm, Mark Devenport, Hywel Bennett, Julie Legrand, Micaiah Dring, Jonny Phillips, Johann Myers, Penn Linfield, Tony Claassen, Tim Cunningham, Dena Smiles, Michaela Megran-Handley, Benjamin Linfield-Jones, David Peachey, Alexander De'Ath, Joe Dempsie, Alex Milner, Matthew Barker, Andre Squire
- Directors:
- Chris Cooke
- Producers:
- Kate Ogborn
- Writers:
- Chris Cooke
- Studio:
- High Fliers Video Distribution
- Genres:
- Comedy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/04/2022
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with writer-director Chris Cooke, producer Kate Ogborn, and co-producer Helen Solomon (2004)
- Audio commentary with actors Greg Chisholm, Mark Devenport and Rupert Procter (2004)
- 'One for the Road': An Oral History (2022, 42 mins): retrospective documentary produced specially for this release, featuring interviews with Cooke, actors Chisholm, Devenport, Procter and Johann Myers, composer Steve Blackman, and camera operator Steven Sheil
- Workshop Footage (2002, 7 mins): pre-production materials featuring actors Devenport, Procter and Penny Linfield
- Character Studies (2002, 15 mins): improvisation exercises with Devenport and Procter
- Video Diaries (2003, 19 mins): Cooke and Sheil document the development of new
- projects after the release of 'One for the Road', featuring workshop excerpts with actors Devenport and Micaiah Dring
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- Screenplay gallery: original shooting script
- Map of the Scars (1998, 11 mins): short film written and directed by Cooke, starring Andrew Tiernan
- Map of the Scars audio commentary with Cooke (2004)
- Shifting Units (2000, 9 mins): short film written and directed by Cooke, about an alcoholic salesman, portrayed by Procter, that served as the inspiration for 'One for the Road'
- Shifting Units audio commentary with Cooke, producer Helen Solomon, and executive producer Kate Ogborn (2004)
- Why I Hate Parties (But Pretend to Love Them) (2003, 11mins): short film co-written and directed by Devenport, with photography by Cooke, and featuring cast members from 'One for the Road'
- Gary the Rapper vs Stefan Blix (2014, 14 mins): short film co-written and directed by Devenport, with photography by Cooke, starring 'One for the Road' composer Steve Blackman and Scorzayzee
- Whiskers and Jane (2016, 14 mins): short film co-written and directed by Devenport, starring Procter and Cosima Shaw
- World premiere on Blu-ray
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Reviews (1) of One for the Road
One for the Road - One for the Road review by CP Customer
I found this film hard to get into, there were lots of weird shots and most of the scenes were in the pub and on the rehabilitation course. I'm not sure I enjoyed watching the violent ending much.
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