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The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz

2000 film by Ben Hopkins

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz is a 2000 Anglo-German black and white surreal comedy. It has been described as an "avant-garde comedy about the Apocalypse",[1] co-written and directed by Ben Hopkins.

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Premise

On the last day of creation, a stranger arrives in London. No one knows who he is or where he has come from but by the time he leaves, the entire universe will have been erased.[2]

Cast

  • Tom Fisher as No / Tomas Katz
  • Ian McNeice as Inspector
  • Tony Maudsley as Taxi Driver
  • Sachiko Hidari as Cuthbert Will Keen
  • Andrew Melville as Minister of Fish
  • Toby Jones as Civil Servant
  • Asif Kapadia as Gwupigrubynudnylandian
  • Kris Krishnamma as Gwupigrubynudnylandian
  • Jamille Jinnah as Gwupigrubynudnylandian
  • Sophie Bevan as Journalist
  • Trevor Thomas as Schlauch
  • Amelia Curtis as Underworld Announcer
  • Tilly Blackwood as Underworld Secretary
  • David de Keyser as Exhumed Rabbi
  • John Ramm as Ivul Gurk
  • Janet Henfrey as Janice Waily
  • Boyd Clack as Abel Mularchy
  • Tara Savage as Radiator Child
  • Callum Savage as Radiator Child
  • Oliver Parkes as Drumchild
  • Andrew Kötting as Taxi Driver
  • Graham Lawson as axi Driver
  • Joseph Greig as Astral Guide
  • Tim Barlow as Mr. Browne
  • Joan Oliver as Care Worker
  • Colin Weatherall as Bank Clerk
  • Sean Albuquerque as Geoff Plow
  • Jason Thorpe as Officer Willis
  • Togo Igawa as Japanese Scuba Diver
  • Kiki Kendrick as Suburban Mum
  • Stephen Pye as Suburban Son
  • Yvette Richardson as Police Secretary
  • Francesca Dowd as Tea Lady
  • Sadie Walters as Tea Lady
  • Thomas Q. Napper as Man Falling During 'Gripped'
  • Paul Ritter as Dave
  • Steven O'Donnell as Keith
  • Noah Taylor as Hyde Park Nutter
  • David Farr as Hyde Park Nutter
  • Kim Noble as Hyde Park Nutter
  • Tim Potter ad Apocalyptic Nutter
  • Andrew Harrison as Voice
  • India Martin as Voice
  • Josh De La Mare as Voice
  • Luke Morris as Voice
  • Catherine Gosling Fuller as Voice
  • Andy Lane as Voice

Critical response

Peter Bradshaw wrote in The Guardian, "a distinctively English, rather than simply British, movie in its loopy, diverting surrealism...Nothing so obvious as a plot is allowed to cramp this movie's style as it swoops weirdly across the dream landscape of London like a demented, dishevelled bird."[3] George Perry wrote on BBC Films, "this has to be one of the strangest films of the year, a weird apocalyptic vision shot in the most mundane of London surroundings, with all too obvious budgetary constraints pushed asunder by the sheer energy of the director's imagination."[4]

Awards

The film was the winner of the Evening Standard Best Newcomer Award 2000, for director Ben Hopkins.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "The Nine Lives Of Tomas Katz". Curtisbrown.co.uk. 17 July 2001. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. [2]
    "The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. [3]
    Peter Bradshaw (20 July 2001). "The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz | Film". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  4. [4]
    George Perry Updated 17 July 2001 (17 July 2001). "Films – review – The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz". BBC. Retrieved 22 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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