FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Daniel Mays (Swimming With Men), James Purefoy (High-Rise), David Hayman (Finding Your Feet), Dave Johns (I, Daniel Blake), Sam Swainsbury (Thor: The Dark World), Tuppence Middleton (Jupiter Ascending), Noel Clarke (Mute), Maggie Steed (The Painted Veil), Christian Brassington (Elizabeth: The Golden Age), Jade Anouka (film debut), Christopher Villiers (Top Secret!), Sarah Winter (Lovelorn), Ken Drury (Creation), Julian Seager (Eve), Meadow Nobrega (Patrick)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Chris Foggin (Kids in Love), director; Meg Leonard (Finding Your Feet) and Nick Moorcroft (Burke and Hare), writers, producers; Piers Ashworth (St. Trinian’s), writer; James Spring (Patrick), producer; Simon Tindall (The Festival), cinematographer; Johnny Daukes (Finding Your Feet), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Danny (Mays) is a fast-living and cynical music producer who heads down to Cornwall for a stag weekend. There, he comes across a group of sea shanty-singing fishermen named the Fisherman’s Friends, and is pranked by his boss Troy (Clarke) into trying to sign them for a record deal. As he tries to convince the group and their families to try for glory, he is taken aback by their preference for friendship and community over fame and fortune, and with their help begins to realise what success truly means…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This crowd-pleasing musical comedy tells the story of a real-life group of fishermen who became the world’s most unlikely singing group to ever emerge out of Cornwall.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 15TH MARCH 2019

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