PREVIEW: To Be Someone (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Sam Gittins (Ray & Liz), Scott Peden (The Dead Outside), Leslie Ash (Shadey), Mark Wingett (Quadrophenia), Toyah Willcox (Anchoress), Trevor Laird (Secrets & Lies), Gary Shail (The Music Machine), Perry Benson (This Is England), George Appleby (Puppet Master: Axis Termination), Amelia Bath (film debut), Ray Burdis (Love, Honour and Obey), Christie Amery (film debut), Jared Garfield (Boy A), Jonathan Holby (Blood and Glory), Anthony May (McVicar), Shayla McCormack (film debut), Laura McMonagle (Ae Fond Kiss), Mai Murphy (film debut), Marc Pickering (The Task), Eddie Webber (The Looking Glass), Steve Wraith (Interview with a Hitman)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ray Burdis (The Wee Man), director, writer, producer; Pete Meadows (film debut), writer; Tiernan Hanby (Hot Property) and Martin Richards (film debut), producers; John Beckett (Angel), composer; Ali Asad (The Hooligan Factory), cinematographer; Gabriel Foster Prior (Eden Lodge), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Danny (Gittins) runs a popular Mod nightclub and owns a successful scooter shop on the side, but when he is introduced to unhinged gangster and the club’s secret financier Mad Mike (Peden), Danny is coerced into pulling off an illegal drugs run to the Isle of Wight, in return for his shares in the club. Desperate, Danny turns to his local Mod community for help, and soon they concoct a plan that will see them use the Isle of Wight’s upcoming Mod festival as an ingenious cover…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

In this modern Mod fairy tale, we not only get a crowd-pleasing tale of crime and gangsters, but also a surprising reunion of most of the cast from the cult British classic Quadrophenia.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 25TH JUNE 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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