The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Ben Hopkins

Writers:

Thomas Browne (writer)
Rob Cheek (story)

Release Date:

11 January 2001 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Futuristic | London | Taxicab | Absurdism | Satire

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Thomas Fisher	...	No / Tomas Katz
Ian McNeice	...	The Inspector
Tony Maudsley	...	Taxi driver
William Keen	...	Cuthbert (as Will Keen)
Andrew Melville	...	Minister of fish
Toby Jones	...	Civil servant
Asif Kapadia	...	Gwupigrubynudny-landians
Kris Krishnamma	...	Gwupigrubynudny-landians
Jamille Jinnah	...	Gwupigrubynudny-landians
Sophie Bevan	...	Journalist
Kiki Kendrick	...	Eileen
Trevor Thomas	...	Schlauch
Amelia Curtis	...	Yvonne
Tilly Blackwood	...	Underworld secretary
David de Keyser	...	Exhumed rabbi

Also Known As:

Die neun Leben des Tomas Katz (Germany)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

UK | Germany

Language:

English | French

Color:

Black and White | Color (Metrocolor)

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, Muswell Hill, London, England, UK

Company:

G2 Films

Trivia:

'Gwupigrubynudny' means in polish 'stupid-fat-boring'.

Quotes:

[After establishing that the children in general are at fault for the state of the nation]
Ivul Gurk: Well, well, we could, ah, talk forever - is there a solution?
Tomas Katz: Yes! I have it here. It's a tuning fork. I acquired it through the Sunday Times recent innovation feature.
Ivul Gurk: Tuning Fork of Annihilation: Broadcast a melodious hum of this durable stainless steel tuning fork across the airwaves and cause the destruction of all domestic televisions and the death of all children who hear it. Wow, what will they think of, next?

Movie Connections:

References Week End (1967)

Soundtrack:

Lunar Sunrise

I was pleasantly surprised by this intellectual film.

This is a film that has been improvised, and you can tell from some of the rather sketchy scenes. Some of the acting comes into its own from this freedom to improvise, and I especially noted the acting of the young Joshua Morrall, who acts the football captain. He really shone through on the screen, and I'm sure that he will blossom into a fine actor. Some of the elder, more accomplished actors seemed a little uncomfortable with the weight of improvising, but all of the characters come out with a lot of depth, and the film comes together very nicely because of it. Overall, I was very pleasantly surprised by this films turnout. I highly recommend it.