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Writers:
Peter Richardson (writer)
Pete Richens (writer)
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Release Date:
28 April 1988 (West Germany) more
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Plot:
Alex is a disgruntled waitress at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal... more | add synopsis
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Eat the Rich: ABC Dominates Upper-Income Demos
 (From The Wrap. 30 September 2009, 9:56 AM, PDT)

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Cast

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Kevin Allen ... Waiter 1
Ronald Allen ... Cmdr. Fortune
Dave Beard ... Gen. Karpov
Rowena Bently ... Indecisive Girlfriend
Angela Bowie ... Henry's Wife
Simon Brint ... Dickie
Rene Bruchet ... Janet
Les Bubb ... Waiter
Kathy Burke ... Kathy

Katrin Cartlidge ... Katrin
Robert Carwithen ... Robert
Sean Chapman ... Mark

Robbie Coltrane ... Jeremy
Miles A. Copeland III ... Derek
Hugh Cornwell ... Edgeley
Neil Cunningham ... TV Reporter
Robert Davis ... Waiter

Neil Dickson ... Gerry
Sandra Dorne ... Sandra
Simon Drake ... Waiter
Adrian Edmondson ... Charles
Jimmy Fagg ... Jimmy
Norman Fisher ... Footman / Equerry
Bob Flag ... Indecisive Customer
Peter Fontaine ... Banquet Man
Dawn French ... Debbie Draws
Fran Fullenwider ... Queen
Adrian Funnell ... Waiter
Joanne Good ... Jaqueline
Cathryn Harrison ... Joanna
Jools Holland ... Sun Reporter
Lemmy ... Spider
Debbie Linden ... Layla
Sue Lloyd ... Val
Shane MacGowan ... Terrorist
Christopher Malcolm ... Steinbeck
Rik Mayall ... Micky

Paul McCartney ... Banquet Guest
Frank Murray ... Terrorist
Derren Nesbitt ... Manager
Daniel Peacock ... Terence
Alan Pellay ... Alex (as Lanah Pellay)
Nigel Planer ... DHSS Manager
Nosher Powell ... Nosher
Avril Rankin ... Avril

Miranda Richardson ... DHSS Blonde
Peter Richardson ... Henry
Pete Richens ... Cafe Owner
Fiona Richmond ... Fiona
Marika Rivera ... Marika
Rowland Rivron ... Star reporter
Tricia Ronane ... Tricia
Peter Rosengard ... Israeli Ambassador

Jennifer Saunders ... Lady Caroline
Barney Sharp ... Barney
Sandie Shaw ... Edgeley's Girlfriend
Koo Stark ... Hazel
Jonathan Stratt ... Policeman
Ron Tarr ... Ron
Tim Van Rellim ... Police Inspector
Rupert Vansittart ... Rupert
Steve Walsh ... Record Executive
John Wilson ... Waiter
Terence Wood ... Terrorist
Bill Wyman ... Toilet Victim
Eddie Yeoh ... Mr. Chow
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90 min
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Alex: [Alex and his troupe have crossbows drawn on the diners at "Bastards"] *Die*, meat-eaters! more
Movie Connections:
Spin off from "The Comic Strip Presents..." (1982) more

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14 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
Needs a Fuller Entree, 17 June 2003
Author: richard winters (rwint) from Chicago, Illinois

Extremely garish mixture of loud music, ugly visuals, and shock comedy. The story is basically about a waiter (a gay man with a real fun bitchy attitude) who gets fired when he refuses to suck up to the arrogant clientele. He gets revenge by banding together other misfits who return and kill everybody. They then feed the dead bodies to new unsuspecting patrons.

Sounds gross and tasteless, but it really isn't. There's no nudity or sex. No graphic violence or gore. A little bit more of these things would have actually helped. At least it would have solidified it as the underground shock comedy it seems to be striving to be. Instead it seems very cluttered with no real objective or foundation. At times it plays like biting social commentary other times nothing more then a silly gross out teen flick

By the time you get to the way off base ending it becomes obvious that the filmmakers were trying to be outrageous simply as a way to get noticed. There is no real insight to the have and have nots of society. They simply came upon the idea because they felt it would appeal to the type of audience they were looking for.

This is too bad because had it been a little more polished it might have been a stronger film. Believe it or not there are some clever bits. The jabs at the queen are a riot. The scene involving terrorism and the middle east crisis is a true original. The rich characters are so over the top obnoxious you have to laugh out loud.

The true scene stealer though is Nosher Powell. He is a former stunt man/ stunt coordinator who worked on many of the stunts in the early James Bond movies. Here he plays a sort of Teddy Roosevelt times ten. A 'working class' politician who bullies everyone and everything. The actor has a rather rough, amateurish delivery which only adds to the saltiness of the character.

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