Fat Slags (2004)

Director:

Ed Bye

Writer:

William Osborne (writer)

Release Date:

15 October 2004 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The Fat Slags from Viz hit the big time and become celebrities.

Plot Keywords:

Fat | Based On Comic

Cast

Fiona Allen	...	Sandra
Sophie Thompson	...	Tracey
Jerry O'Connell	...	Sean Cooley
Anthony Head	...	Victor
Geri Halliwell	...	Paige
James Dreyfus	...	Fidor
Naomi Campbell	...	Sales Assistant
Angus Deayton	...	Maurice the hotel receptionist
Hugh Dennis	...	Immigration 2
Les Dennis	...	MC
Tom Goodman-Hill	...	Baz
Michael Greco	...	Niarchos
Eamonn Holmes	...	Himself
Ralf Little	...	Milkman
Dolph Lundgren	...	Randy
Henry Miller	...	Dave
Steve Punt	...	Immigration 1
John Thomson	...	Foreman
Don Warrington	...	Kofi Annan
Metin Ahmet	...	Waiter
Timur Ahmet	...	Waiter
Chris Barnes	...	Warden
Oliver Bradshaw	...	Butler
Sarah Cawood	...	TOTP presenter
Simon Farnaby	...	Ventriloquist
Enoch Frost	...	Recording studio mixer
Michael Howe	...	UK breakfast presenter
Alison King	...	Receptionist
Bruce Mackinnon	...	Minion
Neil Maskell	...	Policeman
Grant Masters	...	Medic
Colin Murray	...	TOTP presenter
Johnny Myers	...	American journalist
Arthur Nightingale	...	Gardener
Stuart Nurse	...	Chauffeur
Brian Perkins	...	Newsreader
Paul Putner	...	Coach driver
Erich Redman	...	Dutch journalist
Simon Roberts	...	Horner Prize presenter
Finlay Robertson	...	Rickshaw Driver
Frank Rozelaar-Green	...	French driver
David Schneider	...	Tanner
Shend	...	Niarchos 2
Rainer Wiseman	...	Postman
Helen Lederer	...	Hysterical UN Woman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Boyle	...	Tom Cruise
David Decio	...	Ted the Bell Boy
Nick Malinowski	...	Minion
Lee Isserow	...	Fashion Show Patron (uncredited)
Peter Rnic	...	Foundry Worker (uncredited)

Directed by
Ed Bye

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
William Osborne		writer

Produced by
John Brown	....	executive producer
Charles Finch	....	producer
Nigel Green	....	executive producer
Richard Johns	....	line producer
Luc Roeg	....	producer

Original Music by
David A. Hughes

Cinematography by
John Sorapure		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Mark Wybourn

Casting by
Daniel Hubbard

Production Design by
Grenville Horner

Art Direction by
Robinia Farnaby
David Walley

Set Decoration by
Sarah Kane

Costume Design by
Linda Alderson

Makeup Department
Jo Adams	....	hair stylist
Jo Adams	....	makeup artist
Jo Grover	....	makeup assistant
Jo Grover	....	prosthetics assistant
Joanna Grover	....	assistant makeup artist
Joan Hills	....	makeup designer
Joan Hills	....	prosthetics designer
Susan Howard	....	chief prosthetic makeup artist
Sam Ives	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Paul Mooney	....	hair stylist
Sunita Parmar	....	prosthetic makeup artist

Production Management
Michelle Pianca	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Devina Artley	....	third assistant director
Paul Cathie	....	third assistant director
Joe Geary	....	first assistant director
Andrea Slater	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Richard Barratt	....	property master
Grace Brook	....	stand-by art director
Kimberley Fahey	....	assistant buyer
Beverley Gerard	....	stand-by props

Sound Department
Justine Angus	....	dialogue editor
Arthur Graley	....	foley editor
Richard Jay	....	sound: behind the scenes
Julian Slater	....	supervising sound editor
Alastair Widgery	....	sound mixer
Chris Sturmer	....	consultant: Dolby film sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Steve Lucas	....	special effects
Emma Toft	....	sewing: fat suits

Visual Effects by
James Skinner	....	visual effects supervisor (as Jim Skinner)

Stunts
Ray De-Haan	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Steve Griffin	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Charles Jarman	....	stunt double: Don Warrington
Adam Kirley	....	stunt double
Andreas Petrides	....	stunts
Lee Sheward	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jamie Fowlds	....	Steadicam operator
Martin Healey	....	gaffer
Robin Holder	....	assistant camera
Bill Kaye	....	still photographer
Andy Mountain	....	light console operator
Ben Raban	....	assistant camera grip
David Taylor	....	best boy
David Wall	....	electrician
Andy Young	....	key grip

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting
Kelly Valentine Hendry	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Daryl Jordan	....	assembly editor

Music Department
Greg Francis	....	music arranger

Other crew
Hattie Bowering	....	assistant production coordinator
Hannah Brown	....	production assistant
Matt Curtis	....	title designer
Julia Finn	....	unit publicist
Fraser Grant	....	assistant accountant
Benjamin Greenacre	....	location manager
Nicole Gregory	....	unit publicist
Jennifer Lambert	....	location nurse
Anna Lee	....	location assistant
Victoria Lorkin-Lange	....	production coordinator
Clea Tammes	....	production executive

Production Companies

• Artists Independent Productions
• Entertainment Film Distributors
• Funny Films

Distributors

• Entertainment Film Distributors (UK) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Compuhire  video playback
• Fatts  post-production script services

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Cabot Hall, Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, England, UK

Company:

Artists Independent Productions

Trivia:

The makers of the British comic magazine "Viz", where the "Fat Slags" characters originally appeared, had no editorial control over this production. It was reported that they were so appalled by the final result that they dropped the characters from the magazine following the film's release. However, the strip was not dropped and that the comic creators never had any intention of doing so. This was probably based on a misquote.

Quotes:

Sandra: [Checking mail] Bill, bill, bill, bill... I don't know why this bloke keeps writing to me!
Tracey: Who?
Sandra: Bill. There's no way I'm meeting him: Strangeways.

Movie Connections:

References "Top of the Pops" (1964)

So bad it's good

A comic-book adaptation that doesn't involve a superhero.

Two fat slags (ugly, overweight, working-class, loud-mouthed women) travel to London to appear on a TV show.

Saturday afternoon in my local multiplex with only 6 other people in the cinema. This can't be right? Maybe this movie appeals to an older audience, who used to read Viz magazine, but don't go to the cinema anymore? Anyway, this movie is staggeringly bad. So bad it's actually good in a sense that it's completely different to anything else you'll see this year. Really should have been made 10 years earlier. Most scenes are ineptly handled and don't really work. They all seem to finish off with some "funny" gag that falls flat. Best scene was when our two heroes enter an expensive clothes shop (Naomi Campbell is the bewildered sales assistant). Another good scene was eating those disgusting Kebabs. Picture has many arty filtered shots that seem at odds with the rest of the movie.

Fat Slags is for fans of UFO, Rita Sue and Bob Too, and Guest House Paradiso.