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DramaComedyDocumentaryAnimationExperimentalMusic
Euston Road
Toa Stappard
average rating from 35 members 
       
drama | 2003 | London | 8 min
Published 09 Sep 05
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synopsis
A fast car.
Two men talking in a hotel bar.
Seven questions in eight minutes.
And it's 9pm on Euston Road.
Figure it out...
short fact
April 2002 - Paul Bettany had one day available to work on EUSTON ROAD. We shot the interiors (day for night) at the Century Club on DVCam and moved on to Portland Place and Euston Road to shoot the nighttime exteriors on MiniDV.

April 2004 - EUSTON ROAD was acquired by FilmFour. The digimaster was also transferred to eight 35mm showprints which were distributed in the U.K. with the feature film, FEAR X.
crew
  • director Toa Stappard
  • writer Tristram Pye
  • producer Bella Bunce
  • editor Glen Gooch
  • director of photography Lucy Bristow
  • sound Ben Quinn
  • music Jim Copperthwaite
  • executive producer Robert Bevan
  • production manager Nick Seymour
  • production assistant Bryan Phillips
  • cast
    • Paul Bettany
    • Charlie Condou
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    © 2003 Toa Stappard

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    comment by colin  ridgeway
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    posted Oct 20, 2008

    Nice idea that sort of ran out of steam for me. I didn't really believe it, although the characters were believeable, if you know what I mean. Good con men are never obvious and he is. Nicely shot though.

    comment by Nick  Barrett
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    posted Jan 2, 2008

    Euston Road is a slick little short and, like one of the other comments listed here, it reminded me of a Roald Dahl Tales from the Unexpected twist in the tale kinda thing. Bettany puts in a mesmeric performance that blows his co star off the screen (admittedly his part was the more intriguing and dialogue heavy of the two...). The playful jazzy score keeps things moving along, as does the neat little 'guesses' that the dupe comes up with, and the end credits are a wonderful little sixties homage and work a treat. I would strongly disagree with mr Hawkins comments as I found the 'plot' neither complex or badly written, and as for no resolution? Did we see the same film? It was a con trick perpetrated by Bettany's character, amusingly grabbing a laptop and free bottle of bubbly on the strength of his wits, particularly when you realise just how impish the original teaser question was.... I must agree that style and stars alone don't make a great film, story and direction do - having seen Comandeered Phil should be careful throwing stones when living in glass houses!

    comment by Ephergie
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    posted Aug 27, 2007

    I loved this short - a very Brit-Film feel to it, with a strong visual style and musical score which reminded me of a cross between Ocean's 11 and Lock Stock and, unlike some of the comments posted here, I actually enjoyed the ending.

    I'm a final year Film & TV production BA student, trying to develop a 10 minute short for my Independent Project, so I appreciate how hard it is to put together an original short form script. This is an inventive and pleasantly succinct work - wish I'd thought of it!

    comment by Researcher 2408500
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    posted Dec 2, 2005

    I think some of these comments are a bit harsh! I too felt a little cheated by the 'con' ending but thought overall your film was stylish and nicely shot. Considering how much you must have filmed in one day and the major coup in securing Mr Bettany's services, you can be proud of this 'short' film's acheivements, rather than the few subjective niggles. I'd like to see the idea developed into a longer piece.

    comment by Jesse  Chambers
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    posted Nov 12, 2005

    as a viewer, you empathise with the victim of the crime - promised an interesting story and then left with a mundane theft.

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