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Rude Awakenings
Alexia Merrington & Lucy Muss
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comedy | 2005 | West Midlands | 12 min
Published 20 Dec 06
A candid look at the day after a one-night stand.
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synopsis
After a drunken one-night stand two strangers find themselves in a grand mansion. Feeling awkward they tip-toe round each other in what they assume is the other one's home.
short fact
"The two biggest challenges were finding the perfect location - a ridiculously posh, grade 1-listed 18th-century house - and then getting the owners to agree to a crew of 20 laying down tracks and equipment throughout, without breaking anything. And all for a very bargain, very low-budget film price!

Secondly, finding the right main characters that would seem both out of place with their surroundings, each other, and their situation, yet still be funny and have that spark!

Having auditioned for two solid months, been through a casting agent, the entire spotlight directory and every agency we could find - Laura Aikman and Andrew-Lee Potts walked in the door a week before the shoot and we just new the were the Ally and Jake we had been searching for."
crew
  • director Lucy Muss & Alexia Merrington
  • writer Lucy Muss & Alexia Merrington
  • producer Peter Bullock
  • editor Ismail Shallis
  • director of photography Adnan Hemani
  • sound James Arnold
  • music Theo Green
cast
  • Ally Laura Aikman
  • Jake Andrew-Lee Potts
  • Mrs St John Higham Helena Tobor
  • Mr St John Higham David Muss
format
digital
budget
£8000
© 2005 Screen West Midlands and Alexia Merrngton/Lucy Muss

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comment by zoe  walton
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posted Apr 29, 2007

I loved it! Beautifully shot and acted well. Didn;t understand the dog bit?! Really enjoyed the opening sequence. Well done!
comment by michelle  mccann
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posted Mar 9, 2007

I have only just found this site and this was my first movie watched - i think it was lovely, realised the plot but wasn't sure when they were going to realise it -so nice little ending.
comment by andrew  medlicott
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posted Mar 5, 2007

i liked the wig

comment by andrew  medlicott
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posted Feb 26, 2007

i thought laura aikman was a bad actress after seeing her in various shows, this film only confirms those ideas
comment by Dergul  Nacar
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posted Jan 27, 2007

well first of all, great cast...
secondly, it was very amusing! great concept aswell but i think the screenplay did go abit funny at one spot. overall, i very much enjoyed it!
well done..

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funded by
UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund and Screen West Midlands.

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