New Clips from Acts of Godfrey

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We reviewed Acts of Godfrey when it was entered into the Raindance Film Festival last year. The dark comedy is written entirely in rhyming couplets making it feel more Shakespeare than modern day.

The unique British film from writer/director Johnny Daukes began it’s life as a poem. It was then turn into a story which transformed into a full-length screenplay and making it the first feature film written entirely in verse. It’s out in cinemas tomorrow so expect a lot comedy based on clever word play.

Guerilla films have sent us two clips of the film that they’re most proud, they’re well worth a watch…You’ll find Terry & Phil above and Jackie below.

The film stars Simon Callow, Harry Enfield, Iain Robertson, Myfanwy Waring, Celia Imrie and Doon Mackichan and for synopsis fan, this is for you:

“When Godfrey decides to improve the flagging prospects of Vic, by pairing him up with the unprincipled and sexually predatory Mary, through the creation of a wager and the addition of the sexual wonder drug ‘Poke’, he reckons without the interference of a psychotic geriatric, a long-dead twin and a terrible case of mistaken identity.

A country house hotel is the setting for a motivational course for successful selling ‘Win! Only Win!’. Godfrey (Simon Callow), sets the tone by informing us that we have no control over our lives and are merely his pawns in his own elaborate game.

The hapless Vic Timms (Iain Robertson), has been sent on this course by his employers in the hope that he’ll develop some killer instinct. Godfrey has decided that he’s going to reverse Vic’s losing streak with the ladies and get him to seal the deal with Mary MacDalen (Myfanwy Waring) the gorgeous and predatory estate agent.

Also on the course (run by one of Godfrey’s emissaries, Brad Angel) are the medical reps Terry (Ian Burfield) and Phil (Jay Simpson) who are pushing a drug that’s a combination of Viagra and coke called ‘Poke’. We also meet the geriatric conman Malcolm (Harry Enfield) and unwilling partner in crime, his dowdy Indian assistant Gita (Shobu Kapoor).

As night falls and drink is consumed, Godfrey makes Mary strike a wager with the blonde bombshell Jacqui (Doon Mackichan) that the two women can seduce Vic and the young boy-band manager Jamie (Michael Wildman).

The conference progresses, and like a twisted Agatha Christie novel, a web of connections is revealed and past actions crowd in on an increasingly suspenseful present.

The morning after however, brings a truly terrible surprise and a final twist that is literally devilish…”

Acts of Godfrey will be in selected cinemas from 27th January 2012 and is also available to stream online from www.actsofgodfrey.com