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Release date United States: Monday, February 4, 2008

Director: Garth Jennings

Cast:

Zofia Brooks as Tina
Neil Dudgeon as Joshua
Tallulah Evans as Jess
Adam Godley as Brethren Leader
Jessica Hynes as Mary (as Jessica Stevenson)
Diane Leach as Janet, School Secretary
Bill Milner as Will
Will Poulter as Carter
Paul Ritter as Geography Teacher
Jules Sitruk
Sam Spivack as Policeman
Eric Sykes as Frank
Charlie Thrift as Duncan
Ed Westwick as Lawrence
Anna Wing as Grandma
Natalie Hallam as Mary's Mother Bretheren (uncredited)

About:

It all begins in 1980s Britain, when young Will Proudfoot, raised in isolation among The Brethren, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden, encounters something beyond his wildest fantasies: a pirated copy of "Rambo: First Blood." His virgin viewing of the iconic thriller blows his mind--and rapidly expanding imagination--wide open. Now, Will sets out to join forces with the seemingly diabolical school bully, Lee Carter, to make their own action epic, devising wildly creative, on-the-fly stunts, not to mention equally elaborate schemes for creating a movie of total commitment and non-stop thrills while hiding out from The Brethren. But when school popularity finally descends on Will and Lee in the form of the super-cool French exchange student, Didier Revol, their remarkable new friendship and precious film are pushed, quite literally, to the breaking point.

Genres:
Comedy

Producers: Nick Goldsmith, Garth Jennings

Writers: Garth Jennings

Studio: Paramount Vantage