Dead Clever

Dead Clever

Dead Clever is a British black comedy film, first screened on ITV on New Year's Day, 2007. Written by Sally Wainwright, it stars Suranne Jones, Helen Baxendale and Dean Lennox Kelly. Although officially titled Dead Clever it was subtitled The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley. The music was written by BAFTA nominated TV & film music composer Sheridan Tongue.

Synopsis

Julie (Jones) and Sarah (Baxendale) are friends at school in Sowerby Bridge in 1984. Julie's mother is a landlady and takes on a new live in barman Ian Bottomley (Kelly). Soon Julie is pregnant with Ian's baby and the story moves on 10 years where Julie is a successful businesswoman and she and Ian run an hotel and inn. Sarah, meanwhile, has graduated from University and is now a book editor in London.

Julie discovers Ian is having an affair with her sister, literally walking in on them, and when Ian returns home drunk after the discovery Julie tells him that he hasn't had enough to drink. When he wakes the next morning Julie has disappeared, and something horroble has evidently happened: There is blood everywhere, a knife on the carpet and Ian's car crashed into a statue in the drive. Unable to account for Julie's whereabouts, he is found guilty of manslaughter and sent to prison for 14 years.

Sarah has heard of Julie's disappearance and returns home for the trial, but as the memories fade she leaves the past behind, marries and has children. On holiday in Devon she finds out that Julie is still alive and living under an assumed identity. Julie passes on a book that chronicles what has happened to her in the past ten years. The book is published and becomes a literary sensation, with Julie taking a new name. Sarah's assistant is killed in a hit and run soon after learning of Julie's true identity, but not before posting a copy of the book to Ian, who is soon to be released.

After he is released, Ian confronts Julie at a book reading in Oxford, intent on killing her; he believes that double jeopardy will keep him out of prison, as he has already been found guilty of killing his wife and cannot be tried twice for the same crime. When a member of the audience tells him that this is incorrect, he puts the guns down, only for Julie to pick them up. They then shoot each other dead.

Sarah returns to Yorkshire, aware of the possibility that the police will eventually work out her part in the story. As the film ends, a police car drives past her garden and stops.

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • dead — I Australian Slang 1. very tired; exhausted; 2. quiet: Business is dead today ; 3. used to add emphasis to a statement; completely: dead right ; a dead shot ; dead stupid ; 4. sexually dull: a dead root ; 5. (horseracing, etc.) (of a racetrack)… …   English dialects glossary

  • Clever Sleazoid — Single by Dir En Grey from the album The Marrow of a Bone Released …   Wikipedia

  • Dead Man's Walk —   …   Wikipedia

  • Dead Man's Bluff — Russian DVD cover Directed by Aleksei Balabanov Produced by Sergei Dolgoshein Sergei Selyanov …   Wikipedia

  • Dead Horse (album) — Dead Horse Studio album by Cassetteboy Released 2005 (2005) Cassetteboy chronology …   Wikipedia

  • Dead (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) — Dead Law Order: Criminal Intent episode Episode no. Season 2 Episode 1 (#23 overall) Directed by Darnell Martin Written by …   Wikipedia

  • Planet of the Dead — 200 – Planet of the Dead Doctor Who episode The swarm of metallic stingray like aliens fly over the desert planet of San Helios …   Wikipedia

  • The Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour — was a radio comedy show on CBC Radio One for four seasons, running from 1997 to 2000. The show was set in a fictional café of the same name, in the equally fictional town of Blossom, Alberta. Both Blossom and the café were originally described in …   Wikipedia

  • The Dead Has Arisen — Infobox Album | Name = The Dead Has Arisen Type = Album Artist = Lil 1/2 Dead Released = October 25, 1994 Recorded = 1993 94 Genre = West Coast hip hop, G Funk Length = Label = Priority Records Producer = Courtney Branch Russell Brown Clever… …   Wikipedia

  • Magical creatures in Harry Potter — Magical creatures comprise a colourful and integral aspect of the fictional wizarding world in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. Throughout the seven books of the series, Harry and his friends come across many of these creatures on their… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”