- The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
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name = The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
image_size = 250px
caption = The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael 2006
director = Thomas Clay (first feature)
producer =Joseph Lang
writer = Thomas Clay,Joseph Lang
narrator =
starring = Daniel Spencer,Lesley Manville ,Danny Dyer
music = Elgar, Harvey, Purcell
cinematography =Yorgos Arvanitis AFC
editing =
distributor = Boudu Film LLP
released =October 20 ,2006 (UK)
runtime = 96 min. (approx.)
country = UK
language = English
budget =
gross =
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imdb_id = 0459387The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael is a British-made
independent film directed by first-time director Thomas Clay, and released in2006 . It features Daniel Spencer in the title role,withLesley Manville andDanny Dyer in support.Plot
A introverted, socially awkward, middle-class youth, Robert Carmichael, is a talented cello player but is bored by his existence in the coastal town of
Newhaven . He becomes associates with several other unsavory teenagers,and is soon tempted into the use of hard drugs likecocaine and ecstasy. Robert initially does not take part in the rape of a teenage girl in a squalid flat with the gang, but later joins in another violent attack on a middle-aged couple, with the woman involved being viciously raped.Main Cast
* Daniel Spencer - Robert Carmichael
*Lesley Manville - Sarah Carmichael
*Danny Dyer - Larry Haydn
*Ryan Winsley - Joe
*Charles Mnene - Ben
*Michael Howe - Jonathan Abbott
*Miranda Wilson - Monica AbbottReferences
External links
* [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117927122.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 Review in Variety] "Ultra violent and nauseating, but technically dazzling."
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* [http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=D5D44D521b96c25ECAmIr1B2A34F Britfilms review and information]
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