UK, 1998
110m 54s, 9981 feet
35mm film, Metrocolor, 1.85:1
Dolby, English
A British fantasy film directed by Paul McGuigan.
Plot Summary
A trio of strange stories set in Scotland:
The Granton Star Cause: Boab is having a bad day – he’s been dropped by his football team, his girlfriend has left him, his parents have disowned him and he’s been arrested and beaten up by the police. Then he meets God in a pub and things get even stranger…
The Soft Touch: when his wife moves in with the thug upstairs, Johnny seems at first unwilling to do anything about it.
The Acid House: Coco Brown, tripping on acid, is struck by lightning and switches bodies with a newborn baby.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Paul McGuigan
Film Four International presents in association with The Scottish Arts Council, National Lottery Fund, The Glasgow Film Fund and The Yorkshire Media Production Agency. A Picture Palace North/Umbrella production. A Paul McGuigan film
Produced by: David Muir & Alex Usborne
Associate Producer: Carolynne Sinclair Kidd
Screenplay by: Irvine Welsh
Based on the short stories from The Acid House by Irvine Welsh
Director of Photography: Alasdair Walker
Editor: Andrew Hulme
Music: Dan Mudford
Sound Recordist: Brian Howell (The Acid House/A Soft Touch production)
Costume Designers: Pam Tait, Lynn Aitken
Make Up Designer: Sarah Fidelo (The Acid House/A Soft Touch production)
Digital Visual Effects: Film Factory at VTR
Production Designers: Richard Bridgland, Mike Gunn
Locations: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Cast
The Granton Star Cause
Stephen McCole (Boab)
Maurice Roëves (God)
Garry Sweeney (Kev)
Jenny McCrindle (Evelyn)
Simon Weir (Tambo)
Iain Andrew (Grant)
Irvine Welsh (parkie)
A Soft Touch
Kevin McKidd (Johnny)
Michelle Gomez (Catriona)
Tam Dean Burn (Alec)
Gary McCormack (Larry)
Scott Imrie (pool player)
Niall Greig Fulton (Alan)
William Blair (Deek)
The Acid House
Ewen Bremner (Coco)
Martin Clunes (Rory)
Jemma Redgrave (Jenny)
Arlene Cockburn (Kirsty)
Jane Stabler (Emma)
Maurice Roëves (priest)
Doug Eadie (Coco’s father)
References
Periodicals
- Empire February 1999 p.30 – review (by Jake Hamilton)
- Entertainment Weekly no.614 (14 September 2001) p.72 – review (by Erin Richter)
- Sight and Sound January 1999 – credits, synopsis, review
