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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: British filmmaker Danny Boyle offers a darkly comic glimpse of life in Britain in this short feature (shot on digital video equipment) produced for the BBC. In Strumpet, Jenna Gee plays the title character, a young woman who plays guitar in a punk rock band. One day, Strumpet is sexually assaulted by a lunatic truck driver, but she's rescued at the last minute by Strayman (Christopher Eccleston), an eccentric street poet. Strayman takes the shaken Strumpet back to his apartment (where his verse is scrawled all over the walls), and the two get to know each other. Before long, a relationship has developed between them, and Strumpet begins adding guitar accompaniment to Strayman's ranting verse. Knockoff (Stephen Walters), one of Strayman's neighbors, overhears them improvising and thinks they may have commercial potential; he offers to become their manager, and sets out to score them a record deal, though polishing their rough edges into a saleable product turns out to be a challenge. While produced for British television, this and another short feature by Boyle, Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise, also made the rounds of the international film festival circuit in 2001. ...Strumpet
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This is a real gem of a film. So raw and so real. Not for the faint hearted or those of delicate disposition but for those who want to understand the gritty working class northerners a little more: What they lack in money they make up in character and under-lying working class shared values. I grew up in the same street as Christopher Eccelston and his twin older brothers in Coniston Avenue, Little Hulton, Salford; so the film had very special attraction just because I had been told about the amazing opening poem and was sent the youtube video, he delivers this very hard hitting passionate poem in a working mans club in the opening sequence. It nearly made me cry as I related to the pain it portrays of just how hard it was surviving on the streets of the council estates in Salford; yet at the same time the ordinary people are the salt of the earth. Strumpet or Claire plays her part in this short film brilliantly, matches the no nonsence tough northern unique image of Eccelston's part perfectly. Only one hour ten minutes but leaves you speechless, dumstruck and stays with you for a long time after. This is British TV short film making at its best, with a great story line; I loved the raw music and the poetry; absolutely brilliant!
I will watch this over and over and recommend it to all my down to earth friends and family. STRUMPET IN A WORD: FANTASTIC!
I will watch this over and over and recommend it to all my down to earth friends and family. STRUMPET IN A WORD: FANTASTIC!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great and little known Danny Boyle film (director of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire - amongst many others). Strumpet is a great tale of inspiration and creativity. It shows the beauty of spontaneous creation and how the commercial world can destroy or warp it. Christopher Eccleston is brilliant in the lead role of Strayman and is like the forerunner to those infected with the 'rage virus' which would be apparent in Boyle's next film, 28 Days Later. There's also another rage link towards the end of the film - very apt. For anyone who's creative this really is a must and those who are not should enjoy it too.
If you want to know more about Stumpet and Danny Boyle's other feature-length films then why not take a look at my book Ordinary Heroes: The Films of Danny Boyle which is available on this site.
If you want to know more about Stumpet and Danny Boyle's other feature-length films then why not take a look at my book Ordinary Heroes: The Films of Danny Boyle which is available on this site.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Brilliant acting from Christopher Eccleston, as ever, and Genna G is equally convincing. Danny Boyle directs their compulsive but destructive relationship that develops (in their world of chaos) on the fringes of society. It is not light-hearted entertainment but certainly worth watching if you are bored with the ordinary and predictable. I'd certainly watch it again but I'd need to be in the right mood.
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