Fanny and Elvis Movie

Fanny and Elvis
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Run Time: 110 min
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Released: 1999
Directors: Kay Mellor
Genre/Type: Comedy Drama
Romantic Comedy
Ensemble Film
Producers: Laurie Borg
Plot Synopsis by Jonathan Crow
British TV screenwriter Kay Mellor debuts with this quirky screwball comedy. The film opens with romance novelist Kate (Kerry Fox) crashing her VW bug into the gleaming Jaguar of car salesman Dave (Ray Winstone), resulting in an insult-barbed screamfest. They both enter the same pub, where they learn that Kate's husband is leaving her for Dave's young buxom wife (his third). The distraught Kate seeks solace and cheer from Andrew (Ben Daniels), her gay actor friend and housemate. When Dave's wife changes the locks, he cuts a deal with Kate, who still intensely dislikes the man: if he can stay in her spare room, she can forget about the outlandishly high bill to repair his damaged Jag. Soon, of course, love blooms when Kate realizes that Dave is no mere car salesman: he is a loving father to his six kids from previous marriages and an avid reader of the classics. Things seem peachy until Dave mysteriously disappears. Fanny and Elvis was screened at the 1999 Dinard Film Festival.

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Kerry Fox Kate Dickson Jul 30, 1966 in Wellington, New Zealand
Ray Winstone Dave Parker Feb 19, 1957
David Morrissey Rob
Ben Daniels Andrew
Jennifer Saunders Roanna Jul 6, 1958 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
Colin Salmon Alan
Gaynor Faye Samantha
William Ash Rick Jan 13, 1977

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