Gabriel & Me ( Jimmy Spud )

Gabriel & Me (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Jimmy Spud
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
83 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Udayan Prasad

Written By:
Udayan Prasad
Lee Hall

Actors:
Iain Glen ..... Dad
David Bradley ..... Grandad
Sean Landless ..... Jimmy
Rosie Rowell ..... Mam
Billy Connolly ..... Gabriel
Ian Cullen ..... Ridley
Sean Foley ..... Fat Sam
Trevor Fox ..... Mr. Ellison
Bridie Hales ..... Bridie
Nicky Hayer ..... Nicky
Jacqueline King ..... Mrs. Peacock
Dominic McHale ..... Geography Teacher
Andy Mulligan ..... Harold
Mark Ross ..... Sproat
Jordan Routledge ..... Scout

Synopsis:

While many people want to get into heaven, one young man looks to it as a good employment opportunity as well as a spiritual path in this offbeat comedy. Jimmy Spud (Sean Landless) is an 11-year-old boy growing up in a working-class neighborhood in Newcastle, England. Like many boys his age, Jimmy already has a clear idea of what he wants to do with his future, but his ambitions are a bit different than those of his peers -- Jimmy wants to be an angel. In fact, Jimmy is so set upon doing good deeds and being able to fly that he submits a resume to a nearby church, hoping to apply for work in Heaven. The archangel Gabriel (Billy Connolly) arrives (in street clothes) to take Jimmy's C.V., and informs him that he'll pass it along to the proper authorities. When Jimmy doesn't get an immediate answer, he decides that he needs to do more good works to prove he's worthy of the job, and in his homemade angel's costume (complete with feathers), Jimmy saves a Boy Scout from drowning, then befriends the lonely lad. Jimmy's father (Iain Glen) thinks his son has gone a bit mad, but Jimmy decides saving his dad is his next project -- his father has been out of work for some time, and the stress is taking a fearful toll. However, that soon turns out to be the least of his father's problems; it turns out he has cancer, which is likely to soon prove fatal, and Jimmy wants to find a way to save his dad and earn credit with Heaven. Gabriel & Me was written by Lee Hall, who also penned the script for another film about a British lad with unusual aspirations, Billy Elliot.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 09 March, 2008.

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