Diary of a Bad Lad

Diary of a Bad Lad (DVD) (*)

$28.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Teaser(s)

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Michael Booth

Written By:
Jonathan Williams

Actors:
Joe O'Byrne ..... Tommy Morghen
Paul Birtwistle ..... Birty
Donna Henry ..... Joanne Miller
Roxanne Gregory ..... Roxy
Clive Bonelle ..... Richard
James Foster ..... Simon Huxley
Jonathan Williams ..... Barry Lick
Tim Paley ..... Frank
Chris Leonard ..... Face Slash Victim
Michael Booth ..... Michael
Charlie Anderson ..... Charlie
Bob Atkinson ..... Himself
Jason Blacow ..... Jay
Alison Booth ..... Rays daughter
Louise Brand ..... Anonymous Interviewee

Synopsis:

Film school tutor, Barry Lick, has been suspended on full pay accused of 'gross professional misconduct'. But he's got a spring in his step because it means he's just been handed the chance to try and make a sensationalist crime documentary which might just save his career. Even better he can do it all on the cheap; he's still being payed and there's ex-students out there who are willing to work for nothing more than empty promises. Barry's quest is going nowhere - that is until security consultant, Tommy Morghen, appears on the scene. And it's not long before Barry's plunged into a world of sub-prime mortgages, blackmail, corruption, knife crime, extreme German S&M pornography, castration, corpse disposal, gang-rape and, ultimately, murder. But what's Tommy's interest in all this? Is it that he just wants fame and notoriety, or does he have another agenda? Barry puts questions like these to the back of his mind. All he knows is that, in the age of reality TV, sensationalism sells - so, no matter what, you keep filming!

Frustrated film maker, Barry Lick (Jonathan Williams), sets out to make a sensationalist crime documentary on the cheap about local businessmen, Ray Topham (Tom Miller) and the charmingly psychopathic Tommy Morghen (Joe O'Byrne), who he believes to be involved in property rackets, prostitution, pornography and drug trafficking. Recruiting a team of unemployed film students, Barry embarks on his project. However, it quickly becomes apparent that he is a lot less competent than he thinks he is and Topham and Morghen are much more cunning and ruthless than any of the film makers can begin to imagine. The pair of criminals quickly realise that he is completely out of his depth and set about exploiting him for their own ends with hilarious and tragic results. Diary of a Bad Lad explores themes of sex, drugs, violence, exploitation, and the desperate limits that people will go to in order to make a film.

Frustrated filmmaker, Barry Lick, and a crew of film school wannabees, attempt to make a documentary about a local businessman who he believes is involved in property rackets, prostitution, pornography and drugs.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 21 October, 2011.