Faintheart

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Faintheart
Directed by	Vito Rocco
Written by	David Lemon
Produced by	Peter Carlton Nick Love
Starring	Eddie Marsan Ewen Bremner Jessica Hynes Tim Healy Paul Nicholls Bronagh Gallagher Phil Lester
Cinematography	David Katznelson
Edited by
Music by	Mike Batt
Production company	Vertigo Films
Distributed by	Vertigo Films Contender Entertainment Group
Release date	27 January 2009 (2009-01-27)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Faintheart is a 2008 British comedy film, directed by Vito Rocco and starring Eddie Marsan, Ewen Bremner and Jessica Hynes. It concerns a lead character involved in the historical reenactment of medieval battles; and is the first film to be created using active input from an online site.^{[citation needed][1][2]}

The film was a result of collaborative effort from Myspace, Vertigo films and Film4. The resulting group, MyMovieMashUp, sought to harness the talents of the online community and to enable them to be involved in the film-making process.^{[citation needed][3]} Various cast and crew members were picked from the MySpaceUK website to work on the project, a unique tactic in the film-making industry.^{[citation needed][4]} Although the casting and soundtrack were assembled with the help of Myspace, the screenplay was written by UK-based writer David Lemon.^[5]

Professional Viking re-enactors from UK-based company "The Vikings" formed part of the cast alongside Britannia Romano-British society.^[6][7] Also a specialist stunt team from East 15 Acting School took part in filming the large battles under the Fight Direction of Richard Ryan.

Plot[]

Romantic comedy concerning Richard and his efforts to win back his wife, whilst taking part in weekend re-enactments of Viking battles. At the same time he is bullied at work and his son is bullied at school because of his father's hobby.^[2]

Cast[]

• Eddie Marsan as Richard
• Ewen Bremner as Julian
• Jessica Hynes as Cath
• Bronagh Gallagher as Maggie
• Tim Healy as Geoff
• Paul Nicholls as Gary
• Jodie Packwood as mischievous schoolgirl
• Anne Reid as Barbara
• Joseph Hamilton as Martin
• as Emily
• Richard Ridings as Collin
• as Vince
• Kevin Eldon as Alan
• Sandra Voe as Julian's Mum
• as Kim
• as Danny
• Phil Lester as Tim
• as Pete
• Rasmus Hardiker as Comic Book Fan 1
• Edward Tudor-Pole as Lollipop Man / Death Metal Singer
• Tim Potter as Headmaster
• as Office Worker
• Colin Webb as Policeman
• George Hill as Boy With Owl
• as Simon
• as Kevin
• as Comic Book Fan 2
• Nick Ball as Graham
• as Death Metal Band Bassist
• as Pub Landlord
• as Photographer
• as Office Worker

Critical reception[]

The Guardian gave the film two out of five stars, writing, "this is not a bad movie, exactly, but it aims curiously low, and is faintly pointless; and while the actors cope well with the material, they are finally just cardboard characters in a balsa-wood plot."^[8] Sky Movies gave the film four out of five stars, saying, "it's a totally unexpected hoot...Director Vito Rocco and credited writer David Lemon have done a terrific job in creating one of the most consistently funny and winning Brit-coms of recent years."^[9] The IGN review by Chris Tilly was positive.^[10]

References[]

Further reading[]

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080924225914/http://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/films/2008/faintheart/reviews/ (Reviews, Cambridge Film Festival)
• Sheila Johnston (5 July 2008). "Is 'Faintheart' just a gimmick?". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008.
• Tom Peterkin (15 June 2008). "Faintheart, world's first MySpace movie, to debut at Edinburgh Film Festival". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008.
• Devin Leonard (11 July 2008). "MySpace goes to the movies". CNN. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009.

External links[]

• Faintheart at IMDb