''Scooterman'' is a short British romantic film comedy of 2010 produced and directed by Kirsten Cavendish, starring

Ed Stoppard Edmund Stoppard (born 16 September 1974) is an English actor. He is the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and doctor Miriam, Lady Hogg. his credits include ' (2002), ''Joy Division'' (2006), '' Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire'' (2006) ...

and

Georgina Rylance Georgina Elizabeth Rylance (born 20 April 1976) is an English actress, best known for '' Dinotopia''. Early life Born in Ladbroke Grove in 1976, Rylance has a younger sister, Charlotte, and is the daughter of Judge John Rylance KC, a circuit ju ...

Outline

The film is set in

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and

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. Gerald Jones (Ed Stoppard) is a struggling writer working on a difficult novel and meanwhile making a living as a “Scooterman”: he goes out on a scooter to drive people home in their own cars when they are drunk. Shortly before Christmas, Gerald meets and falls for Daisy (Georgina Rylance), one of his customers, but she is living with a controlling boyfriend who is a literary agent.

Production

The film was the first made by Charlotte Eagar and was well received at the

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.”Just one more push: Scooterman was her first movie, feted at the Cannes film festival. Can it make it all the way to Hollywood? A debut film maker on hitting the big time”
in ''

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'', Sunday 24 April 2011 It went on to win the audience-rated Best of the Fest award at Palm Springs and Los Angeles Comedy Festival (2010), and it opened the

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in 2011.

Cast

as Gerald JonesCavendish Fante Picture Company: Welcome
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as Daisy * Annabel Mullion as Serena *Daniel Pirrie as Barry *

Victoria Aitken Catherine Victoria Aitken (''née'' Lockwood; born 20 April 1965), formerly Victoria, Countess Spencer, is a British former fashion model and former wife of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, the younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales. M ...

as Girl who licks Gerald *Georgina Birrell as dinner guest * William Cash, Jr. as dinner guest * Charlotte Eagar as grumpy academic *Duncan Tinkler as Father Christmas *Octavia McKenzie as amorous elf

Notes

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2010 films English films Films set in London British romance films 2010s British films