Big Nothing
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Cover of the DVD release
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| Directed by | Jean-Baptiste Andrea |
| Produced by | András Hámor, Gabriella Stollenwerck |
| Written by |
Jean-Baptiste Andrea Billy Asher |
| Starring |
David Schwimmer Simon Pegg Alice Eve Natascha McElhone |
| Music by | Harry Manfredini |
| Cinematography | Richard Greatrex |
| Edited by | Daryl Jordan Antoine Vareille |
| Distributed by | Pathé |
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Release date
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1 December 2006 |
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Running time
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86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom,United States,France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £3 million |
Big Nothing is a 2006 British-American-French black comedy crime film directed by Jean-Baptiste Andrea starring David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg. It was released in December 2006, and had its premiere at Cardiff Film Festival in November 2006.
Big Nothing was filmed on the Isle of Man and in Wales at Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan and at Caerwent and other areas of Monmouthshire. Other scenes were at Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.
The film is set in a small Oregon town, where a brutal serial killer nicknamed the 'Oregon undertaker' has been murdering and mutilating young women.
Charlie (David Schwimmer) is an ex-teacher turned disaffected call center employee who is fired on his first day. Distraught at being unable to provide for his daughter Emily and policewoman wife Penelope (Natascha McElhone), he is approached by former colleague Gus (Simon Pegg), an aspiring scam artist who presents Charlie with a seemingly snag-free plan to make some cash: blackmail Reverend Smalls, who is listed in the company database of visitors to illegal porn websites. Gus plans on extorting money from Reverend Smalls, with the intention of publicly exposing his secret shame should he refuse to pay. The normally cautious Charlie reluctantly agrees to play a part in the scam, confident that with the money he will garner from the deal he would be able to support his family. A teenage pageant queen Josie McBroom (Alice Eve), Gus's scheming one-night stand, forces herself into the scheme. Josie convinces Charlie and Gus that she should make the call to Smalls on the grounds that if either of them called, the police could trace their voices and connect them to the job.
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