Dirty Weekend (1993 film)
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| Directed by | Michael Winner |
| Produced by |
Jim Beach Robert Earl Ron Purdie Michael Winner |
| Screenplay by |
Michael Winner Helen Zahavi |
| Story by | Helen Zahavi (novel) |
| Starring |
Lia Williams Rufus Sewell Ian Richardson David McCallum Sylvia Syms Christopher Ryan Sean Pertwee |
| Music by | David Fanshawe |
| Cinematography | Alan Jones |
| Edited by | Michael Winner (as Arnold Crust Jr) |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
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102 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Dirty Weekend is a British film directed by Michael Winner, based on the novel of the same name by Helen Zahavi. It was banned from video release for two years by the BBFC for its violent and sexual content.
Set in the coastal town of Brighton, England, Dirty Weekend follows the story of Bella (Lia Williams), a mild-mannered secretary who works from home in a basement flat. Soon, she finds herself the victim of Tim (Rufus Sewell), a voyeur who watches her through her windows and plagues her with obscene phone calls in which he threatens to assault and rape her. After the police refuse to offer any assistance, Bella visits Nimrod (Ian Richardson), an Iranian clairvoyant who suggests that she take matters into her own hands.
That night, Bella breaks into Tim’s flat while he is sleeping and batters him to death with a claw hammer. Empowered, Bella embarks on a dirty weekend in which she slaughters six more men by a variety of methods. Ultimately, she evades capture by the authorities and prepares to carry on her murderous rampage in the large, faceless city of London.
Filming took place in the Notting Hill and Kensington areas of London and also in Brighton. However, the Internet Movie Database lists other locations. The gun shop scenes were filmed at Park Street Guns near St. Albans, Hertfordshire; the country pub (now demolished) was the Grenville Lodge, East Burnham (Burnham Beeches) Buckinghamshire; and the dentist scenes were shot at a real dental practice in Twickenham, Greater London.
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