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August 16, 2005
Whirlwind of a Sexual Nature
The London Times' Dalya Alberge reports on what happens when you have a swell script: "A-LIST actors including Ewan McGregor are taking a fraction of the fees they can command in Hollywood to star in a low-budget film by a writer and a director who have never made a feature film before.... Every actor approached by Edward Blum and Aschlin Ditta, whose careers have been limited until now to Crimewatch reconstructions and television dramas, wanted to be involved with Scenes of a Sexual Nature. They included [Oscar-nominated] Sophie Okonedo... Dame Eileen Atkins...and Adrian Lester... The story traces 7 relationships during one afternoon on Hampstead Heath, where filming was taking place yesterday. Each tale has a comic element, but a dark undertone in exploring fantasy and reality... Scenes of a Sexual Nature is believed to have a budget of �500,000 pounds, raised from private investors. The whole process, from finishing the script in June to raising the money and attracting the cast, took less than six weeks, rather than years of development.
Posted by pride at August 16, 2005 10:42 AM
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