Narrative Feature
2011
The Drummond Will
The Drummond Will

A black comedy set in decaying rural England, a collision between old and new.

It follows estranged brothers Marcus and Danny Drummond as they find themselves on a surprisingly dangerous undertaking to unravel the mystery surrounding their fathers very unlikely wealth.

A deeply affectionate modern retelling of the classic comedies and murder mysteries from the Ealing era of British cinema, The Drummond Will imagines what it would be like to be stuck in a world where the strange rules of Ealing cinema apply. A world where life continues quite as normal in the face of escalating body counts, where sleepy English villages invariably harbour any number of dark secrets, and where you only really know who the murderer is when everybody else has been killed. The thoroughly modern Danny and Marcus are trapped in just such a world, and are quickly swept out of their depth. As they realise theyll need to rely on each other if they are to survive, and modern ideas like forensics, cell phones and common sense wont help them, it quickly becomes clear that, inevitably, nothing is what it seems.

Credits

Director: 
Alan Butterworth
Screenwriter: 
Alan Butterworth
Producer: 
Tobias Tobbell
Cinematographer: 
Adam Etherington
Composer: 
Charlie Westropp
Cast: 
Mark Oosterveen Phillip James Eryl Lloyd-Parry Nigel Osner Victoria Jeffrey Jonathan Hansler Keith Parry Morrison Thomas Jeremy Drakes
Country: 
United Kingdom
Runtime: 
96 minutes
Film Collection: 
ABANDON

Schedule

Maiden Alley Cinema
Friday, November 5, 2010 - 9:00pm
Yeiser Art Center
Saturday, November 6, 2010 - 1:00pm