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AMERICAN COUSINS (cert 15)

Two American Mafiosi, Gino and Settimo, take refuge in the Glasgow café owned by their Scots/Italian cousin. But cousin Roberto isn't the tough guy they'd expected. His strengths are fish frying and stamp collecting, and he thinks Magnum 45s are a type of ice cream. Gino and Settimo try to repay Roberto's hospitality by chasing off a debt collector who wants his property, but their strong-arm tactics alarm him, and he realises they aren't the PR consultants they claimed to be…
 
(synopsis www.britfilms.com)
 

Directed by
Don Coutts
 
Written by
Sergio Casci
 
Produced by
Robert Bevan Executive producer
Peter Gallagher Line producer
Keith Hayley Executive producer
Margaret Matheson Producer
Charlie Savill Executive producer
 
Cinematography by
Jerry Kelly
 
Casting by
Gary Davy
 
Production Design by
Andy Harris
 
Second Unit Director/Assistant Director
David Gilchrist First assistant director
Ben Johnson Assistant director
Michael Queen Second assistant director
 
Art Department
Fiona Gavin Draughtsman
Piero Jamieson Props
 
Sound Department
John Fitzgerald Sound re-recording mixer
Kahl Henderson Dialogue editor
Bjorn Ole Schroeder Adr supervisor
 
Special Effects by
Graham Hills
 
Stunts
Marc Cass
 
Other crew
Charles Bodycomb Armorer
Giles Burgess First assistant film editor
Dorothy Connolley Script supervisor
Karen Elliott Music supervisor
Karen Everett Head of production: Little Wing Films
Robbie Kirkpatrick Floor runner
Piers Tempest Production executive
 
Production Companies
 
* Bard Entertainments Ltd
* Little Wing Films Ltd.
* Scottish Screen
 

Cast
Olegar Fedoro - Taras
Stephen Graham - Henry
Dan Hedaya - Settimo
Shirley Henderson - Alice
John Henshaw - Nigel
Russell Hunter
Gerald Lepkowski - Roberto
George McNeilage - Andriy
Alan McQueen - Ostap
Danny Nucci - Gino
Vincent Pastore - Tony
Robina Quereshi - Doctor
Stevan Rimkus - Jo Jo
 
UK 2003, 97 minutes
Certificate 15
 
American Cousin is released in the UK by Bard Entertainments on 28 November
 
www.american-cousins.com