Project Overview
Content Synopsis:
Money tells the story of, and is narrated by, John Self, a successful director of commercials who is invited to New York by Fielding Goodney, a film producer, to shoot his first film. Self is an archetypal hedonist and slob; he is usually drunk, an avid consumer of pornography and prostitutes, eats too much and, above all, spends too much, encouraged by Goodney.
Projects Synopsis:
Scheduled for the BBC2 ‘80’s’ season. Money was shown in May 2010. Spaced/Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz actor Nick Frost played John Self, and Vincent Kartheiser portrayed Fielding Goodney. Emma Pierson played Selina Street, and Jerry Hall played Caduta Massi. The adaptation from the Martin Amis book, by Tom Butterworth and Chris Hurford, was in two parts (2x60m).
Technical Details:
Shot on Sony F35 Canon 5D camera SLP. Extreme slo-mo using Phantom cameras. FVX (New York shots). Graded. On-line to DS Nitris. Audio – track-lay final mix. Foley. Dialogue/track-lay
