John smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. Run for your wife is a ukmade 2012 film, based on the theatre farce run for your wife, written by ray cooney, who along with john luton also directed the. Run for your wife 20 john danny dyer leads a double life, but no one knows his secret until he does something heroic. Sarah harding, danny dyer, neil morrisey, denise van outen d2rh5y from. Run for your wife is the story of john smith danny dyer, who leads one life in stockwell, south london, where he is happily married to michelle denise van outen, and another life in finsbury. The film is set to expand to a further 65 cinemas across the uk this week, playing mainly at late morning and early afternoon screenings. I think it had great humor which helped with the whole process of reading it and finding it enjoyable to read at the same time. Template film date with 2 release dates 1677 british films 714 films set in london 306 2012 films 259 british comedydrama films 74. However, those who attempt to pan this 2012 also ray cooney film version of run for your wife out of existence are definitely too harsh i think. Ray cooneys decision to make a feature film at the age of 80 is plucky, to say the least. Fortunately, for john, hes a taxi driver which involves varying shift work.
Derek griffiths, john luton, ray cooney, run for your wife. Run for your wife fulfils none of these conditions and is woefully dated in its misogyny and homophobia. Extended music video trailer with denise van outen for run for your wife the film duration. The trouserdropping 80s stage farce finally hits the big screen with danny dyer, to kill off any remaining british selfrespect. Riccardo, an unhappily married middle aged italian working for a shoe factory, goes to america on a four day business trip. Meredith is a battered canadian woman who flees canada to escape her abusive husband. His 1983 farce, from which it is adapted, ran for nearly nine years in the west end and is still. Veteran ray cooneys stage farce the tale of a bigamous cabbie trying to keep both wives unaware of each other ran for nine years in the west end and has been translated into 30 languages. John smith danny dyer has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with stephanie sarah harding in finsbury and michelle denise van outen in stockwell. John loved having a wife so much, he got two of them overview.
Relationship farce written and directed by ray cooney, based on his longrunning stage play about a bigamist on the brink of being discovered. If you are organising an event and would like us to film it for promotional purposes, we can do that too. Luckily for john, his working shifts as a taxi driver allows him to keep michelle denise van outen happy in south london and stephanie sarah harding happy in north london. A director who hasnt made a film since carryon knockoff. Genre film released 20 starring danny dyer, sarah harding, denise van outen, neil morrissey, kellie shirley, christopher biggins, lionel blair, nicholas le prevost and others writer. Run for your wife is a ukmade 2012 film, based on the theatre farce run for your wife, written by ray cooney, who along with john luton also directed the film.
The action of the movie takes place during the next hectic 24 hours, as john, with the assistance of his. Run for your life is a 2014 american lifetime tv movie and drama film based on a true story. Run for your wife 12a run for your life away from the cinema and avoid this shocker. Sarah, who was playing wife stephanie, immediately caught his eye. For race organisers you might be setting up a new race or your event might be well established. A lamentable bigscreen version of the 1983 stage farce run for your. Film my run is a project which combines my love of running with my skill and expertise in videography and filmmaking, to create awesome videos of races. Run for your wife 2012 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
He loves his job, he loves his wife and he loves south london where they live and he. With danny dyer, denise van outen, sarah harding, neil morrissey. He lives with stephanie in finsbury and michelle in. John smith is a taxi driver and the happiest man in the world. A script based on a west end smash last performed in 1991. Music video trailer with denise van outen for run for your wife the film. Run for your wife, a ukmade 2012 film, based on the theatre farce. Run for your wife 2012 run for your wife 2012 user. Fortunately, for john, hes a taxi driver which involves.
Stars danny dyer, sarah harding, denise van outen, neil morrissey, kellie shirley, christopher biggins, lionel blair, nicholas le prevost and others. When he doesnt come home, his wife stephanie sarah harding calls the police and so does his other wife michelle denise van outen soon john is out of hospital, racing to stop the police finding out hes a bigamist and to stop his two wives finding out their cab. Eastenders actor danny dyer had a sixweek affair with. With the comedy play run for your wife, i think the comedy as a whole was a well written play that kept the attention of the reader at all times. Thirty years on, however, and transposed to celluloid, it is abysmal, dealing in outdated stereotypes that will leave you in a state of appalled. Run for your wife modern family, a 2009 episode of the tv series modern familyrun for your wife, a 1965 italian comedy.
In the first place, this film places perfectly reasonably in the company of a great many other british comedies, and in fact wins out in relation to a number of them in being mainly free of cruelty. Prather constructing simple yet nicely detailed, sidebyside living rooms that allow the play to unfold in both locations simultaneously. He lives with stephanie in finsbury and michelle in stockwell. For several years john smith danny dyer has been blissfully married to two wives. Run for your wife, its ray cooneys youtube channel film. Run for your wife press clippings british comedy guide. Danny dyer, denise van outen and, er, christopher biggins. Film a film adaptation of run for your wife, co directed by ray cooney and john luton, was released on 14 february 20, with both briers and cribbins appearing in cameo roles. It is no surprise run for your wife took a grand total of. From the london marathon to your local 10k, we document your race experience so you can run it and relive it again. She settles in seattle, but her nowremarried exhusband finds her.
Run for your wife trailer run for your wife british. Run for your wife 2012 0516 2012 fr comedy 1h 34m user score. Upon release the film was savaged by critics and has been referred to as one of the worst films of all time, after it grossed just. Run for your wife on stage in london, the ray cooney farce. It is difficult to make a film of a stage farce, as there isnt the same urgency, timing and quick pace in a film as in a stage farce, also a long time in one scene setting can prove boring on film. From there, he introduces one of the dozens of old friends hes enlisted over the last 18 months to help promote run for your wife, the film adaptation of his smashhit 1983 stage farce. Run for your wife is a perfect fit for the intimate marquee theatre at the palms, with set and props designer thomas r. See the full list of run for your wife cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. I didnt find any part of the play boring or even annoying. Run for your wife is undoubtedly corny, thanks to a bad script, dreadful acting and lack of comic value, but this british comedy is surprisingly quite watchable. The 20 film run for your wife is an adaption of the 1980s ray cooney stage farce of the same name. Run for your wife cast and crew credits british comedy guide.
Tia hawkes costumes are period appropriate and the sound design and direction also. Spotlight theatre presents run for your wife duration. I appreciate run for your wife is supposed to be dumb, but rarely has a film aimed so low and missed its target so woefully. With ugo tognazzi, marina vlady, rhonda fleming, juliet prowse.
Run for your wife is released in uk cinemas 14th february 20 john smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. To protect her children, she must choose between killing him herself, hiring someone to kill him, or disappearing with her children and assuming new. Run for your wife stars dyer as a taxi driver who must prevent his two wives played by sarah harding and denise van outen from coming face to face. Threequarters of the british acting profession over.
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