To Die For (1994)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1994
Running Times: 101 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: British Screen / London Lighthouse / TDF

SCRIPT
Script: Johnny Byrne
Story: Peter Mackenzie Litten, Paul McEvoy

DIRECTION
Director: Peter Mackenzie Litten

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Ward

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Jeffrey Arsenault

MUSIC
Music: Roger Bolton

SOUND
Sound: Julian Dawton

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Helen Lennox, Darren Philips, Victoria Wright

VISUAL EFFECTS
Digital Transfer Coordinator: Kevin Phelan

CAST
Thomas Arklie (Simon)
Ian Williams (Mark)
Tony Slattery (Terry)
Dillie Keane (Siobban)
Jean Boht (Mrs Downs)
John Altman (Dogger)
Caroline Munro (Mrs Pignon)
Gordon Milne (Drop Dead Gorgeous)
Nicholas Harrison (Siobhan's first lover)
Ian McKellen, Sinitta (real name: Sinitta Renet) (voices of quilt documentary narrators)
Paul Cottingham (1st poxy shirt lifter)
Lloyd Williams (bodybuilder)
Robert Sturtz (Chris)
Benjamin Sterz (man in gym)
Brian Carter (leather man)
Mark Hutchinson (hospital visitor)
Janet Allen (ward sister)
Nigel Fairs (Mark lookalike)
Robert Whitson (man in cruise bar)
Philip Curr (skinhead)
James Greaves (man in lavatory)
Brian Ross (Nick)
Tony London, Richard Cope, Dick Bradnum (yobs)
Ken Kennedy (Mr Willoughby)
Andrew Kennedy (Steve)
Alan Lowe (young man in club)
Will Pollet (young Mark)
Wayne Amiel, Helio, Henrique De Silva (go-go dancers)
John Cannon (Jessie Biscuit)
David Ingram (Archangel)
Mark Ardell, Andy Spur, Carl Robinson, Tony MacDonald, Paul Kevin, Zeus, Danny Boy, Dark Angel, The Bronze (angels)
Gary Martin (additional voices)

PLOT SUMMARY

When Mark dies from AIDS, he returns as a ghost to visit his lover Simon who seems to have overcome his death rather too easily. Mark tries to get Simon to express his feelings, though Simon isn't convinced that love is for him. Things become more complicated when they start to take an interest in the love life of their neighbour Siobhan and as Simon gets lumbered with a new job, as a satellite television installer working alongside the homophobic Dogger.

USA
DVD Distributor: First Run Features (910132D)

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: R (for strong sexual content, and for language)

1994
December
2: USA – theatrical release

2002
July
30: USA - DVD release (First Run Features (910132D))

Heaven's a Drag

KEYWORDS

aids, ghosts, homophobia, homosexuality

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008