That Sinking Feeling

That Sinking Feeling (1980)

Ronnie (Robert Buchanan), Wal (Billy Greenlees), Andy (John Gordon Sinclair) und Vic (John Hughes), vier arbeitslose Jungs im Teenageralter aus dem triesten regnerischen Glasgow der 70er, haben keine Arbeit. Beschäftigungslos und ungeliebt glauben sie, dass es nur eine Möglichkeit für sie gibt, zu den ganz Großen zu gehören: ein mutiger Diebstahl. Mit einem sich schnell erweiternden Kreis von hinzugewonnenen jugendlichen Möchtegerndieben, in Wahrheit doofen Jugendlichen, nicht älter als sie selber, planen sie das vollkommene Verbrechen - den Diebstahl von neunzig Waschbeecken rostfreien Stahls aus einem Lager. Doch der Coup selber und das darauffolgende verscherbeln der Ware gestalten sich schwieriger, als gedacht...

Erscheinungsdatum
1980-10-01
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (33)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 33 Min.
Genres
Komödie, Drama, Krimi
Regie
Bill Forsyth

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

  • Budget: 10.000 $

That Sinking Feeling is a 1979 Scottish comedy film written and directed by Bill Forsyth. His first film as a director, it is set in his home city of Glasgow in Scotland. The young actors in the film were members of the Glasgow Youth Theatre; the four main actors went on to feature in Forsyth's next film, Gregory's Girl. That Sinking Feeling also features Richard Demarco, the Edinburgh art gallery owner, playing himself.

Production

Forsyth said "I couldn't actually afford real actors, and I certainly hadn't had any experience working with them. So I asked the teenagers at a Glasgow community centre if they would appear in my movie at no pay. Actually, I promised them points in the film (a percentage of any profits)."

Filming took place on location around the city of Glasgow; scenes featured locations such as Kelvingrove Park, Dennistoun, Springburn and Bishopbriggs railway stations, Cowcaddens, Sighthill, Whiteinch and Woodside. The area surrounding the Forth and Clyde Canal also featured heavily around Pinkston and Port Dundas. The tower block featured in the film where the main characters live was 31 Ruby Street, Dalmarnock.

Allan Court (which was a building site at the time) in Gardenhall, East Kilbride, was also used as a location for the night scene.

The film was released in the United States four years after it appeared in the United Kingdom; this followed the success of Gregory's Girl and Local Hero. For the American market, (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) the soundtrack was re-dubbed using more mainstream accents from Edinburgh. The MGM version cost more to re-dub than the entire budget for the film itself.

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