Dirty Weekend

Dirty Weekend (1993)

Bella has decided to take out a few men.

Shortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton, Bella finds she is being spied on and generally harassed by a man living across from her. Finally driven to solving the problem with a hammer, she realises she is then ready for a crusade against other such problem males

Date of release
1993-10-29
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Director
Michael Winner

Casting

Interesting facts

Dirty Weekend is a 1993 British film directed by Michael Winner and starring Lia Williams, Rufus Sewell, Ian Richardson and David McCallum. It was written by Winner based on the 1991 novel of the same title by Helen Zahavi.

Production

Filming took place in the Notting Hill and Kensington areas of London and also in Brighton. The Internet Movie Database lists other locations. The gun shop scenes were filmed at Park Street Guns near St Albans; the country pub (now demolished) was the Grenville Lodge, East Burnham (Burnham Beeches), Buckinghamshire; and the dentist scenes were shot at a real dental practice in Twickenham, Greater London.

Theft of equipment was a problem during filming. While filming in Brighton, all the catering equipment was stolen and in Notting Hill Gate, a mobile kitchen with generator was stolen.

During the filming, Michael Winner accosted passers-by as extras.

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