The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000)

Director:

Ben Hopkins

Writers:

Thomas Browne (writer)
Rob Cheek (story)

Release Date:

11 January 2001 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Futuristic | Satire | Surrealism | Surreal | Apocalyptic

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Tom Fisher	...	No / Tomas Katz (as Thomas Fisher)
Ian McNeice	...	The Inspector
Tony Maudsley	...	Taxi driver
William Keen	...	Cuthbert (as Will Keen)
Andrew Melville	...	Minister of fish
Toby Jones	...	Civil servant
Asif Kapadia	...	Gwupigrubynudny-landians
Kris Krishnamma	...	Gwupigrubynudny-landians
Jamille Jinnah	...	Gwupigrubynudny-landians
Sophie Bevan	...	Journalist
Trevor Thomas	...	Schlauch
Amelia Curtis	...	Yvonne
Tilly Blackwood	...	Underworld secretary
David de Keyser	...	Exhumed rabbi
John Ramm	...	Ivul Gurk

Also Known As:

Neun Leben des Tomas Katz, Die (Germany)
9 vies de Tomas Katz, Les (France) [fr]

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

UK | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Metrocolor)

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, Muswell Hill, London, England, UK

Company:

G2 Films

Trivia:

'Gwupigrubynudny' means in polish 'stupid-fat-boring'.

Quotes:

[After establishing that the children in general are at fault for the state of the nation]
Ivul Gurk: Well, well, we could, ah, talk forever - is there a solution?
Tomas Katz: Yes! I have it here. It's a tuning fork. I acquired it through the Sunday Times recent innovation feature.
Ivul Gurk: Tuning Fork of Annihilation: Broadcast a melodious hum of this durable stainless steel tuning fork across the airwaves and cause the destruction of all domestic televisions and the death of all children who hear it. Wow, what will they think of, next?

Movie Connections:

References Week End (1967)

Soundtrack:

Lunar Sunrise

The world is gonna end in 30 minutes

Wow! This movie does remind me strangely of an epic videoclip. The story is a little weird, and I won't tell any of it. There is only little story, most of the movie is carried by the characters and the situations. There are many laugh-out-loud scenes and only very few jokes are below par.

Visually, it is nice, but not outstanding. The few rooms used are nicely furnished, and the costumes are simply brilliant. The sepia-coloured black&white enhances the film and makes it very relaxing to view. Yet in some scenes I didn't find the shots too good, it's solid work, but it might have been done better.

The Nine Lives of Thomas Katz takes you on for a ride if you allow it to. But I've also encountered people who just couldn't relate to it. That gives it one further advantage. If you like the comic and the absurd, and you are rather open-minded, this movie is great to irritate your friends, who still think There's Something About Mary is the funniest movie ever made.