Guy X (2005)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Saul Metzstein

Writers:

Steve Attridge (screenplay)
John Paul Chapple (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 October 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | War

Tagline:

There's Been a F**k Up

Plot:

A black comedy set in 1979, about a soldier mistakenly posted to an Arctic military base. |

Plot Keywords:

Black Comedy | Store Room | Disco | Absent Without Leave | Jeep

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 20

1:45 AM

SHOW

Cast

Jason Biggs	...	Rudy
Natascha McElhone	...	Irene
Jeremy Northam	...	Woolwrap
Sean Tucker	...	Lavone
Hilmir Snær Guðnason	...	Petri (as Hilmir Snær Gudnason)
Harry Standjofski	...	Chaplain Brank
Rob deLeeuw	...	Slim
Donny Quinn	...	Genteen (as Donny Falsetti)
Jonathan Higgins	...	Vord
Michael Ironside	...	Guy X
Benz Antoine	...	Philly
Mariah Inger	...	May
Dino Tosques	...	Chef
Einar Sigurðsson	...	Inuit (as Einar Sigurdsson)
Nelson Balderrama	...	Pissing Inuit

Also Known As:

Az ismeretlen katona (Hungary) [hu]
Guy X (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Guy X - Niemand denkt an Grönland (Germany) (DVD title) [de]
No Topo do Mundo (Brazil) (cable TV title) [pt]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Canada | Iceland | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Finland:K-15 | USA:R | Australia:M | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Saint-Hubert, Québec, Canada

Company:

Film and Music Entertainment

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the first newspaper article viewed on screen, "Make the Most of It in Qangattarsa", Col. Woolwrap's duty history includes "Chorea", rather than Korea.

Movie Connections:

References Forbidden Planet (1956)

Soundtrack:

25 Miles

Someone forgot the story

Dear oh dear oh dear.

About a US Army base in Greenland, this film could have been a winner.

Instead, due to the lack of an engaging storyline, it is pretty dull.

When the film ends, your reaction is likely to be "is that it?".

Some good performances and pretty well filmed for a low budget film, but I'd say an average day at work is more interesting than this.

The film is nowhere near as meaningful, funny, poignant or satirical as it thinks it is, instead it merely takes nearly two hours to tell a story which could easily have been well told in 30 minutes

I saw the UK premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival and I'd be very surprised if Guy X sets the UK box office alight when it is released in October.