AKA Funny Farm - it looks like Malcolm might not be in it any
more.
Cast | News
| Together Before
| Character | Actor |
| Malcolm McDowell | |
| Rupert Graves | |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh | |
| Kathy Bates | |
| Ian Hart | |
| Lucy Davis |
Produced, Written and Directed by Mary McGuckian
5/16/05
CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates has signed on
to star in "Funny Farm," a British satire set in a celebrity drug and
alcohol rehab clinic. She joins a cast that includes Malcolm McDowell, Jennifer
Jason Leigh, Rupert Graves, Lucy Davis and Ian Hart.
"Farm" is a follow-up to director Mary McGuckian's
media satire "Rag Tale," being screened at
the Cannes film market. "Farm" will employ the same experimental
technique, with the cast choosing their own roles and working without a script.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in the fall in New Mexico.
McGuckian also aims to shoot a third film to complete what
she has dubbed an "amoral comedic satire trilogy." She said she hopes
to take the cast from "Rag Tale" and "Farm" to the world of
Hollywood to play industry movers and shakers.
Billed as an edgy black comedy, "Rag Tale" examines
the "amorality" of the tabloid newspaper industry. "I'm really
pleased that the (popular) press has got the joke (in Cannes) and reacted to the
movie's message as a good-natured portrayal," McGuckian said.
2005 - Malcolm, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rupert Graves, Lucy Davis and Ian Hart were in Rag Tale.
2005-08 Alex D. Thrawn for www.MalcolmMcDowell.net