Bob's Weekend (1996)
Director: Jevon O'Neill
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Likeable realist-tinged fantasy adventure by debut director (and co-writer) O'Neill: the last journey of a sacked security guard (Bruce Jones) who high-tails to Blackpool to end it all after discovering his wife's infidelity. This diffident, dictionary-reading man buys a Bolivian admiral's uniform (the Bolivians' have a land-locked cardboard navy, he's told) and pile of Encyclopedia Britannicas. He's intent on jumping off the pier thus laden, until a pretty student gets interested in his case.Author: WH
Cast & crew
Director: Jevon O'Neill
Producer: Jevon O'Neill
Cast: Bruce Jones, Charlotte Jones, Ricky Tomlinson, Brian Glover, Anna Jaskolka full cast
Duration: 93 mins
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