Svengali
Svengali, the big hearted rock ‘n’ roll adventure, which Irvine Welsh called out as 'one of the coolest and funniest British movies in ages,' will be out in cinemas and available for digital download from March 21, 2014.
The film, featuring a cast of critically acclaimed actors such as Martin Freeman, Katy Brand and Matt Berry, along with leading music figures like Alan McGee and Carl Barât, is written by new comedy sensation, Jonny Owen, who stars as Dixie. Described as the 'Rock ‘n’ Roll world’s The Office' (NME).
Svengali, is based on Jonny Owen’s hit YouTube webisodes of the same name and features original music from Jake Bugg. Svengali will also be available on DVD and Blu-ray on April 7, 2014.
Svengali tells the story of Dixie (Jonny Owen), a postman from South Wales and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them...
‘The Premature Congratulations’ (a.k.a ‘The Prems’). Accompanied by his long-term girlfriend, Shell (Vicky McClure), Dixie leaves the Welsh valleys and chases his dream to London, where he must convince the band that he’s the man to help them hit the big time.
Dixie soon begins to put his ‘golden ears’ to use and ‘The Prems’ start to get noticed by cutthroat music labels and iconic industry figures such as Alan McGee, but is this newfound success and recognition all it’s cracked up to be?
Starring: Jonny Owen, Vicky McClure, Michael Socha, Matt Berry, Michael Smiley, Morwenna Banks
Svengali is released 21st March