Scooterman

Scooterman is a short British romantic film comedy of 2010 produced and directed by Kirsten Cavendish, starring Ed Stoppard and Georgina Rylance.

Outline

The film is set in Notting Hill and Pimlico.^[1] Gerald Jones (Ed Stoppard) is a struggling writer working on a difficult novel and meanwhile making a living as a “Scooterman”: he goes out on a scooter to drive people home in their own cars when they are drunk. Shortly before Christmas, Gerald meets and falls for Daisy (Georgina Rylance), one of his customers, but she is living with a controlling boyfriend who is a literary agent.^[2]

Production

The film was the first made by Charlotte Eagar and was well received at the Cannes Film Festival.^[3] It went on to win the audience-rated Best of the Fest award at Palm Springs and Los Angeles Comedy Festival (2010), and it opened the Santa Barbara Film Festival in 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

Ed Stoppard as Gerald Jones^[4]
Georgina Rylance as Daisy^[4]
Annabel Mullion as Serena^[4]
Daniel Pirrie as Barry^[4]
Victoria Aitken as Girl who licks Gerald
Georgina Birrell as dinner guest
William Cash, Jr. as dinner guest
Charlotte Eagar as grumpy academic
Duncan Tinkler as Father Christmas
Octavia McKenzie as amorous elf

Notes

^ Richard Kay, “It’s Evelyn Waugh revisited” in Thurrock Mail, 11 February 2010
^ Scooterman at festivalfocus.org, accessed 19 December 2018
^ ”Just one more push: Scooterman was her first movie, feted at the Cannes film festival. Can it make it all the way to Hollywood? A debut film maker on hitting the big time”, in The Sunday Times, Sunday 24 April 2011 (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cavendish Fante Picture Company: Welcome, cavendishfante.com, accessed 1 December 2020