Small Apartments

Matt Lucas

In his first ever leading role, British comedy genius Matt Lucas stars as Franklin Franklin, a clumsy recluse who embarks on a hapless cover-up after accidentally killing his landlord. Lucas  leads an all-star cast in the brand new comedy film Small Apartments, premiering at UK cinemas on Friday 22nd March 2013 nationwide via Stealth Media Group in association with Sony Pictures.  

Billy Crystal

Also starring Billy Crystal, rising star Juno Temple, James Marsden (X-Men: The Last Stand), Peter Stormare (Fargo), Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction), Dolph Lundgren (The Expendables), Rosie Perez (Pineapple Express), and Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect), with James Caan (The Godfather) and Johnny Knoxville (Jackass: The Movie).

Directed by award-winning film and music video director Jonas Åkerlund (Spun, Madonna’s “Ray Of Light”, Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi”) and written by Chris Millis, based on his award-winning novel. The film was officially selected at the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival.

Juno Temple in Small Apartments

Small Apartments showcases EE BAFTA Rising Star Juno Temple who, in just a few years, has firmly established herself as one of the most versatile and talented young actresses in Hollywood. 23-year-old Temple’s made a name for herself in films as diverse as Notes on a Scandal, Atonement, The Three Musketeers, blackly comic thriller Killer Joe and box office smash The Dark Knight Rises. She has recently been  in production for Afternoon Delight opposite Jane Lynch which follows the story of a housewife looking to spice up her life with the help of a stripper. Juno will also be seen playing Linda’s childhood friend, Patsy, in  Lovelace. There’s a lot more in the pipeline with Disney’s live-action fairy tale Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie which will be released on March 14, 2014, Horns, The Brass Teapot, Sin City, Wild Side and for the British actress to play Princess Margaret in Girls’ Night Out.

Juno says of her roles: “I love all these different characters, these amazing young women – some troubled, some weird, some beautiful, some f****d up – and I’m so inspired by each part I play.”

Small Apartments – Synopsis

Franklin Franklin (Lucas) plays the alp horn and dreams of Switzerland. His crazy brother (James Marsden) sends him fingernail clippings in the mail. One of his neighbours is a forgetful pot-head, the other a gruff busybody who doesn’t miss anything. Across the street live a mother and her fifteen-year-old daughter, whom he likes to watch from his window, but none of these are Franklin’s real problem. His real problem is that his landlord is dead, laid out on the linoleum of his kitchen, and Switzerland seems farther away all the time.

“The movie is really about hope and not giving up, opening up your mind to deal with changes in life,” says Akerlund. We are all for that and a good laugh to boot.

The film’s run time is approximately 97 minutes.

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