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| producer = Elaine Taylor

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| language = English

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'The Supergrass' is a 1985 British comedy film directed by Peter Richardson, (who also plays a major role) who also wrote the screenplay with Pete Richens. The film stars Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith Allen, Nigel Planer, Alexei Sayle, Ronald Allen, and Robbie Coltrane.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090520101706/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/362644 BFI.org] 'The Supergrass' was the first feature-length film by the 1980s alternative comedy group The Comic Strip.

The soundtrack to the film featured original music from Keith Tippett, plus music from P. P. Arnold, Grace Jones, and Bob Marley, among others.[http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=304402 Soundtrack album]

Plot



After returning from a holiday in the West Country, Dennis Carter (Adrian Edmondson) tries to impress a girl by untruthfully boasting of being a drug smuggler. The girl is unimpressed; however, he is overheard by the police, who persuade him to become a supergrass and inform on his associates. The more Dennis lies, the bigger the hole he digs for himself.

Cast



* Adrian Edmondson as Dennis Carter

* Jennifer Saunders as Lesley Reynolds

* Peter Richardson as Harvey Duncan

* Robbie Coltrane as Det. Sgt. Troy

* Nigel Planer as Gunter

* Keith Allen as Wong

* Dawn French as Andrea

* Daniel Peacock as Jim Jarvis

* Ronald Allen as Commander Robertson

* Alexei Sayle as Motorbike Cop

* Michael Elphick as Constable Collins

* Marika Rivera as Bed and Breakfast Landlady

* Al Pillay as Mary

* Kevin Allen as Shop Assistant

Versions



The version of the film initially released in the cinema ran 107 minutes,[http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/supergrass-1970-2 BBFC: The Supergrass 01/10/85] which was subsequently released on VHS running to 103, due to PAL speed-up.[http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/supergrass-1970-1 BBFC: The Supergrass 28/04/86]

The film was screened by Channel 4 on 13 March 1988, as a prelude to the fourth series of 'The Comic Strip Presents', but this was a version cut down to ninety three minutes and twenty six seconds, equivalent to ninety seven minutes and twenty seconds in the cinema, so missing some nine minutes and forty nine seconds. All subsequent VHS and DVD releases, included the "complete" 'Comic Strip' box set, use the shorter version.[http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/supergrass-1970 BBFC: The Supergrass 28/04/94][http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/supergrass-1999-1 BBFC: The Supergrass 01/12/99 ]

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