Sex 'n' Death (1999)
Actors:
Martin Clunes (actor),
Ingeborga Dapkunaite (actress),
Martin Jarvis (actor),
David M. Thompson (producer),
Ulrika Jonsson (actress),
Caroline Goodall (actress),
Kelly Reilly (actress),
Trevor Cooper (actor),
Jimmy Mulville (producer),
Jason Watkins (actor),
Guy Jenkin (writer),
Guy Jenkin (director),
Janice Schumm (miscellaneous crew),
Andy Hamilton (actor),
Michele Clapton (costume designer),
Plot: Ben Black is the host of a popular television program that aims to shock and outrage its audience, which continues to tune in even though most of them think they are 'above it.' But Ben's cruel persona as TV host often continues after the cameras are turned off and his ex-lover / current producer, his co-workers, and his lover are often at the receiving end of his barbs.
Keywords: practical-joke, shock-humor, tv-host
Genres:
Comedy,
Drama,
Quotes:
Ben Black: I had a nervous breakdown when I was thirteen. Thought I was possessed by the Devil. I'd just seen 'The Exorcist', so there was a lot of vomiting and speaking in tongues.