Jump to content

Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle
Directed byBaz Taylor
Written byHeath Jones
Produced byHeath Jones
Starring
CinematographyIan Howes
Edited bySanjeev Mirajkar
Music byStephen Frost
Production
companies
Release date
  • November 12, 2007 (November 12, 2007)
Running time
96 min[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£2 million[2]

Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle is a 2007 British comedy film directed by Baz Taylor and starring James Fleet, Caroline Harker and Phil Cornwell.[3] It follows a teacher who attempts to stop an American gangster and a corrupt mayor building a casino on the site where Lady Godiva once rode in Coventry.

Cast

[edit]

Production

[edit]

The project is fundraised by two Coventry businessmen, Heath Jones and Dennis Timothy, via their company Koralis Pictures, for 18 months as of May 2004. The company won funding from Enterprise Investment Scheme, but no financing support from the British film establishment.[5] In Dec 2004, they ran into funding problem locally.[6]

Because they were born and raised in Coventry, Mr. Jones said he hoped the film would do for Coventry what The Full Monty did for Sheffield. The film was originally expected to be directed by Mark L. Lester,[7] but later changed to Baz Taylor who had worked on Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.[8]

Release

[edit]

The film premiered in UK on Nov 13, 2007 and open to the public on Nov 16.[9]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ BBFC. "Lady Godiva - Back In The Saddle". www.bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ Goulden, Barbara (4 October 2007). "First glimpse of city writer's Godiva film". Coventry Telegraph – via Factiva.
  3. ^ BFI.org
  4. ^ "Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle (2007) – IMDb".
  5. ^ "Stars get a peep at Lady Godiva film". Coventry Telegraph. 14 November 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Godiva film hit by funding row". Coventry Telegraph. 17 December 2004. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Movie moguls plan 'Godiva-city' film". Coventry Telegraph. 3 May 2004. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Lady Godiva riding again". Coventry Telegraph. 16 March 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Film-makers stage parties at movie locations". Coventry Telegraph. 11 October 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
[edit]