In these crazy times, i am running out of things to stream. Along the way, hes lost a classy girlfriend but gained a sidekick, scorzayzee. Shot in five days and covering five days in the life of le donk, music promoter, as he weedles a ten minute slot n the arctic monkeys tour for his upandcoming rap prodigy scorzayzee. Insecure le donk takes great delight in insulting olivias new lover, and nearly sabotages his best friends big shot at stardom due to his overwhelming jealousy of scorzayzees genuine talent. Opens in selected cinemas in the uk on the 9th of october and is released on dvd on the 26th of october. In 2008 scorz landed a part in the shane meadows and paddy considine film le donk and scorzayzee. This is jawbustingly funny stuff, uproarious, delightful and unexpectedly touching, containing more laughoutloud moments than most hollywood.
Le donk and scorzayzee is a significant film within meadows work because it is, as its dvd blurb attests, a comedy. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from scorzayzee at the discogs marketplace. This film, say meadows and the team behind his previous hit this is. Shane meadows improvised, lowbudget comedy follows the titular characters, embittered roadie le donk paddy considine and aspiring rapper scorzayzee. After about 30 minutes into le donk, you can see that it was an idea that sounded good after a few drinks but sadly desends into a first time student film. Get notified if it comes to one of your streaming services, like netflix, on.
Le donk, actually a mass of insecurities despite his bluster, feels jealous of scorzayzees talent and at several points almost sabotages the big break hes ostensibly trying to set up. Macgruber movie heads to sxsw amid legal fight wired. Rock roadie, le donk, has lived, loved and learned. Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos. Scorzayzee is one of the best respected lyricists in the uk, first being noticed as part of nottingham crew out da ville, then later gaining wider attention in 2008 as costar of the shane meadows film le donk and scorzayzee with paddy considine, in which he played an exaggerated version of himself scorz, aka dean palinczuk, drifted in and out of the hip hop scene as he battled with. Edgar wright wants you to laugh through all of this coronavirus business with these movies what i love about letterboxd is that you can network individually with filmmakers and see what they watched and what they like. Shane meadows born 26 december 1972 is an english director, screenwriter and actor, known for his work in independent film, most notably the cult film this is england 2006 and its three sequels 20102015 meadows other films include small time 1996, twenty four seven 1997, a room for romeo brass 1999, once upon a time in the midlands 2002, dead mans shoes 2004, somers. The film is shot in a documentary style, akin to this is spinal tap, and features meadows longtime collaborator paddy considine as le donk, an aging roadie. It follows the fictional character of le donk, played by paddy considine, a roadie working for arctic monkeys, and scorzayzee, a young rapper playing himself similar in format to this is spinal tap 1984 and im still here 2010, the film blends fiction and reality. Stream tracks and playlists from matt le donk on your desktop or mobile device. Macgruber, a movie based on saturday night lives longrunning skit parodying 80s tv show macgyver, is set to premiere at the south by.
Rock roadie le donk helps his sidekick scorzayzee become a rock star. You need multiregion palntsc dvd player to view it in usacanada. In the film, le donk, who is also a failed musician, mentors scorzayzee scorz, an aspriring rapper whose authenticity and. He sets out to make scorz a star with a little help from the artic monkeys. Setting out for his next gig with arctic monkeys, donk takes along his east midlands rapper sidekick scorzayzee aka dean palinczuk, who impresses so much. An amusing divertissement between more substantial projects, le donk and scorzayzee returns writerdirector shane meadows to his early roots as the maker of comical, handcrafted home movies like. A runaway hit at edinburgh international film festival this year, meadows mockrockumentary brings us paddy considine as roadie le donk on a mission to make nottingham rapper scorzayzee the next big thing in british music. How to rap up the recession in le donk and scorzayzee. Do you agree with the govts decision to move to alert level 2.
Paddy considine as le donk right with nottingham mcrapper scorzayzee. Listen to donk soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create sydney. Le donk and scorzayzee is only slightly longer than somers town, but to write it off as a mere divertissement would be just as shortsighted as calling the latter an extended eurostar commercial. Rock roadie and failed musician, le donk has lived, loved and learned. With paddy considine, dean palinczuk, olivia colman, richard graham. Films download information once you have purchased a film we provide you the option of downloading in three sizes. Le donk and scorzayzee is an improvised comedy, shot over five days by shane meadows, devised with, and starring, paddy considine. Deleted scenes, interactive menu, scene access, trailers, synopsis. Along the way hes lost a girlfriend olivia colman and his life has turned to shit. I really like shane meadows style of directing and that is still visable in this film but the humour runs dry and i found myself thinking paddy considine is labouring way to hard to keep the. From atp four short films by vincent moon by from atp. Matt le donk has been corunning a successful night in swindon called discogiro for the past three years, playing the best in all things funk, soul, breaks and disco loving the styles of all at good.