That Sinking Feeling
6.7
“There's got to be more to life than committing suicide.”
Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money and comes up with a complicated scheme: to steal sinks from a warehouse dressed as girls and using a stop-motion-potion.
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Cast
22 people
Robert Buchanan
Ronnie
Known for
Gregory's Girl
Billy Greenlees
Wal
Known for
Gregory's Girl
John Hughes
Vic
Also in
The Fifth Element
Nineteen Eighty-Four
John Gordon Sinclair
Andy
Known for
World War Z
Gregory's Girl
Drew Burns
Pete
Also in
Just a Boys' Game
Eddie Burt
Eddie the Driver
Derek Millar
Bobby
No other roles listed
Eric Joseph
The Wee Man
Also in
Sweet Dreams
Douglas Sannachan
Simmy
Known for
Gregory's Girl
Alan Love
Alec
Known for
Gregory's Girl
Janette Rankin
Mary
Also in
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Tom Mannion
The Doctor
Known for
Senna
Karen Pirie
Bill Forsyth Director · Michael Coulter Cinematographer John Gow Editor
Worldwide gross $90K · Budget $10K · First release August 29, 1979
Box office
Budget
$10,000
Worldwide gross
$90,000
Gross vs. budget
9.0×
Production
Minor Miracle Film Cooperative
Production
Lake Films
Production
Glasgow Youth Theatre
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 29, 1979
Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
United Kingdom · October 1, 1980
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
April 21, 2014 · Physical · BFI Flipside #29: Dual Format DVD / Blu-ray
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