IMDb RATING
5.8/10
1.6K
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A darkly-comic thriller about a lone tollbooth operator whose past is quickly catching up with him.A darkly-comic thriller about a lone tollbooth operator whose past is quickly catching up with him.A darkly-comic thriller about a lone tollbooth operator whose past is quickly catching up with him.
Dan Renton Skinner
- Desk Sergeant Simon
- (as Dan Skinner)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDixie, who is dressed in an Elvis Presley outfit throughout her appearances in the film, mentions wanting to "get to Porthcawl for the Elvis Festival", which she hopes to win. Porthcawl is a well-known Welsh seaside resort, about eighty or ninety miles from the scene of this film's events and in a different county, and it does hold an annual weekend event honoring "the King", where many hundreds of Elvis impersonators from all over the world compete to see who's the best lookalike.
- ConnectionsReferences Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
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I have no idea why this film has been rated so low, 5.5 stars. Personally I thought that the actors were all good, the set pieces funny and the story an interesting divergence from the usual boredom that is life in Wales. I wasn't blown away by the comedy but I did get a good few laughs, my big hangup would be the soundtrack although, I'm sure this film was working with a tight budget and it gets the job done. I liked the camera work, the cinematography was excellently done and while I think that the story may not be everyone's cup of tea it is good. When watching the film you can pick out the inspirations the director and screen writer had. Namely I would guess Tarantino, Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson, also possibly Monty Python. I don't think the film hits the same heights as it's contemporaries but still it is enjoyable. I reluctantly live in Wales so perhaps that is why I got the humour and it just doesn't translate well over seas, either way I can see myself watching this film again in the future.
7/10 but could be pushed to an 8 on further viewings.
7/10 but could be pushed to an 8 on further viewings.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Toll
- Filming locations
- Royal Naval Air Station Dale, Haverfordwest, Wales, UK(The tollbooth is set here on a taxiway and many of the scenes are of the vehicles driving on the old patchwork concrete runways and taxiways of this abandoned WWII airfield.)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $67,248
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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