Eat the Rich

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For the list of songs, see Eat the Rich (song).

Eat the Rich

Directed by	Peter Richardson
Produced by	Tim Van Rellim
Written by	Peter Richardson Pete Richens
Starring	Nosher Powell Ronald Allen Nigel Planer Miranda Richardson
Distributed by	CBS/Fox Video Ltd.
Release date(s)	October 1987 (UK TV premiere)
Running time	90 min.
Language	English
Budget	??
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Eat the Rich is Peter Richardson's 1987 British comedy, from the team behind the popular television series, The Comic Strip Presents.

The film features a number of cameos including appearances from the likes of Miranda Richardson and Nigel Planer as vile DHSS clerks, Robbie Coltrane as the ultimate yuppie, Rik Mayall as a union boss, Paul McCartney, Shane MacGowan, Jennifer Saunders, Kathy Burke, Koo Stark, Dawn French, Bill Wyman, Jools Holland, Adrian Edmondson and Lemmy Kilmister.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Set in and around a London restaurant named 'Bastards', the staff begin to wonder whether or not they will get away with cooking the customers. Nosher Powell plays the Home Secretary, a menacing, beer-swilling, fornicating, lovable lout who has his own no-nonsense way of dealing with trouble, usually with his fists. He's the darling of the voters, the press and the gorgeous (Fiona Richmond), a glamorous KGB agent.

Alex (Alan Pellay), a disgruntled waitress at 'Bastards', falls on hard times. Subject to daily contempt and disgust of the upper class customers, Alex and her cohorts attempt to go on a rampage.

Nosher has enemies too; including the sinister Commander Fortune (Ronald Allen) who plots a people's revolution with a difference and General Karprov (Dave Beard) and Spider (Lemmy Kilmister) plot to involve the inept anarchists into their plans to derail Home Secretary's campaign.

[edit] Trivia

Also the name of an underground culture festival in Trondheim, Norway, focusing primarily on punk and reggae music.

The scene involving Lemmy riding a motorcycle is played by female stunt double as Lemmy was on tour with Motörhead in America at the time the scene had to be shot.

Halfway through shooting, the idea of gradually replacing the members of the ballroom band with Motörhead was hit upon. At first there are no Motörhead personnel, then Phil Campbell appears, followed by Würzel and Phil Taylor.