Kevin & Perry Go Large
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| Directed by | Ed Bye |
| Produced by | Peter Bennet-Jones Harry Enfield Jolyon Symonds |
| Written by | Dave Cummings Harry Enfield |
| Starring | Harry Enfield Kathy Burke Rhys Ifans |
| Music by | Cecily Fay Philip Pope |
| Cinematography | Alan Almond |
| Editing by | Mark Wybourn |
| Release date(s) |  21 April 2000 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | £10,099,770 |
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Kevin & Perry Go Large is a 2000 comedy film based upon the Harry Enfield sketch Kevin the Teenager. The film was directed by Ed Bye and was written by Dave Cummings and Harry Enfield. Enfield, Kathy Burke and Louisa Rix all return to their roles after previously appearing in Harry Enfield's Television Programme, and later Harry Enfield and Chums. James Fleet replaced Stephen Moore as Kevin's father.
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[edit] Cast
| Cast | Characters |
| Harry Enfield | Kevin |
| Kathy Burke | Perry |
| Rhys Ifans | Eyeball Paul |
| James Fleet | Dad |
| Louisa Rix | Mum |
| Laura Fraser | Candice |
| Tabitha Wady | Gemma |
| Steve O'Donnell | Big Baz |
| Paul Whitehouse | Bouncer 1 |
| Steve McFadden | Bouncer 2 |
| Natasha Little | Anne Boleyn |
| Anna Shillinglaw | Bikini Girl |
| Badi Uzzaman | Norma Baxter |
| Kenneth Cranham | Vicar |
| Sam Parks | Police Officer |
| Frank Harper | Robber |
| Mark Tonderai | Music Store Boss |
[edit] Story
Best friends Kevin and Perry decide they need to lose their virginity and to become, "top DJs". Kevin appears to resent his parents, but is more or less completely dependent upon them. Kevin and Perry receive a reward for accidentally foiling a bank raid, with Kevin's parents agreeing that they can go to Ibiza on the condition that they accompany them, something which Kevin dislikes very much. Once in Ibiza, Kevin and Perry meet the world famous DJ Eyeball Paul, who takes every opportunity to patronise and insult them - of which they seem to be blissfully ignorant and describe him as "such a nice bloke". Kevin and Perry persuade Eyeball Paul to play a song they have created at his next performance, but only after they carry out several chores for him, including cleaning his floor and toilet. Throughout their stay in Ibiza, Kevin and Perry set their sights on "the girls of their dreams", Candice and Gemma, whom Kevin and Perry try and chat up with their posh put-on accents whenever they see them. The teenagers are prone to several bizarre mishaps, including being vomited on from a height, crashing mopeds, and walking in on Kevin's parents while they're having sex. The film ends with Kevin and Perry losing their virginity to Candice and Gemma respectively. When back at home, the boys are seen signing copies of their record in a music store, whilst Kevin's parents are seen signing copies of a video they have made about better mid-marriage sex.
[edit] Trivia
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- DJ Judge Jules contributed many times and worked alongside Harry for the film. Jules even created the mix that Kevin and Perry create in the film.
- At the beginning of the film after Kevin starts banging his head on his bedroom wall, a camera pans out to view a road with cars in it, in which the film title appears. All these cars are Ford Focuses, in addition to everyone wearing red baseball caps and using Flymo lawnmowers. The record playing in this scene is Straight to Hell by The Clash.
- The Ibiza club Amnesia makes an appearance in the film. However, the front view of the club is different from what it is like in real life, also where Rhys Ifans (Eyeball Paul) DJs from is not the proper DJ booth, this is sited above the giant "spectrum analyser" , (to the right of the fictitious DJ booth).
- In the film, Ifans plays a wealthy and very successful DJ. In real life, Ifans admits he is a terrible DJ. However, he says thanks to "the magic of film" he'll "look pretty sharp out there".
- Enfield tried to use songs in the film that were top of the dance charts at the time.
- The song Big Girl, which Kevin makes in this film, was released as a single credited to Precocious Brats/Kevin And Perry. It reached #16 in the UK Singles Charts.
- Harry Enfield suspected the "two uses" of the word "fuck" being the cause of the film's BBFC rating being a 15 (although it was used three times), rather than a targeted 12. When Enfield asked, he was told the reason that a 15 was given as the rating was because of "the gratuitous sexual nature of the entire film"
- Steve McFadden made a 10 second cameo in the film as the Amnesia 'door-man', as he saw the film in production when he was holiday in Ibiza and asked for a role. He was paid £1 (UK TV & Film contractual obligation) for his appearance.
