The Drummond Will
| The Drummond Will | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Alan Butterworth |
| Produced by | Tobias Tobbell |
| Written by |
Alan Butterworth Sam Forster |
| Starring |
Philip James Mark Oosterveen |
| Music by | Charles Westropp |
| Cinematography | Adam Etherington |
| Edited by | Alex Emslie |
Production company |
KneeJerk |
| Distributed by | Crabtree Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Drummond Will is a 2011 British comedy film directed by Alan Butterworth, starring Philip James and Mark Oosterveen, and written by Butterworth and Sam Forster. The film is a fusion of the theatrical style found in classic Ealing Comedies with modern British humour.
Plot
Following the death of their father, two sons inherit a decrepit cottage in a small British village in the middle of nowhere. They soon find the building also contains a large sum of unexpected cash, and through a combination of bad luck and very poor judgment they soon find themselves having to deal with an increasing body count of elderly villagers while attempting to avoid suspicion.
Cast
- Philip James as Danny Drummond
- Mark Oosterveen as Marcus Drummond
- Jeremy Drakes as Solicitor
- Jonathan Hansler as Constable
- Victoria Jeffrey as Betty
- Nigel Osner as Vicar
- Eryl Lloyd Parry as Colonel
- Keith Parry as Rufus Drummond
- Morrison Thomas as Malcolm the Bastard
Critical response
Critical reaction at film festivals was positive - it debuted at the Woods Hole Film Festival where it won the Best Film (Comedy) award,[1] and later won various other festival awards including the Best International Feature award at the Big Island Film Festival.[2] Dennis Harvey, reviewing the film for Variety, called it "an agreeable Ealing-meets-Farrelly feel on modest means" that will "amuse casual viewers and delight genre fans".[3] George Haymont of the Huffington Post called it "one of the most refreshingly inventive and lovingly crafted send-ups of a beloved genre to be seen in many a moon" and is "the blackest of comedies and a joyful romp rolled into one very pleasing package".[4]
Home media
The film was released theatrically in the US in July 2011, with a DVD and Blu-ray release in August 2011 in the UK.[5]