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Short back and sides anyone?
In order to celebrate the upcoming release of The Legend of Barney Thomson; the upcoming macabre comedy both starring and directed by Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty); ahead of it’s world premiere (scheduled for tonight; the opening night of the Edinburgh Film Festival), we’ve got a brand new poster for the film on the right (click to view in full size), and the official trailer available to view below, following a selection of stills.
Co-starring Ray Winstone (The Departed) and Emma Thompson (Love Actually), The Legend of Barney Thomson follows a dull barber (Carlyle) who leads a monotonous life, until he accidentally stumbles into serial murder, and headlong into a series of grotesque killings gripping Glasgow. Delving into the realms of dark comedy Barney then has to fend off the advances of bearish Detective Inspector Holdall (Winstone), and enlists the help of his overbearing and emasculating mother (Thompson), as he attempts to ham-fistedly attempts to cover his tracks.
Promising a great deal of laughs, and a cast filled with recognisable faces including not only Carlyle himself, Winstone, and Thompson (in her most transformative role to date), but Ashley Jensen (Extras), James Cosmo (Game of Thrones), and Martin Compton (Filth), The Legend of Barney Thomson will be released in cinemas on July 24th.
Matt Wheeldon – @TheMattWheeldon.
