Global Heresy

{{short description|2002 comedy-drama film directed by Sidney J. Furie}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Global Heresy | image = Global_Heresy.jpg | alt = | caption = DVD cover | director = Sidney J. Furie | producer = Harel Goldstein Gary Howsam Mark Shorrock Gary Tuck | writer = Mark Mills | starring = Peter O'Toole Alicia Silverstone Joan Plowright | music = Jonathan Goldsmith | cinematography = Curtis Petersen | editing = David Ostry | production_companies = GFT Entertainment Ultimate Pictures | distributor = Screen Media Films (United States) Alliance Atlantis (Canada) | released = {{Film date|2002|6|28|Canada|2002|9|3|United States}} | runtime = 106 minutes | country = United States Canada United Kingdom | language = English | budget = $12 million<ref>Kremer, Daniel. Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films. The University Press of Kentucky, 2015. p 310</ref> | gross = }}

'''''Global Heresy''''' (alternately titled '''''Rock My World''''' in the United States and Canada)<ref>{{cite web|last=Foundas|first=Scott|title=Rock My World|date=11 November 2002|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/rock-my-world-1200544869/|accessdate=24 December 2020}}</ref> is a 2002 comedy-drama film directed by Sidney J. Furie, and starring Peter O'Toole, Joan Plowright, Alicia Silverstone and Martin Clunes. The film centers on a highly successful American rock band recovering from the loss of their leader by going into seclusion in the United Kingdom.

==Plot== When a rock band at the top of their game suddenly loses their band leader/bass player, their musical direction becomes questionable. All the band members know is that the leader's clothes were found at the edge of a waterfront and he has not been seen since. To replace their missing leader, they hire a new bassist, Natalie, who shakes up their thoughts of the band. However, the biggest changes come when the band decides to go into seclusion to develop new songs and a new sound. They rent a mansion from an aristocratic couple, Lord and Lady Foxley, who are in need of money. When the staff hired to be on hand when the band arrives do not show, the couple decides to act as the butler, Benson, and the cook, Margaret. The obvious conflicts between the two cultures occur, but a respect for each other gradually follows. Meanwhile, the band's recording company is trying to trick them into signing a contract that obliges them to make the music as the company requires, denying their "creative control". Towards the end of the film, the status quo becomes further shaken when the original band leader shows up and admits that his disappearance had been a planned publicity stunt.

==Cast== {{Cast listing| * Peter O'Toole as Lord Charles Foxley * Joan Plowright as Lady Diana Foxley * Alicia Silverstone as Natalie Bevin * Jaimz Woolvett as Leo * Keram Malicki-Sánchez as Flit * Christopher Bolton as Carl * Lochlyn Munro as Dave * Martin Clunes as James Chancellor * Amy Phillips as Georgia * Alex Karzis as Ben Gould * Helen Beavis as Margaret * Ian Downie as Benson * Carlo Rota as Tony Manson * Greg Campbell as Man #1 / #2 * Paul Constable as Helper #1 * Daniel Fathers as Journalist #1 * Simon Greenslade as Suit #1 * Declan O'Reilly as English Suit #2 * Olivia Palenstein as Journalist #3 * Richard Partington as Man At Beer Table * Glyn Thomas as Journalist #2 }}

==Production== The film was shot in Toronto.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Hollywood Reporter|title=O'Toole, Plowright In Rock-Band Film|date=24 November 2000|work=San Francisco Gate|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/amp/O-Toole-Plowright-In-Rock-Band-Film-2694955.php|accessdate=24 December 2020}}</ref>

==Reception== Liam Lacey of ''The Globe and Mail'' awarded the film two and a half stars out of four.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lacey|first=Liam|title=Old pros get silly, with gusto|date=28 June 2002|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/old-pros-get-silly-with-gusto/article1336129/|accessdate=24 December 2020}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0269281|title=Global Heresy}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|rock_my_world}}

Category:2002 films Category:2002 comedy-drama films Category:2002 direct-to-video films Category:American comedy-drama films Category:British comedy-drama films Category:Canadian comedy-drama films Category:English-language Canadian films Category:Films about musical groups Category:Films directed by Sidney J. Furie Category:Films shot in Gloucestershire Category:Films shot in Toronto Category:Fiction about publicity stunts Category:2002 English-language films Category:2002 American films Category:2002 Canadian films Category:2002 British films Category:English-language comedy-drama films