{{Italic title}} '''''Scooterman''''' is a short British romantic film comedy of 2010 produced and directed by Kirsten Cavendish, starring Ed Stoppard and Georgina Rylance.
==Outline== The film is set in Notting Hill and Pimlico.<ref>Richard Kay, “It’s Evelyn Waugh revisited” in ''Thurrock Mail'', 11 February 2010</ref> Gerald Jones (Ed Stoppard) is a struggling writer working on a difficult novel and meanwhile making a living as a “Scooterman”: he goes out on a scooter to drive people home in their own cars when they are drunk. Shortly before Christmas, Gerald meets and falls for Daisy (Georgina Rylance), one of his customers, but she is living with a controlling boyfriend who is a literary agent.<ref>[https://www.festivalfocus.org/film/36628/scooterman/ Scooterman] at festivalfocus.org, accessed 19 December 2018</ref>
==Production== The film was the first made by Charlotte Eagar and was well received at the Cannes Film Festival.<ref>[https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/north-america-travel/us-travel/california/just-one-more-push-qxbzlzkbbkl ”Just one more push: Scooterman was her first movie, feted at the Cannes film festival. Can it make it all the way to Hollywood? A debut film maker on hitting the big time”], in ''The Sunday Times'', Sunday 24 April 2011 {{subscription required}}</ref> It went on to win the audience-rated Best of the Fest award at Palm Springs and Los Angeles Comedy Festival (2010), and it opened the Santa Barbara Film Festival in 2011.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
==Cast== *Ed Stoppard as Gerald Jones<ref name=cavendishfante>[https://cavendishfante.com/ Cavendish Fante Picture Company: Welcome], cavendishfante.com, accessed 1 December 2020</ref> *Georgina Rylance as Daisy<ref name=cavendishfante/> *Annabel Mullion as Serena<ref name=cavendishfante/> *Daniel Pirrie as Barry<ref name=cavendishfante/> *Victoria Aitken as Girl who licks Gerald *Georgina Birrell as dinner guest *William Cash, Jr. as dinner guest *Charlotte Eagar as grumpy academic *Duncan Tinkler as Father Christmas *Octavia McKenzie as amorous elf
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==External links== *[https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1617182/ Scooterman] on IMDb *[https://vimeo.com/35594638 Scooterman] on Vimeo
Category:2010 films Category:English films Category:Films set in London Category:British romance films Category:2010 British films