Shadey

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = Shadey | image = Shadey film poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Philip Saville | producer = Otto Plaschkes | writer = Snoo Wilson | narrator = | starring = {{Plainlist | * Antony Sher * Billie Whitelaw * Patrick Macnee * Leslie Ash * Bernard Hepton * Larry Lamb * Katherine Helmond }} | music = Colin Towns | cinematography = Roger Deakins | studio = FilmFour International<br>Larkspur<ref name=BFI/> | distributor = Mainline Pictures | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1985|11|18|London Film Festival|1987|6|5|United States}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = £959,000<ref name="org">{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|page=29|title=Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing|website=British Film Institute|date=2005|access-date=29 November 2020|archive-date=12 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912042419/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | gross = $65,817<ref name=mojo>{{mojo title|id=shadey}}</ref> }} '''''Shadey''''' is a 1985 British comedy film directed by Philip Saville and starring Antony Sher, Billie Whitelaw and Patrick Macnee.<ref name=BFI>{{cite web|title=Shadey (1985)|website=BFI|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b76a20779|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717211615/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b76a20779|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2018|accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref> The screenplay concerns a man with clairvoyant qualities who is recruited by British intelligence for a secret mission.

==Cast== * Antony Sher – Oliver Shadey * Billie Whitelaw – Doctor Cloud * Patrick Macnee – Sir Cyril Landau * Larry Lamb – Dick Darnley * Katherine Helmond – Lady Constance Landau * Leslie Ash – Carol Landau * Bernard Hepton – Captain Amies * Jesse Birdsall – Carl * Jonathan Scott-Taylor – Arthur * Jenny Runacre – Shop assistant * Olivier Pierre – Manson * Jon Cartwright – Shulman * Stephen Persaud – Winston

==Release== The film premiered at the London Film Festival on 18 November 1985.<ref name=LFF>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|date=November 20, 1985|last=Park|first=James|page=5|title=London Fest Pulling Full Houses; West End Venues Boost Business}}</ref> It was distributed by Mainline Pictures in the United Kingdom.<ref name=LFF/>

The film was released by Skouras Pictures in the United States on 5 June 1987 and grossed over $65,817.<ref name=mojo/>

Shadey has been very rarely shown on TV - it was shown on Channel 4 in April 1988 as part of its Film On 4 stand and the last known broadcast was on ABC in Australia on Christmas Day 1996. Apart from VHS rental soon after its release, it had long been unavailable on Video, DVD or streaming platforms- until it became available to stream via the Britbox service in September 2021.

==References== <references/>

==Bibliography== * Ginibre, Jean-Louis. ''Ladies Or Gentlemen: A Pictorial History of Male Cross-Dressing in the Movies''. Filipacchi, 2005.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0090003}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes|shadey}}

Category:1985 films Category:1985 comedy films Category:Films directed by Philip Saville Category:British comedy films Category:1985 English-language films Category:1985 British films Category:English-language comedy films