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Cemetery Junction (2010)
In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.
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In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.
Rating:R
Genre:Drama, Comedy
Written By:Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
In Theaters:8/17/2010
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Runtime:94 minutes
Studio:Gervais/Merchant
Cast
Stephen Merchant, Ricky Gervais
Director
Christian Cooke
Frederick "Freddie" Taylor
Tom Hughes
Bruce Pearson
Jack Doolan
Snork
Felicity Jones
Julie Kendrick
Ralph Fiennes
Mr. Kendrick
Ricky Gervais
Len Taylor
Emily Watson
Mrs. Kendrick
Matthew Goode
Mike Ramsay
Anne Reid
Freddie's Gran
Steve Speirs
Sgt. Wyn Davies
Julia Davis
Mrs. Taylor
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