Cashback (2006)
Releasing at January 17, 2007 in theaters.
Comedy, Drama
Cashback is a romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sean Ellis. Originally exhibited as a short in 2004, it was expanded to feature length in 2006. Both versions were produced by Lene Bausager, starring Sean Biggerstaff and Emilia Fox. Firstly primiered at 10 September 2006 at Toronto International Film Festival.
Aspiring artist Ben Willis develops insomnia after a painful breakup with his girlfriend, Suzy. To take his mind off Suzy and to occupy the extra waking hours he has recently gained, Ben begins working at a local Sainsbury’s supermarket, where he meets colourful co-workers. Among them is his colleague Sharon, with whom he soon develops a mutual crush. As his personal means to escape the boredom inherent in the night shift, Ben lets his imagination run wild. In particular, he imagines that he can stop time so that he can walk around in a world that is “frozen” like the pause of a film. He imagines female patrons of the supermarket stopped in time, allowing him to undress and draw them. Finally the ability to stop time becomes real…
Director: Sean Ellis
Writer: Sean Ellis
Stars: Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Michelle Ryan, Stuart Goodwin, Michael Dixon, Jay Bowen, Shaun Evans
►Cast
| Michelle Ryan | ► | Suzy |
| Sean Biggerstaff | ► | Ben Willis |
| Erica Ellis | ► | Canteen Lady |
| Jay Bowen | ► | Steve Jenkins |
| Shaun Evans | ► | Sean Higgins |
| Kenneth Fahy | ► | Art Class Life Model |
| Stan Ellis | ► | Art Class Teacher |
| Katie Ball | ► | Art Class Girl |
| Emilia Fox | ► | Sharon Pintey |
| Stuart Goodwin | ► | Jenkins |
| Celesta Hodge | ► | Deer Girl in Sainsbury’s |
| Nia Roberts | ► | Woman at the Till |
| Michael Dixon | ► | Barry Brickman |
| Michael Lambourne | ► | Matt Stephens |
| Hatti Riemer | ► | Old Lady at Deli Counter |
| Kinvara Balfour | ► | Shampoo / Frozen Girl 1 |
| Cherie Nichole | ► | Shampoo / Frozen Girl 2 |
| Winnie Li | ► | Betting Employee |
| Lene Bausager | ► | Woman with Trolley |
| Irene Bagach | ► | Frozen Beautiful Girl |
| Frank Hesketh | ► | Young Ben |
| Hayley-Marie Coppin | ► | Swedish Student |
| Keeley Hazell | ► | Frozen Girl in Sainsbury’s |
| Nadia Alkhashab | ► | Frozen Girl in Sainsbury’s |
| Christine Fuller | ► | Frozen Girl in Sainsbury’s |
| Michelle Bentley | ► | Nightclub Girl |
| Gary Beeson | ► | Young Sean |
| Katarina Olsson | ► | Sean’s Mother |
| Gayle Dudley | ► | Natalie’s Mother |
| Nelly Lyster-Smith | ► | Young Natalie |
| Henrietta Bess | ► | Ben’s Mother |
| Samantha Bloom | ► | Mrs. Booth |
| Emilia Fenton | ► | Tanya |
| Nick Hancock | ► | Rory Davies |
| Howard Ward | ► | Football Referee |
| Roddy Adair | ► | Sainsbury’s Islington Footballer |
| Lee Wilson | ► | Sainsbury’s Islington Footballer |
| James Smith | ► | Sainsbury’s Islington Footballer |
| Wayne Ploughman | ► | Sainsbury’s Islington Footballer |
| Gary McNulty | ► | Sainsbury’s Islington Footballer |
| Natalie Denning | ► | Busty Customer |
| Matthew Hodgson | ► | ‘Spread Eagle’ Barman |
| Tree Carr | ► | ‘Spread Eagle’ Girl |
| Bianca Drakes | ► | ‘Spread Eagle’ Stripper |
| Katrine Falkenberg | ► | Katrine at the Party |
| Hayden Jones | ► | Jim the Bouncer |
| Janine-May Tinsley | ► | Adult Natalie |
| Graham Ward | ► | Man with Dog |
| Kubrick Ellis | ► | Dog |
| Lucy Holt | ► | Lucy at Proud Galleries |
| Daphne Guinness | ► | Anna Shapiro |
| Zola Budd | ► | (archive footage) |
| Mary Decker | ► | (archive footage) |
| Justin Ardalan-Raikes | ► | Time Traveller |
| Martin Ballantyne | ► | Strip Club Patron |
| Rebecca Calder | ► | Cinema Date |
| Jared Harris | ► | Alex Proud |
| Marysia Kay | ► | Girl in Gallery |
| Nadim Khan | ► | Sainsbury Worker |
| Marc Pickering | ► | Brian ‘Kung-Fu’ |
| John Simmit | ► | Crewman |