''One for the Road'' is a 2003 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Chris Cooke. Filmed on location in and around

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, the film stars

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, Gregory Chisholm, Mark Devenport, and Rupert Procter as four men who meet at a compulsory rehabilitation class after being sentenced for

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. The film was nominated for the

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Award for Best New British Feature Film at the 2003

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and for the Golden Hitchcock Award at the 2003

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Festival of British Film.

Cast

* Rupert Procter as Paul * Gregory Chisholm (billed as Greg Chisholm) as Jimmy * Mark Devenport as Mark *

as Richard Stevens *

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as Liz * Micaiah Dring as Eve

References

External links

* 2003 films British comedy-drama films Film4 Productions films 2003 comedy-drama films 2000s English-language films 2000s British films English-language comedy-drama films {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub