Friends & Crocodiles (TV)

2005 · Movie · 109 min. · United Kingdom

Drama

"Friends and Crocodiles" traces the relationship of maverick entrepreneur Paul Reynolds and his colleague Lizzie Thomas over a period of 20 years from the beginning of the Thatcher years to the rise of the electronic age and the dot-com bubble. Paul persuades Lizzie to work for him as his personal assistant, and becomes her mentor. She is inspired by his drive and creativity, but appalled by his lack of organization and occasionally destructive anarchic lifestyle. After she calls the police to terminate an extravagant party which has got out of hand, they part, vowing never to meet again, but, over the years, their paths continually cross, as Lizzie rises through the corporate world and Paul's fortunes rise and fall. The play is an examination of the nature of personal relationships where work and ideas are more powerful drivers than sexual emotions, and also a panoramic view of the rapid changes in British society in the '80's and '90's.

Direction Stephen Poliakoff

Cast Damian Lewis · Jodhi May · Robert Lindsay · Patrick Malahide · Eddie Marsan · Allan Corduner · Chris Larkin · John Warnaby · Paul Hickey · Tim Plester · Isabel Brook · Sophie Hunter · Sasha Hardway · Shannon Murray · Harry Melling · Ed Tolputt · Giles Taylor · Olivia Poulet · Rod Arthur · Ruth Millar · Philip Battley · Karen Staples · Jake Broder · Murray McArthur · Will Thorp · Stewart Scudamore · Robert Wilfort · Steven O'Neill · Sam Friend