Underplayed Gems

G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time (1999)

G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time poster
Original title
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Directed by
John Strickland
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
18
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Four male friends in their early twenties navigate careers, relationships, and personal losses as the new millennium approaches in Greenwich. The film follows their separate struggles with adulthood and the changing bonds between them.

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What happens

G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time is a 1999 British coming-of-age, drama film. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alec Newman, Steve John Shepherd and Ben Waters who are the four men on the poster, the film is set at the edge of the millennium and centred around four friends in their early 20s living in Greenwich. While each are trying to pursue their careers and goals, they are faced with life altering experiences of adulthood, developing and failing relationships and tragedy. The film takes its name from the central location where it’s based, the local mean time at the location’s royal observatory, coining the phrase 'Time Starts Here', and the name of the electro band which is a centrepiece of the story. Although an experienced director in television, this was John Strickland's first full length feature film. The film features music by electro, R&B, acid jazz and jungle artists including Talvin Singh, Hinda Hicks, Tricky and Imogen Heap. It was also one of the final projects of jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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