Cruise of the Gods (2002)

Directed by

Declan Lowney

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

15

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former TV star reluctantly attends a fan cruise for a forgotten sci-fi show he once starred in. He confronts his faded fame while his former co-star has moved on to greater success.

wrynostalgicgentlecomedicslightly melancholicslow-burnlightheartedsatirical

What happens

Cruise of the Gods is a 2002 British made-for-television comedy-drama film produced by Baby Cow Productions for the BBC. It starred Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, David Walliams and James Corden. It was broadcast in 2002 and has since been released on BBC DVD. Written by Tim Firth, with additional material by Michael Marshall Smith and Peter Baynham, it told the story of a fan cruise held in honour of The Children of Castor, a fictitious 1980s post-apocalyptic sci-fi TV series, starring Andy Van Allen (Brydon) and Nick Lee (Coogan). Twenty years after the show's cancellation, Van Allen is the reluctant special guest on the fan cruise. For Van Allen, The Children of Castor was the height of his fame, whilst Lee went on to bigger and better things, currently Sherlock Holmes in Miami. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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