Convenience (film)

Convenience
Directed by	Keri Collins
Written by	Simon Fantauzzo
Produced by	Ray Panthaki
Starring	Ray Panthaki Adeel Akhtar Vicky McClure Anthony Head
Cinematography	Stil Williams
Edited by	Richard Blackburn
Distributed by	Spirit Entertainment Miracle Communications Ltd [1]
Release dates	October 5, 2013 (2013-10-05) (Raindance Film Festival) October 2, 2015 (2015-10-02)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£80,000[2]

Convenience is a 2013 British dark comedy film about two friends who, needing to pay a debt they cannot afford, try to rob a petrol station and end up posing as clerks for the night.[3] The film was written by Simon Fantauzzo and directed by Keri Collins.

Cast

• Ray Panthaki as Ajay
• Adeel Akhtar as Shaan
• Vicky McClure as Levi
• Anthony Head as Barry
• Jenny Bede as Debbie
• James Bradshaw as Clive
• Daniel Caltagirone as Tommy
• Margaret Jackman as Mavis
• Verne Troyer as Dwight
• Tom Bell as Stoner 1
• Tony Way as Stoner 2

Production

The film was shot in a petrol garage located in Gorseinon, South Wales.

Critical reception

Convenience attracted a positive response from audiences and critics alike. Leslie Felperin, writing for The Guardian, called the film a "fun-fuelled comedy caper" with "good, genuinely funny dialogue". Felperin praised the "likable, tightly synchronised cast".[4] Nev Pierce, for Empire Online called the film "very funny [...] simple, but strong".[5] Louie Freeman-Bassett, for Gorilla Film Online felt Convenience would have been better produced as a fifty-minute play, but singled Adeel Akhtar's performance as the film's best.[6]

References

1. "Convenience". British Board of Film Classification. 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
2. "Ray Panthaki - Why I'm Open About Cost Of Film". Sky News. 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2016-12-31. Panthaki's new film Convenience was independently made for a budget of £80,000 - the same amount it would cost to do just one shot of a Harry Potter movie, he said.
3. "Convenience review – fun-fuelled comedy caper". theguardian.com.
4. Felperin, Leslie (1 October 2015). "Convenience review – fun-fuelled comedy caper". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
5. Pierce, Nev (2 October 2015). "Convenience Review - Hapless robbers A.J. (Panthaki) and Shaan (Akhtar) hold up a 24-hour garage and end up working there for rest of the night". Empire. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
6. Freeman-Bassett, Louie (24 September 2015). "Convenience (2015) – Review". Gorilla Film Online. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

External links

• Convenience at IMDb
• Website convenience-movie.com