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This film is really funny and Eve’s performance is flawless. She doesn’t get a lot of screen time, but I thought the role was a perfect fit for her. Watching her facial expressions and anger toward the boyfriend alone is worth the price!

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Here’s a short review of the film.

In a late night bar, Henry is approached by a mysterious woman who offers to sell him the severed manhood of Wales’ greatest vocal entertainer… Believing he can make a fortune by selling the infamous appendage, he teams up with his slightly dodgy best friend Teddy and takes a journey deep into the celebrity world of celebrity body trading in the wildest funniest comedy of the decade!!

Fans of Eve Myles won’t want to miss this one!

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The film runs about an hour and 30 minutes and the DVD is set to play on Region 2 or multi-region players.

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A Bit of Tom Jones DVD

Cinema bosses have been so impressed by the Welsh reaction to the £100,000 movie, A Bit Of Tom Jones?, that it is set to be screened nationwide.

The cast, crew and backers of the bawdy farce about an attempt to sell the severed penis of the Welsh singer will appear in Leicester Square on 25 January.

Leading man Jonny Owen, 38, who has appeared in Torchwood, said: “Never in our wildest dreams did we think we would end up in Leicester Square.”

The cast also includes Denise Welch, Eve Myles and John Henshaw.

You can watch a trailer of the film and listen to an interview with the Director and Writer of the film, Peter Watkins-Hughes, by visiting the Entrepreneurial Cardiff website.

Source: London Evening Standard

Update..

Some new venue listings (thanks, Ronny):

A Bit Of Tom Jones? is playing for a week in Manchester, Bristol, Wales and London from today (29th Jan)

• Vue Lowry in Manchester
• Vue Longwell Green Bristol
• Vue Merthyr Tydfil
• Vue Shepherd’s Bush London

Check their websites for show times.

The Valleys-based caper A Bit of Tom Jones? – which receives a cinematic release across Wales next month – has triggered anger from subscribers to Sir Tom’s largest fan website.

One outraged Jones fan called the 2007 Tredegar-filmed movie that stars, among others, Torchwood’s Eve Myles, Loose Women’s Denise Welch and Mighty Boosh comic Matt Berry, “a sick nightmare”.

Other fans were similarly outspoken because the risque storyline revolves around a black market trade in the 69-year-old’s dismembered private parts.

“Sorry, I looked at the trailer for this – trash!” fumed one American follower calling herself Carol M.

“I am offended by this so-called ‘Welsh humour’ and I am far from a ‘stuffy’ person. But this is surely c**p!”

Pam, posted a similar rant from the US, adding: “I wasn’t amused.

“Not sure what kind of humour this is, but definitely not my kind.

“What anyone would find so funny about this is beyond me.”

Eve Myles as girlfriend Sally

Tom devotees questioned if the whole thing had been approved by the star’s management and summed their thoughts up on the subject with one word: “Dumb!”

However, it wasn’t all dissent.

Some compare the comic tone to The Full Monty or a certain early Monty Python outing that courted its own fair share of notoriety.

“This reminds me of how people were offended by The Life of Brian, which wasn’t really about Christ but more a comedy about the attitudes of people around him,” mused mharding.

“I suppose this story is about greed and gullibility and the film makers just needed a famous, er, name to hang the narrative on.

“In any case, Tom’s always wanted a big part in a film.”

Peter Watkins-Hughes, writer and director of A Bit of Tom Jones?, said the film was meant to be just “shameless entertainment,” adding that the idea for it came about while thinking about what to get his wife for her birthday.

“I was running out of jewellery ideas, so I started thinking what I could get to surprise her,” said the 43-year-old from Brynmawr.

“Then I remembered the true story about the selling off of Napoleon Bonaparte’s private parts after his death and, suddenly, this entire concept came to me.”

But, he added, the original idea was to be set in 1960s Los Angeles and concerning the fate of Errol Flynn’s private parts.

“Then I realised, I didn’t have enough money for the airfare to LA – let alone the $15m budget needed to shoot it Stateside – so I brought the idea closer to home.

He added that the film was “a lowbrow comedy for lowbrow people, like me”.

Bernie Snowball, manager of Market Hall Cinema, Brynmawr, where the film will debut on November 13, before showing at venues such as Chapter in Cardiff, said he believes it could do very well.

“It’s great to finally have a commercial, audience-pleasing product from Wales,” he said.

“It’s a fun, daft, laugh-out-loud film that I think could do serious business at the box office.”

Source: Wales Online

See the trailer and showing venues at: http://www.abitoftomjonesthemovie.com

‘A Little Bit of Tom Jones’ Is going on general release throughout Wales in November and will go up against blockbuster films such as Michael Jackson’s ‘This is It’ and 2012.

The film was shot on a shoestring budget in just four weeks in the Valleys town and the plot centres around a wild 24 hours in Tredegar, focusing on the misfortunes of the lead character…

Eve Myles plays the role of Sally.

Known to millions for her role as Gwen in the hugely successful hit series Sci Fi series Torchwood, Eve is recognised as one of Wales’ finest actors. Born and raised in Ystradgynlais, Eve first caught the public eye with her role in the Welsh set series Nuts+Bolts (where she first worked with ‘A Bit of Tom Jones?’ co-stars Jonathan Owen and Roger Evans, and director Peter Watkins-Hughes) and leading roles in Belonging, Score and Doctor Who.

Equally at home on the stage as screen, Eve is former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, In 2005, she appeared opposite Michael Gambon in Henry IV, Part I and II at the National Theatre. The role of Gwen in Torchwood was specifically written for Eve by series creator Russell T Davies.

You can read the full article here.

And the official website here, which includes a trailer, showing dates, competitions and much more.

A DVD of the film was reported to be in the works as well and we’ll keep you updated on its availability.

If you have no idea what this film is about or haven’t been keeping track of it, here’s the trailer and it looks to be one hell of a ride!