THE FORECOURT PIMPERNEL (2001)
STORY

RUNNING TIME: 16 mins

Our most antiestablishment inspired film to date. The Forecourt Pimpernel tackles the issue of crippling petrol prices head on and in true PRAGMA style stretches the boundaries of the beg, borrow, steal philosophy of filmmaking.

The film was shot at locations which included Kings Cross station (no permission needed), Woking Police station and Sky News Studios (shot during the early hours of the morning between bulletins) on a shoestring budget of less than £1200. We pre-empted the August 2000 petrol crisis by a full 3 months and in our own way did our bit to bring the issue into Tony Blair's living room.

The film follows the exploits of a petrol pump bandit that the press have dubbed "The Forecourt Pimpernel" and a jobsworth Police Inspector who makes it his mission to stop this most unusual of criminal crusaders. Music comes from Oasis & George Gershwin.

ACTORS:
Simon Skinner as Inspector Jack Slip
Simon Mason as Martin Mason
Tom Eveling as David Jones
Duncan Mallard as Fenton Wentworth
Bob Friend as Himself
Christopher Terry as Himself
Craig Slater as Desmond D. Island
Jamie Bull as Jude Gosling
Jennifer Mason as Helena-Head Christian
Matteo Sedazzari as Roberto Di Baggio
Sarah Mason as PC Buns
Tom Sweeting as Evening Standard Man

DIRECTOR: Simon Mason
PRODUCER: Simon Mason
SCREENPLAY: Simon Skinner
EDITOR: Paul Giannuzzi
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Swavek Zukowski
MUSIC: Billy Reeves, Andrew Rodgers
CAMERA: Tom Wood
SOUND: Tom Sweeting, Jim Ireland