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Eat the Rich is Peter Richardson's 1987 British comedy, from the team behind the popular television series, The Comic Strip Presents.

The film features a number of cameos including appearances from the likes of Miranda Richardson and Nigel Planer as vile DHSS clerks, Robbie Coltrane as the ultimate yuppie, Rik Mayall as a union boss, Paul McCartney, Jennifer Saunders, Kathy Burke, Koo Stark, Dawn French, Bill Wyman, Jools Holland and Lemmy Kilmister.

Synopsis

Set in and around a London restaurant named 'Bastards', the staff begin to wonder whether or not they will get away with cooking the customers. Nosher Powell plays the Home Secretary, a menacing, beer-swilling, fornicating, lovable lout who has his own no-nonsense way of dealing with trouble, usually with his fists. He's the darling of the voters, the press and the gorgeous (Fiona Richmond), a glamorous KGB agent.

Alex (Alan Pellay), a disgruntled waitress at 'Bastards', falls on hard times. Subject to daily contempt and disgust of the upper class customers, Alex and her cohorts attempt to go on a rampage.

Nosher has enemys too; including the sinister Commander Fortune (Ronald Allen) who plots a people's revolution with a difference and General Karprov (Dave Beard) and Spider (Lemmy Kilmister) plot to involve the inept anarchists into their plans to derail Home Secretary's campaign.

Trivia

The scene involving Lemmy riding a motorcycle is played by female stunt double as Lemmy was on tour with Motörhead in America at the time the scene had to be shot.

All Motörhead band appear in the film, halfway through shooting, the idea of gradually replacing the members of the ballroom band was followed. At first there are no Motörhead personnel, then Phil Campbell appears, followed by Wurzel and Phil Taylor.

Release Notes

The VHS release of the film had a reversible cover, as shown left.

Category:1987 films

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