Cashback

Name: Cashback
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2004-10-10
Duration: 18 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Stuart Goodwin, Michael Dixon, Michael Lambourne

You give 8 hours... They give you money.

Cashback (2004)

0:18 (18 min)

Drama, Comedy

United Kingdom

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Actors and characters

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Production

Left Turn Films, Ugly Duckling Films, RSA Films

Release date

10 October 2004

Budget

$40 000

Director

Sean Ellis

Scenario

Sean Ellis

Producer

Lene Bausager

Actors

Ben

Sharon

Jenkins

Michael Dixon

Barry

Michael Lambourne

Matt

Hatti Riemer

Old Lady

Frank Hesketh

Young Ben

Irene Bagach

Frozen Girl 1

All actors and roles (10)

Short description

Ben is an art college student in London, whose imagination runs wild as he works the late-night shift at the local supermarket. What do he and his colleagues do to pass the long, endless hours of the night?

What's left behind the scenes

The short film was shot over four nights in one of the Sainsbury Whitechapel supermarkets in London. Filming took place when the supermarket was closed, from 10 pm to 6 am.
The budget did not allow for the purchase of uniforms for the supermarket employees, so the actors filmed in their own clothes.
The entire short film contains not a single frame using computer special effects. Everything was shot with a regular camera.
The modest budget did not allow for wardrobe expenses, so the actors borrowed uniforms from a supermarket.
The shampoo that Barry and Matt referred to as a 'helper for women' (as the bottle was phallic in shape) is actually a genuine Umberto Giannini brand.
There is not a single shot using computer special effects in the entire film.
Initially, when starting work, the director wanted to see Jamie Bell in the lead role, but the actor ignored the script offered to him.
Filming began more than a year after work on the short film was completed. In December 2004, director and screenwriter Sean Ellis decided to develop the plot and wrote the screenplay in seven days. In March 2005, he reached agreements with all the key actors, then secured funding, and in May of the same year, shooting began, lasting 25 days.
When starting work, the director wanted Jamie Bell in the lead role, but the actor ignored the script offered to him.
The modest budget did not allow for any wardrobe expenses, and the main characters borrowed their uniforms from the supermarket temporarily, while shoppers wore their usual everyday clothes.