Event Date: January 5, 2010 - 7:30pm
Location: The James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall, UCLA

Provocative, outrageously profane and surprisingly tender amidst an explosion of unbridled testosterone, 44 Inch Chest explores the masculine ego at its breaking point. Colin (Ray Winstone) is in agony, shattered by his wife’s infidelity. His friends respond by kidnapping his wife's French lover and holding him prisoner. A kangaroo court is held, the situation escalates, and Loverboy's life hangs in the balance as Colin wrestles with revenge, remorse, grief and self pity, all the while egged on by his motley crew of friends who just want him to get on with it so they can get down the pub.

"44 Inch Chest bares its pedigree early on: from the writers of Sexy Beast it is, like its predecessor, a masterclass in four-letter-wordery. " -Fionnuala Halligan, SCREEN DAILY

"an acute, unblinking portrait of misogyny in practice, not a misogynistic text itself." -Leslie Felperin, VARIETY

"this film looks like it will kick off the cinematic year of 2010 in fine fashion." -Mark Garham, NEW YORK MAGAZINE

DIRECTOR: Malcolm Venville
WRITERS: Louis Mellis, David Scinto
CAST: John Hurt, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Tom Wilkinson, and Joanne Whalley.
An Image Entertainment Release
95 min