Scummy Man
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Directed by | Paul Fraser |
Written by | Paul Fraser |
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Cinematography | Danny Cohen |
Music by | Arctic Monkeys |
Distributed by | Domino Recording Company |
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Language | English |
Scummy Man is a short film, written and directed by Paul Fraser and produced by Mark Herbert and Diarmid Scrimshaw, based on the song "When the Sun Goes Down" by the Arctic Monkeys, and released on DVD on 10 April 2006 by Domino Recording Company. The film, like the song, focuses on prostitution in Sheffield, and uses the same actors as the music video to document a night in the life of the fictional 'Nina', a 15-year-old drug addict who works as a prostitute in the Neepsend district.
The film stars
In order to achieve a
The name of the film comes from a line in "When the Sun Goes Down", describing the "customer" of the girl featured in the song,
And what a scummy man
Just give him half a chance, I bet he'll rob you if he can
You can see it in his eyes, yeah, that he's got a driving ban
amongst some other offences
The film won an award for "Best Music DVD" at the 2007 NME Awards on 1 March 2007.[2]
The only band member to appear in the film is
References
- ^ a b "Arctic Monkeys - Scummy Man". Domino Recording Company. Retrieved 2 March 2007.
- ^ Brandle, Lars (1 March 2007). "Arctic Monkeys Snatch Two NME Trophies". Billboard. Retrieved 2 March 2007.