num_pages: 66
description: Comedy Thriller / Casting: 4 male, 5 femaleScenery: InteriorSet in the Beverly Hills home of Oscar winning movie director Bruce Delamitri, Popcorn is a satirical comedy thriller with the firepower of a hit squad. When notorious killers Wayne and Scout interrupt Bruce's passionate introduction to Brooke Daniels, a nude model and actress, they want more than an autograph from their cinematic idol. Wayne intends to use Bruce's "art" as justification for murder. Events are disrupted by the arrival of Bruce's soon to be ex wife and spoiled teenage daughter and his producer. However, Wayne means to succeed whatever the cost."Bloodcurdling comedy."-London Sunday Times"First rate entertainment, funny, gripping and genuinely thought provoking."- Daily Telegraph"This is Ben Elton at his gruesome, satirical best."-Daily MailWinner of the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and the Barclays Theatre Award for Best New Play.
language: English
title: Popcorn
titlecomplete: Popcorn
genres: Comedy, British Literature, Mystery, Humor, Thriller, 20th Century, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 6969
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: The Macallan Gold Dagger
category: Fiction
publisher: Samuel French Ltd