Kevin & Perry Go Large
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Kevin & Perry Go Large is a 2000 comedy film, based upon the popular Harry Enfield sketch Kevin the Teenager. The film was directed by Ed Bye and written by Dave Cummings and Harry Enfield. The cast includes Harry Enfield as Kevin the Teenager, Kathy Burke as Perry, Rhys Ifans as Eyeball Paul, Laura Fraser as Candice and Tabitha Wady as Gemma. James Fleet and Louisa Rix appear as Kevin's Dad and Mum respectively. Paul Whitehouse and Patsy Byrne also appear in minor roles.
It should be noted that Enfield, Burke and Rix all return to their roles after previously appearing in Harry Enfield's Television Programme, and later Harry Enfield and Chums.
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[edit] Story
Best friends Kevin and Perry decide they need to lose their virginity and to become, in Kevin's words, "top DJs". Kevin appears to resent his parents, but is more or less completely dependent upon them. Kevin and Perry receive a reward for accidentally foiling a bank raid, with Kevin's parents agreeing that they can go to Ibiza on the condition that they accompany them, something which Kevin dislikes very much.
Once in Ibiza, Kevin and Perry meet up with the world famous DJ Eyeball Paul, who takes every opportunity to put them down and insult them - something they seem to blissfully ignore and describe him as a "nice guy". Kevin and Perry try and persuade Eyeball Paul to play a song they have created at his next performance, but only after they carry out several chores for him, including cleaning his floor and toilet.
Throughout their stay in Ibiza, Kevin and Perry set their sights on two holidaying girls, Candice and Gemma, who Kevin and Perry try and chat up with their posh put-on accents whenever they see them. The teenagers are prone to several bizarre mishaps, including being vomited on from a great height, crashing mopeds, and walking in on Kevin's parents while they're having sex.
[edit] Cast
- Harry Enfield as Kevin/Executioner (also as Henry R. Enfield)
- Kathy Burke as Perry
- Rhys Ifans as Eyeball Paul
- Laura Fraser as Candice
- James Fleet as Dad
- Louisa Rix as Mum
- Tabitha Wady as Gemma
- Paul Whitehouse as Bouncer 1
- Natasha Little as Anne Boleyn
- Anna Shillinglaw as Bikini girl
- Badi Uzzamanas Shopkeeper
- Sam Parks as Policeman
- Kenneth Cranham as Vicar
- Mark Tonderai as Record store boss
- Patsy Byrne as Old lady
[edit] Trivia
- At the beginning of the film after Kevin starts banging his head on his bedroom wall, a camera pans out to view a road with cars in it, in which the movie title appears. All these cars are Ford Focus's.
- The Ibiza club Amnesia makes an appearance in the film. However, the front view of the club is different to what it is like in real life.
- In the film, Ifans plays a wealthy and very successful DJ. In real life, Ifans admits he is a terrible DJ. However, he says thanks to "the magic of film" he'll "look pretty sharp out there".
- Enfield tried to use songs in the film that were top of the dance charts at the time.
- The song that Kevin and Perry made was actually a slightly speeded version of "Mystery Land (Sickboy Courtyard Mix)" by Y-Traxx with parts of the song mixed around.
- The song Big Girl, which Kevin makes in this film, was released as a single credited to Precocious Brats/Kevin And Perry. It reached #16 in the UK Singles Charts.
