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| Tube Tales [1999] | ![Tube Tales [1999]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZE3VS6D6L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Directors: Amy Jenkins, Armando Iannucci, Bob Hoskins, Charles Mcdougall, Ewan Mcgregor
Actors: Ed Allen, Tom Bell, Jim Carter, Helen Coker, Dona Croll
Studio: Cinema Club
Category: Video
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2119
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 84 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
EAN: 5014138068462
ASIN: B00005AWG3
Release Date: March 10, 2003
Theatrical Release Date: November 19, 1999
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Amazon.co.uk Review
London's Tubes: cylindrical objects underground crammed full of blank faces with blank pasts and blank futures. However, ITube Tales/I endeavours to expel this theory, even if it's just for the length of time it takes nine short stories to flicker past your eyes. Created via a competition in ITime Out/I magazine, which asked their readers to send in stories relating to experiences on the London Underground, a group of directors were then charged with the task of bringing the public' s images of the tube to life for 12 minutes each. Showcased at the London Film Festival 1999 and then moving on to be shown on Sky Premier a few days later (this being the first film Sky has produced) it is possibly one of the most intriguing and underrated dramas to come out of Britain at the turn of the new century. These films offer a great showcase for British talent, combining established stars like Ray Winston in "My Father the Liar" with new up-and-coming actors like Hans Matheson in "Steal Away", the film also offers a great chance to play spot-the-star. Along with this ITube Tales/I offers many actors their first chance to try out their talents behind the lens with directorial debuts from Ewan McGregor-"Bone", a beautiful story of a man's fleeting obsession with a photograph--and Jude Law--"A Bird in the Hand", which brings a little bit of nature back to the Cement City. Both these directors choose to offer very calm and ambling visuals with little dialogue (how many people actually talk to strangers on the Tube?), allowing the power of images and body language to take hold. In another way Bob Hoskins "My Father the Liar" and Gaby Dellal's "Rosebud" offers us a version of the tube through the eyes of a child, a place populated by innocents and full of terror. In diverse contrast are the offerings from Armando Iannucci ("Mouth") and Stephen Hopkins ("Horny"), who both offer a grotesque humoristic interpretation of their stories. However, the true showpiece of these films is the last, Charles McDougall's "Steal Away", an energetic and exuberant piece which turns into a spiritual journey. Many of these films wash over your emotions, evoking laughter, innocence and desire, but "Steal Away" leaves you with strong opinions on the nature of humanity. I Nikki Disney /Ip BOn the DVD/B: The special features are predictably laid out like a tube map. Given the wealth of talent on display in ITube Tales/I the disc is happily littered with interviews, trailers and on-location features, offering opinions and theories on the Tube from the huge cast and crew that went into the making of these films. Picture and sound quality are impeccable.
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 Don't waste your money October 25, 2008
Very very poor, don't be fooled by the name actors, I couldn't even finish watching it it was so bad.
 How did I miss this when it was released in 1999????? May 11, 2008
'Tube Tales follows a series of meaningful, mysterious and downright funny encounters based on true life experience of London Underground passengers. The nine stories unfold against a background of trains, corridors and escalators creating an unusual and enigmatic journey into the heart of London.'br /br /How did I miss this in 1999 when it was released????! br /br /This is the best film I have seen in a long long time. Each short story has a different director - with Ewan McGregor and Jude Law making their directorial debuts alongside more established names like Bob Hoskins. Familiar snapshots of ordinary London life are magnified and played with to explore the experiences of the people involved. This film is really an extension of that game we all play (don't we?) - looking around a packed tube imagining the life of those people that enter our lives for just a few minutes. The tramp, the preacher, the drunken businessmen, the rocker etc etc. What is their story, where are they going, where have they been, what are they thinking?br /br /As a group the stories are impossible to categorise - some are outrageously funny whilst others are sad, relective or mysterious. One thing that they do have in common is the cast of recognisable actors - Dexter Fletcher, Denise Van Outen and Ray Winstone and others - no doubt attracted by the celebrity directors and outrageous brilliance of this project.br /br /Definately watch it.br /br /PS WHY DOES no-one talk to each other on the tube? Next time you see me, say hi.
Have I missed something? January 15, 2006
5 out of 12 found this review helpful
Other reviews seem to rate this film, there must have been something I missed. For me, Tube Tales is one of the worst films I have ever seen. It is a collection of short stories (although story implies a script and a storyline, two things the makers of Tube Tales felt free to dispense with). There is very little dialog and each story is tedious to the extreme.pPerhaps if you have never seen an underground railway before the setting makes for an interesting experience. Given the choice of being stuck in a tunnel on the Northern Line for and hour and a half or sitting through this film, I'd opt for the delay on the underground any day!pI'm only glad I rented this offal instead of buying it.
 Tube Tales April 16, 2005
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
An interesting collection of short films, set within the context of the tube, London's underground network. Each of the short films has a underlying sinister twist to it...leaving you thinking right until the end. pThe short films themselves vary in quality and range from good and thought-provoking, to unsatisfactory. Taken overall it is satisfactory.pThe best of the short films is, in my opinion, 'Grasshopper', which is skillfully directed by the clever Menhaj Huda, and features the ever-charming Ray Panthaki (Ronnie from Eastenders) as Mo; a young and heavily-fashion conscious British Asian.pWell worth a watch, giving an intriguing look into the depths of something many Londoners take for granted - the Tube!
FASCINATING. February 12, 2005
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
Maybe because I don't live in a country which has an underground railway system, I find the tube fascinating, and I found these Tube Tales fascinating as well.pWithout attempting to romanticise or sanitise the Underground, the atmosphere is evoked perfectly. The emphasis on the strange half-world that exists under the streets of London, peopled both by 'normal' individuals and those who are eccentric or bizarre is perfectly conveyed.pEveryone who travels in the Tube is 'trapped' as Denise van Outen's character says, and exposed to whatever comes their way in the time that it takes them to travel from one place to their destination. In 'Mouth' this trip turns into a nightmare, but it is perfectly logical that this could happen and probably does very often.pThe streets and shops of London are seen exactly as they are, without any attempt at creating a false impression, be it a better or worse impression than one gets in 'real life'.pThe quality of the DVD is excellent, the acting is superb with cameo parts from many actors - and I'm very glad I bought it.
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