Le donk and scor zay zee is an improvised comedy, shot over five days by shane meadows, devised with, and starring, paddy considine. Sacha baron cohen and ricky gervais have built their careers and reputations on them. Rock roadie and failed musician, le donk considine has lived, loved and. Rock roadie le donk helps his sidekick scorzayzee become a rock star. With meadows flyonthewall crew in tow, donk sets out to make scor zay zee a star. He recently lost his girlfriend and his life is going downhill fast, but when he meets scor zay zee, a white, upandcoming rapper from nottingham, he foresees a change in his life. Le donk, actually a mass of insecurities despite his bluster, feels jealous of scor zay zees talent and at several points almost sabotages the big break hes ostensibly trying to set up. So, actor paddy considine broke out an earlier comic creation of his.
But it was film director shane meadows who really turned palinczuks fortunes around. Films download information once you have purchased a film we provide you the option of downloading in three sizes. Meadows as himself purports to be making a documentary about le donk. This lowbudget rockumentary follows le donk and scorz on their journey of a lifetime. Le donk and scor zay zee is a mockumentary centering on the exploits of rocknroll roadie le donk paddy considine. A spoof documentary about an aging roadie called le donk. Shane meadows is making a documentary about his friend nicholas considine, who has renamed himself le donk as he tries to get his life back in control. Rock roadie and failed musician, le donk has lived, loved and learned. Christopher guest starred in and cowrote the best one of all time, then directed some damn fine examples of his own. By the very nature of the project le donk and scor zay zee is selfindulgent and slight but it also reveals what can be achieved with a minimal sum of money and a set amount of time.
He sets out to make scorz a star with a little help from the artic monkeys. Deleted scenes, interactive menu, scene access, trailers, synopsis. An improvised comedy, shot over five days by shane meadows, devised with and starring paddy considine. Opens in selected cinemas in the uk on the 9th of october and is released on dvd on the 26th of october. His main goal is to help his friend, the young rapper scorzaysee palinczuk, become a star, and he thinks hes found the venue in a massive. Perfectly judged dialogue reflects its genesis from years of casual development of the le donk character and scor zay zee acts as an effective. It follows the fictional character of le donk, played by paddy considine, a roadie working for arctic monkeys, and scorzayzee, a young rapper playing himself.
Mini documentary about veteran rapper scorzayzee made for the 2014 kickstarter campaign to raise funds for his debut album. Along the way, hes lost a classy girlfriend but gained a sidekick, scorzayzee. They shot the whole thing in just five days around a real arctic monkeys gig at old trafford, where le donk takes his charge reallife rapper scor zay. Rock roadie, le donk, has lived, loved and learned.