THE AGENT

Year: 2008
UK: Pinter and Martin
Cast: William Beck, Stephen Kennedy, Maureen Lipman, Lucy Bayler, Richard Trinder, Aislinn Mangan, Laura Morgan, Robert Bowman, Fergus O'Donnell, Henry Hereford, Brendan McNamara, Miranda Inman, Hannah Wagner, Jodie Wagner
Director: Lesley Manning
Country: UK
UK: 80 mins
UK Certificate: NC
UK Release Date: 27 September 2009 (Limited Release - Glasgow)
UK Release Date: 18 September 2009 (Limited Release - London, BFI and Edinburgh, Filmhouse)

Synopsis

High-flying literary agent Alexander Joyce (William Beck) is a hive of activity - from reading manuscripts to securing book deals, and entertaining celebrity clients by taking them out to lunch. However, first of all there is an author to deal with whose latest book Alexander thinks is, to be frank, not up to scratch. What he hadn't counted on thought is the author's resourcefulness...

This bitingly funny film takes you behind the scenes of the publishing world to witness the wheeling and dealing required to create the next bestseller.