“FLOOD” SURVIVES DISASTER

Inventive British thriller “Flood” out now on DVD despite the weather.

Timing is everything in most aspects of life and most certainly in the fill business. If you are lucky, something newsworthy and beneficial to your film happens just as you release it.

If you are unlucky, the “something” happening is detrimental and that can spell disaster for a film’s release.

“Flood” has essentially been at both ends of the stick. On the one hand it looked set for a huge audience because it’s story of a potential devastating flood in London is obviously timely. On the other it was initially released while Britain was suffering real floods in the north and west – nobody wants to see a film about something that is wiping out their friend’s and families homes.

So “Flood” , staring Robert Carlyle, was, lamentably, released on only on screen, in central London, and a wider audience has had to miss out on this stiumulating story. Until now.

Now “Flood” is out on DVD for £19.90. Indeed, you can get it as part of a box set with that other environment jolly “Day After Tomorrow” for only £22.99.

Extras include interviews with the Cast and Crew, from actors Robert Carlyle, Jessalyn Gilsig, Tom Courtenay and David Suchet to director Tony Mitchell.

In case you need to know a little more about ”Flood” now: On a bright summer morning, London shines in all its glory – its architecture, its iconic river... Whilst in Scotland, a hurricane crashes into the coast, devastating the sleepy town of Wick. Mountainous tides barrel mercilessly along the North Coast of Britain, heading straight for London…

Returning from holiday Rob Morrison (Carlyle), head of Alantis Engineering, is called to the Thames Barrier for a maintenance check. His ex-wife Sam (Jessalyn Gilsig), the Barriers Director of Operations, is the last person he wants to see. Meanwhile his estranged engineering genius father Professor Leonard Morrison (Courtenay) is desperately attempting to contact the Barrier High Command with a warning about the potential ineffectiveness of the structure.

Upon receiving the news that a colleague has drowned during the devastation at Wick and with soaring water levels and a unique set of weather conditions closing in, Rob realises that his father’s worst predictions are about to come true. Rob, Sam and Leonard must put aside their personal differences to mount an operation to save London from certain destruction.

Filed October 30, 2007