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For the soundtrack album, see Bula Quo! (album).

2013 British film

Bula Quo!
Directed by	Stuart St Paul
Written by	Jean Heard Stuart St. Paul
Produced by	Tim Major Simon Porter Stuart St Paul
Starring	Jon Lovitz Craig Fairbrass Laura Aikman Francis Rossi Rick Parfitt
Cinematography	Chas Bain
Edited by	Lewis Albrow
Music by	Status Quo as Andy Bown Rick Parfitt John 'Rhino' Edwards Francis Rossi Matt Letley
Production companies	INDY UK Films Limited Status Quo Films
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	5 July 2013 (2013-07-05)
Running time	91 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Fiji
Languages	English Fijian

Bula Quo!, also known as Guitars, Guns and Paradise, is a 2013 British adventure comedy film cowritten and directed by Stuart St Paul and starring Jon Lovitz, Craig Fairbrass, Laura Aikman and Status Quo musicians Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt. The film was expressly made to work as a tax deductible write-off for the band Status Quo, and the shooting budget was part of what was owed to the UK taxman.

The film's production used to its advantage a scheme set up by the previous Labour Government of Gordon Brown, which allowed taxpayers to invest a certain amount of money in low-to-medium budget United Kingdom films as an incentive to expand the British film industry it and/or keep people working steadily on it. Although Bula Quo! was made primarily in Fiji it was classified as a UK production because of the use of a primarily British cast and film crew. Several other (technically) British films released at the time were made using this same tax incentives, including Hitchcock (2012) and Cleanskin (2012). Bula Quo! was a box-office disaster at the time of its release, and received mostly negative reviews from critics.

Synopsis

The film is set in the Pacific island country of Fiji and tells the story of rock band Status Quo becoming entangled in a local mafia operation.

Cast

Francis Rossi as Francis
Rick Parfitt as Rick
Jon Lovitz as Wilson
Craig Fairbrass as Simon
Laura Aikman as Caroline
Matt Kennard as Dave

Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi of Status Quo and Laura Aikman at the 2013 UK film premiere of Bula Quo!

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an aggregated score of 27%.

References

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Guitars-Guns-and-Paradise/0HX3UP5ZDR0DPF6R7IMDVNJSG1
Status Quo's latest project starts with guitars, ends with guns 9-4-2013, Goldmine Magazine
Status Quo: rocking all over Berlin. BY MICHAEL ROSSER - FEBRUARY 2013 Screen Daily
Richards, Olly (2013). "Bula Quo!". Empire (film magazine). Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
"Bula Quo!". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

External links

Bula Quo! at IMDb

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Francis Rossi Andy Bown John 'Rhino' Edwards Leon Cave Richie Malone Alan Lancaster John Coghlan Roy Lynes Rick Parfitt Pete Kircher Jeff Rich Matt Letley
Studio albums	Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Spare Parts Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon Dog of Two Head Piledriver Hello! Quo On the Level Blue for You Rockin' All Over the World If You Can't Stand the Heat... Whatever You Want Just Supposin' Never Too Late 1+9+8+2 Back to Back In the Army Now Ain't Complaining Perfect Remedy Rock 'til You Drop Thirsty Work Don't Stop Under the Influence Famous in the Last Century Heavy Traffic Riffs The Party Ain't Over Yet In Search of the Fourth Chord Quid Pro Quo Bula Quo! Aquostic Aquostic II Backbone
Live albums	Live! Live at the NEC Live Alive Quo Live at the BBC
Box sets	From the Makers of...
Compilation albums	12 Gold Bars 12 Gold Bars Vol. 2 Rocking All Over the Years Whatever You Want – The Very Best of Status Quo XS All Areas – The Greatest Hits Pictures – 40 Years of Hits
Singles	"Pictures of Matchstick Men" "Ice in the Sun" "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" "The Price of Love" "Down the Dustpipe" "In My Chair" "Paper Plane" "Mean Girl" "Caroline" "Break the Rules" "Down Down" "Roll Over Lay Down" "Rain" "Mystery Song" "The Wild Side of Life" "Rockin' All Over the World" "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back" "Again and Again" "Accident Prone" "Whatever You Want" "Living on an Island" "What You're Proposing" "Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car" "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" "Rock 'n' Roll" "Dear John" "She Don't Fool Me" "Ol' Rag Blues" "A Mess of Blues" "Marguerita Time" "Going Down Town Tonight" "The Wanderer" "Rollin' Home" "Red Sky" "In the Army Now" "Dreamin'" "Ain't Complaining" "Who Gets the Love?" "Running All Over the World" "Burning Bridges" "Not at All" "Little Dreamer" "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)" "Can't Give You More" "Rock 'til You Drop" "Roadhouse Medley" "Come On You Reds" "I Didn't Mean It" "Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!" "Restless" "When You Walk in the Room" "Fun Fun Fun" "Don't Stop" "All Around My Hat" "The Way It Goes" "Little White Lies" "Twenty Wild Horses" "Mony Mony" "Old Time Rock and Roll" "Jam Side Down" "All Stand Up" "You'll Come 'Round" "Thinking of You" "The Party Ain't Over Yet" "All That Counts Is Love" "Beginning of the End" "It's Christmas Time"
Other songs	"Forty Five Hundred Times" "Bye Bye Johnny" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"
See also	Discography Members Bob Young Bula Quo!

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