Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Alan Partridge Alpha Papa released as Alan Partridge in the United States is a 2013 British action comedy film starring Steve Coogan reprising his role as Alan Partridge, a fictional presenter he has played on various BBC radio and television shows since 1991 and Colm Meaney as Pat Farrell. The film was directed by Declan Lowney and written by Coogan, Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham, Neil Gibbons, and Rob Gibbons. Principal photography began onJanuary 2013 in Norwich and Mitcham, and the film premiered onJuly 2013. The film was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland onAugust 2013 by StudioCanal UK, where it opened at number one in the box office. Magnolia Pictures distributed the film in America. The film received a positive reception and grossed 9.8 million on amillion budget. It also received a Grand Marnier Fellowship Award nomination for Best Film. A book of the screenplay was published onNovember 2013.
During a company party, Pat enters the station with a shotgun and holds the staff hostage, demanding his job back. The police enlist Alan as a negotiator, and he builds an uneasy rapport with Pat with Alans copresenter Sidekick Simon, the three host a radio show during the siege. Alan daydreams of ending the siege heroically, but cannot bring himself to grab Pats gun. As the siege becomes national news, Alans assistant Lynn is persuaded to ditch her frumpy style for a TV interview, Alans ego swells because of his pivotal role, and he shares a kiss with his colleague Angela.Alan accidentally locks himself out of the building and loses his trousers trying to get back in through a window. The police realise he is an ineffective negotiator and send in an undercover officer disguised as a pizza delivery man. Alan interrupts and takes the pizzas in himself. When he discovers a taser in one of the boxes, an argument erupts between the hostages and the police burst in. Pat escapes in the stations tour bus, bringing Alan and security guard Michael. ........
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