Keith Lemon: The Film

Keith Lemon: The Film
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul Angunawela
Written byLeigh Francis
Paul Angunawela
Produced byAidan Elliott
Mark Huffam
Starring
CinematographyJulian Court
Edited byPeter Boyle
Production
companies
Generator Entertainment
Molinare Studio
Northern Ireland Screen
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • 24 August 2012 (2012-08-24)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£5.4 million

Keith Lemon: The Film is a 2012 British comedy film written and directed by Paul Angunawela, and co-written by and starring Leigh Francis as television personality Keith Lemon. The film co-stars Verne Troyer as his guardian angel (In his final film appearance before his death in April 2018), Archimedes, Kevin Bishop as his best friend, Dougie, Laura Aikman as Keith's girlfriend Rosie and Kelly Brook as herself. The film also features a selection of celebrity cameos, including appearances by David Hasselhoff, Ronan Keating, Gary Barlow, Peter Andre, Fearne Cotton, Emma Bunton and Jedward, amongst others.

The film's plot surrounds Lemon's rags to riches story, after achieving success on the basis of a mobile phone with a lemon sweet stuck on the back. It received a rare 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. On 13 January 2014, Francis confirmed that the writing of a sequel had been completed. He also announced at the 2015 National Television Awards on 21 January 2015 that the sequel had been pushed back and that he would instead focus on other projects.