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Dial-a-Cab driver Jim Rainbird (T25) seems to have an
addiction to appearing in movies -alongside his cab! Over the
years, Call Sign has reported on Jim’s exploits in
a Bollywood blockbuster - Namastey London, which starred
the absolutely stunning Katrina Kaif; the ITV production
of Deadline, where along with a film crew and the very
pleasant – but not as stunning as Katrina Kaif – Janet Street
Porter, he set off in chase of Prince Harry and his girlfriend. Then there was the TV quiz on JHK (Japan TV), where Jim and presenter Yoko – almost as lovely as Katrina – toured London in Jim’s cab recording questions for Japanese viewers, which were then dubbed into the home language! Locals in Tokyo reported that you would never have known that he couldn’t speak Japanese! Now Jim (and trusty cab) is in a brand new movie and one that promises to be a big hit. Produced by Face Films and Scanner-Rhodes Productions, City Rats is a black comedy full of witty social commentary addressing contemporary issues such as sexuality, disability, ethnicity, love, life and death. The movie tells the story of eight haunted people who meet and fall apart - looking for redemption in each other. One (another Jim) is throwing watermelons off his office roof testing the effect for a possible suicide, while Sue is on a nearby |
JIM’S IN THE MOVIES AGAIN!
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roof about to jump herself! They see each other and delay their departures temporarily. Together they set off searching for other ways out other than down. Then there is Sue's ex-boyfriend Dean who is struggling with his creativity. His paintings are getting panned and his poetry ripped apart. He needs someone to admire - and who better than Gina, the experimental prostitute with dodgy legs who lives next door! Funny and sad with several other emotions thrown in, the movie stars Danny Dyer – who recently starred alongside Sean Bean in The Outlaw. Also in City Rats is Tamar Hassan - who starred in hit movies The Business and The Football Factory - and Ray Panthaki, who has appeared in many films but may be best remembered for his major two year stint as Ronny Ferreira in Eastenders. As for Jim, other than the |
above, his list of appearances would take up too much space in a mag with only 40 pages! So why does he do it? Is it the money? "Definitely NOT the money," said Jim recently speaking to Call Sign from the City Rats set, "unless you are the star, then film work isn’t as lucrative as you’d think and often you could earn more by just going out in the cab! I do it because I enjoy it and it gives me a buzz. Addicted? Well perhaps not quite that, but I’m waiting with baited breath for the next part!" And the movie? "It looks really good – and there’s a great looking cab driver in it…!" production companies are Face Films and my company Scanner-Rhodes Productions. Tamer Hassan, also starred in the hit films, The Business and The Football Factory. |
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Ken Freeborn becomes a Grandpa |
Reflections of a former Chairman! |
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 New Grandparents Jenny and Ken with Kiera Jenny Freeborn
and DaC hubby Ken (W6) recently became first-time
grandparents, courtesy of daughter Louise who gave birth to baby
Keira Samantha on 6 September. |
Former ODRTS Chairman, Jack Russell was
guest of honour at the official launch of Dial-a-Cab House. Now
aged 93, Jack wanted to give his views on the day… I was so happy to be invited to the opening of this lovely new building and speaking as an ex-Chairman, I want to firstly congratulate everyone on the move. It certainly takes the Society a long way from its first two buildings at Pentonville Road and Shirland Road. I also want to say that meeting again current Chairman Brian Rice, his Board and all the staff on this wonderful day, has been a real pleasure. They are all such very nice, personable people and obviously dedicated to their jobs. Just because it is now over 40 years since I took over from the late Trixie Solomons and had anything to do with ODRTS – now Dial-a-Cab – that doesn’t mean that I don’t take an interest in its development. I follow its progress each month in Call Sign and have occasional chats with the Editor and others. Even though I am now 93, I still think of and feel so much for this Society. Perhaps I shouldn’t blow my own trumpet, but I will anyway! I was one of the instigators of the idea of buying our own building and so far as I am concerned it |
was one of the best things we did and DaC House
is the logical result. Jack Russell |
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