Project Detail

A Long Way Down

Synopsis

New Year's Eve on the top of a London skyscraper. Martin is literally on the edge. A once-beloved TV personality, he's now desperate to jump. But he's not alone. Single mother Maureen, sassy teen Jess, and musician turned pizza-delivery boy JJ, have all turned up on the same roof with the same plan.
Instead of jumping, these complete strangers make a pact to stay alive and stay together until Valentine's Day at least.

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
96 mins
Director
Pascal Chaumeil
Producer
Finola Dywer, Amanda Posey
Executive Producer
Christine Langan, Dario Sutter, Christoph Daniel, Marc Schmidheiny, Thorstan Schumacher, Zygi Kamasa, Nick Hornby
Editor
Chris Gill, Barney Pilling
Screenwriter
Nick Hornby (novel), Jack Thorne
Director of Photography
Ben Davis
Production Designer
Chris Oddy
Composer
Dario Marianelli
Principal cast
Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, Sam Neill, Rosamund Pike

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Wildgaze Films

53 Greek Street
London
W1D 3DR
Tel: +44 (0)20 7734 7065

Finola Dwyer production / DCM Productions / BBC Films / HanWay Films

Sales Company

HanWay

24 Hanway Street
London
W1T 1UH
Tel: +44 0 207 290 0750

Lionsgate

60 Charlotte St
London W1T 2NU
Tel: +44 (0)20 7299 8800

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