Project Detail

Showreel

Synopsis

Alex, a young and unemployed actor, is chosen by a film-maker to make a documentary.

When Alex lands a part in a stage play about a film-maker turned serial-killer Alex’s life takes an unexpected turn. Strange and violent things happen to him…but the ‘documentary’ is starting to look good.
By the time he realises that this is all too much to be random it is too late for Alex to escape his close-up.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Format
RED
Director
Ross Birkbeck 1st Feature
Producer
Shaheen Schleifer
Executive Producer
Yasmin Akhtar
Editor
Ross Birkbeck
Screenwriter
Ross Birkbeck, Andrew Shepherd
Director of Photography
Chris Jones
Production Designer
Philippa Culpepper
Sound
Daniel Owen
Composer
Tom Kane
Principal cast
Jonathan Broke, Patrick Ryecart, Jeany Spark, Matthew Kelly, Andrew Shepherd, Sarah Stone

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Inbex Random

Bluebeard Pictures

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