Spitting Distance
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 1999
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 18 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Brian Ross
- Producer
- Dan MacRae
- Executive Producer
- Dan MacRae
- Director of Photography
- Alan Stewart
- Principal cast
- Tom Bell, Paul Blair, Jenny Ryan
- Film Stock
- Kodak Screen Writer: Brian Ross
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Canny Films & Edinburgh Film Productions Edinburgh Film Studios, Nine Mile Burn, Midlothian EH26 9LT
Sales Company
Scottish Screen 74 Victoria Crescent Road, Glasgow G12 9JN Tel: 0141 302 1700 Fax: 0141 302 1711
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