The Agent
Synopsis
This bitingly funny film takes you behind the scenes of the publishing world to witness the wheeling and dealing required to create the next best-seller.
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 80 mins
- Format
- HiDef
- Director
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Lesley Manning
- Producer
- Martin Wagner, Lesley Manning
- Screenwriter
- Martin Wagner
- Director of Photography
- Jonathan Harvey
- Production Designer
- Humphrey Jaeger
- Principal cast
- William Beck, Stephen Kennedy, Maureen Lipman
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Pinter & Martin Ltd
6 Effra ParadeLondon SW2 1PS
UK
T +44 (0)20 7737 6868
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