The Phantom Museum – Random Forays into Sir Henry Wellcome’s Medical Collection
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Details
- Year
- 2003
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 11 min 30 sec
- Format
- DigiBeta
- Director
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Brothers Quay
- Producer
- Keith Griffiths
- Composer
- Gary Tarn
- Other Lead Creative(s)
- The Quay Brothers
- Librarian
- Steven Quay
- Funding
- An animate! production through Finetake for Arts Council England and Channel 4
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Production Status
Production Company
Finetake Productions (animate!)
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