Project Detail

Top of the Range

Synopsis

Two homeless men stumble across a 'top of the range' cooker, an opportunity to end their problems. Joe needs to sell the cooker for a ticket to Blackpool - to his dying mother, while Will needs to sell it for drugs; in order to shift it, they have to work together.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 mins
Format
4K Digital
Director
Paul Bassingthwaighte
Producer
Will Massa
Co-Producer
Will Massa
Editor
Steven Wyatt
Screenwriter
Paul Bassingthwaighte, Jim Meadows
Director of Photography
Steven Wyatt
Sound
Ben Collinson
Composer
Phil Meadows
Principal cast
Joe Gilgun, Ben Worth, Paddy Byrne

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Belly Productions in association with North West Vision and Media/UK Film Council

Vision+Media
100 Broadway
Salford Quays
M50 2UW
UK
Tel: 0844 395 0385

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