Project Detail

Wild Bill

Synopsis

Out on parole after 8 years inside Bill Hayward returns home to find his now 11 and 15 year old sons abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves. Unwilling to play Dad, an uncaring Bill is determined to move on. Although Dean the older boy has found a job and is doing his best to be a father to his younger brother Jimmy, the arrival of Bill has brought them to the attention of social services. With the danger of being put into care looming, Dean forces his feckless Dad to stay by threatening to grass him up for dealing. If there's one thing Bill doesn't want it's to go back to prison. He reluctantly agrees to stay for a week o help fool social services that the boys are being cared for. Having never really grown up himself Bill quickly connects with Jimmy and through this new bond starts to realize what he's been missing. He has a family, a place in the world. He is a father. However, their happy family set up is short lived when Jimmy gets into trouble with Bill's dangerous old cohorts. To sort it out would breach the terms of his license and risk sending him back to Jail. Bill's next steps will show what sort of a Dad he wants to be. A good one or a free one.

Details

Year: 2011
Type of film: Features
Running time: 96 mins
Format: DCP
Director: Dexter Fletcher 1st Feature
Producer: Tim Cole, Dexter Fletcher, Sam Tromans
Editor: Stuart Gazzard
Screenwriter: Tim Cole, Dexter Fletcher, Danny King
Director of Photography: George Richmond
Production Designer: Murray McKeown
Music: Christian Henson
Principal cast: Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Liz White, Sammy Williams

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

20ten Media

Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Road,
Iver Heath
Buckinghamshire
SL0 0NH
UK
Tel: +44 (0)7525 064 926

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