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'71

'71

Synopsis

A young British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a terrifying riot on the streets of Belfast in 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, the raw recruit must survive the night alone and find his way to safety through a disorienting, alien and deadly landscape.
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Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
99 mins
Director
Yann Demange 1st Feature
Producer
Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch
Co-Producer
Angus Lamont
Executive Producer
Sam Lavender, Tessa Ross, Dan Macrae, Danny Perkins, Hugo Heppell, Mark Herbert, Lizzie Francke, Leslie Finlay
Editor
Chris Wyatt
Screenwriter
Gregory Burke
Director of Photography
Tat Radcliffe
Production Designer
Chris Oddy
Sound
Rashad Omar
Composer
David Holmes
Principal cast
Jack O’Connell, Paul Anderson, Richard Dormer, Sean Harris

Genre

Action Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Crab Apple Films

43 Moray Place
Glasgow
G41 2DF
UK

Warp Films

33 Riding House St
London
W1W 7DZ

Film4

124 Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 2TX

British Film Institute (BFI)

21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN

Screen Yorkshire

Studio 3
46 The Calls
Leeds
LS2 7EY

Creative Scotland

Waverley Gate
2 - 4 Waterloo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 3EG

Sales Company

Protagonist Pictures

4th Floor
Waverley House
7 - 12 Noel Street
London
W1F 8GQ

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