8 Minutes Idle
Synopsis
Having chosen the easiest office job he can find, Dan wrongly assumes that no one will have any expectations of him and he can get on with his simple ambition for an easy life. These hopes are wrecked when a misunderstanding with his mother results in his sudden eviction from home and he must resort to secretly living in the call centre with his cat.
A complex web of secrets and lies leads Dan into a series of increasingly bizarre and uncompromising scenarios and he is gradually stripped of everything he has taken for granted: clean clothes, an iPod, friends, and his self respect. His future is on hold, his life is in limbo, and morality has also been temporarily suspended. It is only the fragile blossoming love affair with the one person on the team who is possibly worse off than himself that eventually provides Dan with the courage to create a romantic ending that defies conventional expectations.
Details
- Year
- 2012
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 90 mins
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Mark Simon Hewis 1st Feature
- Producer
- Sarah Cox
- Co-Producer
- Benjamin Greenacre
- Executive Producer
- Christopher Moll, Steve Jenkins, Charlotte Walls
- Editor
- Victoria Stevens
- Screenwriter
- Nicholas Blincoe, Matt Thorne
- Director of Photography
- Sarah Bartles-Smith
- Production Designer
- Chris Richmond, Kiera Tudway
- Sound
- Jonny Crew
- Composer
- Mike Smith
- Principal cast
- Tom Hughes, Ophelia Lovibond, Antonia Thomas, Montserrat Lombard, Jack Ashton, Divian Ladwa, Pippa Haywood, Paul Kaye
- Production Manager
- Kaia Rose
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Cinema Six SPV2 Ltd
2nd Floor Titchfield House69-85 Tabernacle Street
London
EC2A 4RR
UK
ArthurCox
Unit 66 Spike Island133 Cumberland Road
Bristol
BS1 6UX
UK
Tel: +44 (0)117 3732 184
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South West ScreenSt Bartholemews Court
Lewins Mead
Bristol
BS1 5BT
UK
Sales Company
Content Media Corporation
ContentFilm19 Heddon Street
London
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UK
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Fax: +44 (0)20 7851 6506
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