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A Fantastic Fear of Everything

Synopsis

Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by an irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent, and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in Jack’s script, what should be his ‘big break’ rapidly turns into his ‘big breakdown’ as Jack is forced to confront his worst fears; among them love, laundry and serial killers.
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Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Features
Running time
100 mins
Format
HD
Director
Crispian Mills, Chris Hopewell 1st Feature
Producer
Geraldine Patten
Executive Producer
Johnny Fewings, Simon Pegg, Steve Norris, Nick Smith, Jasbinder Singh Mann, Pat Savage, Mick Southworth
Editor
Dan Roberts
Screenwriter
Crispian Mills
Director of Photography
Simon Chaudoir
Production Designer
Chris Hopewell
Composer
Michael Price, Crispian Mills
Principal cast
Simon Pegg, Amara Karan, Clare Higgins, Alan Drake, Paul Freeman

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Keel Films

1F Parsifal Road
London
NW6 1UG

Sales Company

Indomina Media, Inc.

9355 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 300
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Tel: + 1 310 271 4500
Fax: + 1 310 271 4509

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