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A Jilted Generation

Synopsis

A group of friends decide to get out of their mundane lives by stealing from their companies accounts. When the heist goes wrong they are forced to go on the run. As each one is arrested, their fear and paranoia grows.
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Details

Year
2002
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
18 min 04 sec
Format
16mm
Director
Nick Gear 1st Feature
Producer
Tamesin Derrick
Co-Producer
Joanne Morgan
Executive Producer
Nick Gear
Editor
Robert Thomson
Screenwriter
Nick Gear
Director of Photography
Doug Gray
Production Designer
Nick Rosier
Sound
Julian Hart
Composer
Headspin
Principal cast
Mark Leadbetter, Joel Greg, Matthew Lyons

Genre

Action

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

South West Film

10 Victoria Street
Bristol BS1 6BN
44 +(0)117 2565997

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