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A Social Call

Synopsis

A Social Call. A drive to the country. A brief bit of business. But it's so easy to forget something, and so difficult to leave - 3 characters, 2 cars, 6 minutes: a wordless black comedy.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
6 mins 20 secs
Format
35mm, Kodak
Director
Jonathan Romney
Producer
Lisa Marie Russo, Ben Woolford
Editor
Diarmid Scrimshaw
Screenwriter
Jonathan Romney
Director of Photography
N G Smith
Sound
Peter Wobser
Composer
David Douglas
Principal cast
Kevin Doyle, John Surman, Andrew Kotting

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Tall Stories

Studio 40 Clink St Studios
1 Clink Street
London SE1 9DG
UK

T+44 (0)20 7357 8050

gatepost@tallstories.net

Sales Company

Tall Stories

Studio 40 Clink St Studios
1 Clink Street
London SE1 9DG
UK

T +44 (0)20 7357 8050

gatepost@tallstories.net

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