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Affictions: The Curse of Ian Spatchcock

Synopsis

One man and his amusing disease: Ian Spatchcock is a prisoner in his own home, unable to go out or even to the bathroom due to his magnetic attraction to something quite horrible! Here he explains how he manages to cope with the changes brought about by his affliction and life without his Mondeo.

Details

Year
2003
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
5 mins 45 secs
Format
Beta SP, DigiBeta
Director
Martin Gooch
Producer
Martin Gooch
Editor
James Coldwell
Screenwriter
Martin Gooch
Director of Photography
Simon Fairhead
Sound
Simon Fairhead
Music
Mike Wyeld, Stella Attar
Principal cast
Jason Attar

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Martin Gooch

Suite 86, 77 Beak Street
London W1F 9DB
UK

T +44 (0) 7887 945 821

goochling@hotmail.com

Sales Company

SFB/Short Film Bureau

74 Newman Street
London W1T 3EL
UK

T +44 (0)20 7636 2400

dawn@shortfilmbureau.com

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