Project Detail

Because I Can

Name: Because I Can
Director: Ben Lister
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 2006
Duration: 13 mins

Synopsis

In an anonymous authoritarian regime, an officer follows his orders. He routinely breaks and kills the regime's enemies. When one prisoner refuses to be broken, the tables are turned. He becomes the victim. The system turns on the officer and shows no mercy, begging the question: who comes next?

Details

Year: 2006
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 13 mins
Format: 16mm
Director: Ben Lister
Producer: Steve Coxon, Alexandra Bouillon
Co-Producer: Steve Coxon, Alexandra Bouillon
Editor: Ben Lister
Screenwriter: Steve Coxon
Director of Photography: Zac Nicholson
Sound: Billy Bannister and the Audio Suite
Composer: Norman Levene
Principal cast: James Parsons, Laurence Saunders, Michael Doyle, Jez Thomas

Genre

Action Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Antidote Produxions Ltd

info@antidoteproduxions.com

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