Project Detail

Brand Spanking

Synopsis

A struggling comprehensive gets a makeover, courtesy of the private sector.

Details

Year: 2005
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 9 min, 55 secs
Format: Digi Beta
Director: John-Paul Harney 1st Feature
Producer: Neil Jaworski
Editor: Peter Lambert
Screenwriter: John-Paul Harney, Neil Jaworski
Sound: David Hunt
Composer: Angus Havers
Principal cast: Floella Benjamin, Mariella Frostrup, Mark Lawson, Andrew Marr, Prunella Scales

Production Status

Complete

Sales Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire HP9 1LG
UK

T+44 (0)1494 671 234

rjenkins@nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

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