Project Detail

Cashback

Synopsis

Part Slapstick comedy, part visual monologue, Cashback  takes the viewers into the mind of Ben an art college student in London, whose artistic imagination runs wild as he works the late-night shift at the local supermarket. What do he and his colleagues do to pass the long, endless hours of the night?
 

Details

Year
2005
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
18 min
Format
35mm
Director
Sean Ellis
Producer
Lene Bausager
Editor
Dayn Williams
Screenwriter
Sean Ellis
Director of Photography
Alex Barber
Sound
Graham Headicar
Music
Rick Astley
Principal cast
Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Stuart Goodwin, Michael Dixon, Michael Lambourne

Production Status

Production Company

Ugly Duckling Films

47 Brewer Street
London W1F 9UF
UK

T+44 (0)207 494 4433

lene@uglydicklingfilms.com

Sales Company

John Flahive

British Film Institute
21 Stephen Street
London W1R 2LM
UK

T+44 (0)207 7957 8909

john.flahive@bfi.org.uk

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