Project Detail

Close But No Cigar

Synopsis

Scott and his dim-witted companion, Joel (Local residents of the Cambridge area) are enlisted to help out in purchasing an old VW Campervan by an unlikely buyer – Scott’s slightly estranged, Uncle George. The simple lives of the rural Cambridge residents, Scott and Joel, are transformed rather quickly when they’re suddenly confronted with the reality that Uncle George might be up to no good.
Thrust into a world of debt collectors, armed Campervan robberies, dog kidnappers and even an unsuspected psychopath, the pair along with Uncle George – the nemesis responsible for their predicaments - work through the comedy of errors that unfold never quite getting to the bottom of things. They get close, but no cigar!

Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Features
Running time
97 mins
Format
2K Digital
Director
Tom Hutt, Will Hutt 1st Feature
Producer
Tom Hutt, Will Hutt
Editor
Tom Hutt, Will Hutt
Screenwriter
Tom Hutt, Will Hutt
Director of Photography
Tom Hutt, Will Hutt
Sound
Scott Marshall, Bamsound London
Composer
David Allen
Principal cast
Sam Wilkinson, Tim Skelton, Felix Taylor, William Wolfe Hogan, Tim Charles, Terry Scotchmer, Paul Baverstock, Peter Wheal Jones

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