Project Detail

Codswallop

Synopsis

Codswallop is a subconscious drift through despair, frustration, joy and redemption.
Based on a series of surreal stream of consciousness postcards sent by the filmmaker to their son, Codswallop features a collection of uncanny characters at crucial moments in their briefly glimpsed stories.
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Details

Year: 2009
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 3 mins 42 secs
Format: Digital
Director: The Brothers McLeod
Producer: The Brothers McLeod
Editor: The Brothers McLeod
Screenwriter: The Brothers McLeod
Director of Photography: The Brothers McLeod
Production Designer: The Brothers McLeod
Sound: The Brothers McLeod
Composer: The Brothers McLeod
Principal cast: The Brothers McLeod

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The Brothers McLeod

Greg McLeod & Myles McLeod
4 Wellesbourne Grove
Stratford Upon Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 6PD

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