Project Detail

Dead Fish

Synopsis

Location: present-day London through the eyes of a humble key cutter, Abe (Andrew Lee Potts).

Date: not his best day

None of these were on his wish list:

1. Mimi (Elena Anaya), his Spanish girlfriend, announces she is pregnant and storms off to Madrid.
2. Debt collector Danny Devine (Robert Carlyle) gives Abe 24 hours to pay of his debts 'or else'.
3. Switching cell phones with Lynch (Gary Oldman), a neurotic hit man.
4. Being wanted dead by at least 2 assassins.
5. Getting a contract to kill a Dead Fish.

Abe has to get through the day, without being killed or killing anyone, earning enough dough to pay back Devine and most importantly making sure he doesn't lose the girl he loves.

Details

Year
2005
Type of project
Features
Running time
tbc
Format
35mm
Director
Charley Stadler
Producer
Douglas Urbanski
Co-Producer
Douglas Urbanski
Screenwriter
Adam Kreutner, Dave Mitchell
Director of Photography
Fraser Taggart
Sound
John Rodda
Composer
Andy Cato
Principal cast
Gary Oldman, Andrew Lee Potts, Elena Anaya, Jimi Mistry, Billy Zane, Karel Roden, Terence Stamp

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Orange Pictures GmbH and Co KG

Cuvilliesstr. 25
D-81679 München, Germany

T+49 89 998 4400

Sales Company

Mobius Pictures

5890 West Jefferson Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90016
USA

T+1 310 202 9522

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