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Synopsis
After drowning his sorrows at a seedy bar one night, he wakes up to the realization that he may have hired a hitman and his girlfriend to take out the suspected perpetrator of his mother's life-threatening accident.
Tribeca Film Festival 2016 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 96 mins
- Director
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Christopher Smith
- Producer
- Julie Baines, Jason Newmark, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross
- Executive Producer
- Hilary Davis, Stephen Kelliher, Fenella Ross, Elliot Ross, Cathy Schulman
- Editor
- Kristina Hetherington
- Screenwriter
- Christopher Smith
- Director of Photography
- Christopher Ross
- Composer
- Pablo Clements, James Griffith, Toydrum
- Principal cast
- Tye Sheridan, Emory Cohen, Bel Powley, Jared Abrahamson, Stephen Moyer
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, South Africa coproduction
Dan Films (UK), Bankside Films (UK), Head Gear Films (UK), Kreo Films FZ (AE), Metrol Technology (UK), Newscope Films (UK)
Dan Films
249 Grays Inn RoadLondon
WC1X 8QZ
Head Gear Films
Ashley House, 5th Floor12 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 8QN
Newscope Films
2nd Floor13-14 Margaret Street
London
W1W 8RN
Sales Company
Bankside Films
Ashley House, 5th Floor12 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 8QN
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