Project Detail

Detour

Synopsis

Law student, and all round good guy Harper suspects his stepfather Vincent of causing the car crash that landed his mother in a coma.
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
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)

Head Gear Films

Ashley House, 5th Floor
12 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 8QN

Newscope Films

2nd Floor
13-14 Margaret Street
London
W1W 8RN

Sales Company

Bankside Films

Ashley House, 5th Floor
12 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 8QN

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