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DIY Hard

Synopsis

The least you'd expect after breaking out of prison and taking a woman hostage in her own home is a clean and tidy environment to make your demands. Then the police arrive.

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Paul Holden
Producer
Andrea Cornwell
Director of Photography
James Welland
Principal cast
David Thewlis, Alison Steadman

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

First Film Foundation

9 Bourlet Close
London W1W 7BP
UK

T+44 (0)20 7580 2111

andrea@firstfilm.co.uk

Sales Company

Dazzle Films Ltd

T/F +44 (0)20 7739 7716

sales@dazzlefilms.co.uk

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