Donovan Quick
Synopsis
When the multi-national bus company Windmill Transport takes over the local trains and leaves Sandy with no way to get to his day centre, Donovan starts up a one-bus company with Sandy to replace the lost service. Against all odds, the fledgling Quick and Pannick Buses becomes so successful that the ever-voracious Windmill Transport decides to poach the route for itself.
Donovan Quick, however, doesn't turn out to be the pushover Windmill Transport thought he might be. And, like his inspiration Don Quixote, Donovan manages to thwart Windmill at their own game, galvanising the community and transforming forever the lives of Lucy, Jim, Gran and Sandy Pannick in the process.
Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 104 mins
- Format
- Betacam Sp, Digi Beta
- Director
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David Blair
- Producer
- Jane Tranter, Barbara McKissack
- Editor
- Mark Day
- Director of Photography
- Peter Sinclair
- Sound
- Paul Hamblin
- Music
- Anne Dudley
- Principal cast
- Colin Firth, Katy Murphy, David O'Hara, Liz Smith, David Westhead, David Brown
- Executive Screen Writer
- Donna Franceschild
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Making Waves Film and Television Limited Contact: Alan Brodie 211 Piccadilly London W1 Tel: 020 7917 2871 Fax: 020 7917 2872 alanbrodie@aol.com
Sales Company
Pandora 7 Rue Keppler Paris 75116 France Tel: 00 331 4070 9090 Fax: 00 331 4070 9091
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