Project Detail

Dummy

Jessica Thomas

Synopsis

Dummy is a coming of age drama about two young brothers whose lives are thrown into turmoil when their mother dies suddenly, leaving them to fend for themselves. While Danny loses himself in music, sex and drugs, his younger brother Jack takes action – transforming, with the help of some make-up and his mother’s old clothes, a life size mannequin into a brand new ‘mummy’ for him to talk to. Jack’s obsession with this new member of the family leads to both comic misunderstandings and bitter antagonism as the pair battle through grief, anger and denial. Finally, the boys intense struggle to survive in an upside-down world leads to a new understanding that gives them both hope for the future.

Details

Year: 2008
Type of film: Features
Running time: 89 mins
Format: HDCAM
Director: Matthew Thompson
Producer: Paula Barnes, Fiona Gillies, Nicola Fenn
Editor: Kant Pan
Screenwriter: Michael Mueller
Director of Photography: David Langan
Production Designer: Philip Barber
Sound: Henry Milliner
Principal cast: Aaron Johnson, Thomas Grant, Emma Catherwood, Moira Brooker, Therese Bradley

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Format Films Ltd

11 Orange Row
Brighton BN1 1UQ
UK

T +44 (0)1273 732716

info@formatfilms.com

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www.formatfilms.com

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