Project Detail

Eating Cake

Synopsis

Three Midlanders, pretentious Greg, unreliable Stan and ex-forces waster Ant, set themselves up in an East London flat share. As their alcohol fuelled lifestyles swing into action and personalities start to grate on each other, the cloud imposed by Stan's down-to-earth common sense girlfriend Judy, starts to loom menacingly, particularly for the zealously misanthropic Ant. Will Stan be able to have his cake and eat it too?

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Features
Running time
96 mins
Format
DigiBeta
Director
Stephen Ellis
Producer
Stephen Ellis,
Executive Producer
Stephen Ellis,
Editor
Ashley Stephens
Screenwriter
Alan Carr
Director of Photography
Stephen Ellis
Sound
Simon Cheung
Composer
Daniel Saunders
Principal cast
Alan Carr, Laurence Saunders, Des Thomas, Simon Cheung Carl Harris, Rachel Giberthorpe

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Production Company

Microfilm Productions

10 Kelvedon Way
Rugeley, Staffordshire
WS15 2SQ
UK

T+44 (0) 1889 802907

steve@microfilmproductions.co.uk

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