Project Detail

Eating For Two

Synopsis

Eating for Two is a re-telling of the nativity, positioning Mary and Joe(seph) in a fish and chip shop somewhere on the south coast. Mary is desperate for a child, a child that Joe seems unable to give her. When Joe flippantly asks for a miracle, he gets just that.

Details

Year: 2003
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 3 mins
Format: 35mm, Fuji
Director: Steve Smith
Producer: Jonathan Bairstow
Editor: Steve Smith
Screenwriter: Steve Smith
Director of Photography: Steve Smith
Sound: Barnaby Templar
Composer: Martyn Jacques
Principal cast: (voices) Timothy Spall, Janice Webb

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Sherbet

112-114 Great Portland Street
London W1N 5PE
UK

T +44 (0)20 7636 6435

jane@sherbet.co.uk

Visit Website

www.sherbet.co.uk

Sales Company

Channel 4 International

124 Horseferry Road
London SW1P 2TX
UK

T +44 (0)20 7306 6924

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