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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

Categories

Fiction Animation

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

Sales Company

Channel 4 International

124 Horseferry Road
London SW1P 2TX
UK

T +44 (0)20 7306 6924

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