Faintheart
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 90 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Vito Rocco 1st Feature
- Producer
- Peter Carlton, Lee Thomas, Rob Morgan, Nick Love, Travis Katz
- Co-Producer
- Peter Carlton, Lee Thomas, Rob Morgan, Nick Love, Travis Katz
- Screenwriter
- David Lemon, Vito Rocco
- Director of Photography
- David Katznelson
- Composer
- Lol Hammond
- Principal cast
- Eddie Marsan, Jessica Hynes, Paul Nicholls, Ewen Bremner, Joseph Hamilton
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Film4, UK Film Council and Screen West Midlands present A Vertigo/ Slingshot Production of a MySpace Film
Sales Company
Protagonist Pictures
Francis House11 Francis Street
London SW1P 1DE
UK
T + 44 (0)20 7306 5155
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