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Fanny & Elvis

Synopsis

Fanny and Elvis is a romantic comedy at the onset of the millennium. When would-be author Kate Dickson, finds out that she has a year left to get pregnant and her husband Rob has run off with one of his students, her biological clock starts ticking away like a bomb. The search for a sperm donor who is intelligent, healthy and has the right look is the focus of the film. Kate is thrust into the world of sperm counts, ovulation and IVF. Relationships, sex and fertility in a new millennium are at the heart of this exciting new film from the pen of Kay Mellor.

Details

Year
1999
Type of film
Features
Format
35mm
Director
Kay Mellor
Producer
Nik Powell
Executive Producer
Nik Powell
Director of Photography
John Daly BSc
Principal cast
Kerry Fox, Ray Winstone
Screen Writer
Kay Mellor

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Scala Productions 15 Frith Street London W1V 5TS Tel: 020 7734 7060 Fax: 020 7437 3248 Email: scalaprods@aol.com

Sales Company

Capitol Films 23 Queensland Place London W11 4SQ Tel: 020 7471 6000 Fax: 020 7471 6012

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