Project Detail

Finkle's Odyssey

Name: Finkle's Odyssey
Director: Barney Clay
Genre: Experimental, Drama
Released: 2008
Duration: 16 mins 30 secs

Synopsis

Struggling writer Finkle is so hampered by his inability to create. He will go to any length in his search for inspiration.

His dream draws closer when a mysterious salesman sells him a suitcase full of ideas. On closer inspection it seems the 'Idea' is actually the living incarnation of the word in the form of a microscopic mite.

These mites ultimately guide him to a mysterious orifice which has appeared in his ceiling through which he must enter to end his torment.

Details

Year: 2008
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 16 mins 30 secs
Format: 35mm
Director: Barney Clay
Producer: Richard Wakeman
Co-Producer: Richard Wakeman
Editor: Johanna Scott
Screenwriter: Barney Clay
Director of Photography: Fredrik Callinggard
Production Designer: Byron Broadbent
Sound: Will Cohen
Composer: MPM London
Principal cast: Matthew Wilkinson, Gareth Marks

Genre

Experimental Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

H.S.I London

2nd Floor Royalty House
72-74 Dean Street
London W1D 3SG
UK

T +44 (0)20 7437 3344

www.hsilondon.co.uk

Visit Website

myspace.com/finklesodyssey

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