Project Detail

Forever Young

Name: Forever Young
Director: Terry Flaxton
Released: 2004
Duration: 20 mins

Synopsis

John Reilly appears to live forever. Philip Sturges is sent to investigate and, in his increasing obsession, finds a truth even stranger than he imagined.

Forever Young is a story of human need and human obsession. When Sturgess is sent to investigate the strange and solitary figure of John Reilly, he has to open his mind to encompass the impossible: Reilly has lived for 350 years, manning a waystation for travellers from other galaxies. His only human contact is with 10 year old Rose, a child who has not spoken since the death of her mother. Now Reilly wants life - a real life - and looks to Sturges to release him from the burden of his immortality.

Details

Year: 2004
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 20 mins
Format: High Definition
Director: Terry Flaxton
Producer: Alison Sterling
Editor: Collette Hodges
Screenwriter: Terry Flaxton
Director of Photography: Terry Flaxton
Sound: John McCombie
Composer: Al Lethbridge
Principal cast: Peter Copley, Robert Gwlym, Jonathan Phillips, Jimmy Yuill

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ignition Films

1 Wickham Court
Bristol BS16 1DQ
UK

T+44 (0)117 958 3087

ignition@blueyonder.co.uk

Visit Website

www.ignition.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

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