Project Detail

Fork in the Road

Synopsis

You can't chase your losses when the stakes are raised to life. Three men play games at a derelict farmhouse with a tied up hostage they intend to execute. Nearby, a bunch of kids play their own version. The two groups look set to meet, but who's got the balls to finish the game.

Details

Year
1998
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
24 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Barrie White
Producer
Caroline Norbury
Director of Photography
James Welland
Principal cast
Stuart Organ, Vincent Regan, Lee Oakes and Robert Whitelock
Screen Writer
Barrie White

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Signals, 40 High Street, Bildeston, Suffolk Tel: 01449 740 927

Sales Company

BFI Films 21 Stephen Street, London W1P 2LN Tel: 020 7255 1444 Fax: 020 7580 5830 E Mail: andrea.klein@bfi.org.uk

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