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Synopsis

A comedy in which three slackers meet a woman in their local bar claiming to be from the future. They suspect a prank until they stumble through a time leak showing a tragic end for them all. They spend the rest of the evening frantically trying to avoid earlier versions of them and attempting to unravel the mystery of just who is trying to kill them and why.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Features
Running time
86 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Gareth Carrivick
Producer
David Thompson, Joe Oppenheimer
Co-Producer
David Thompson, Joe Oppenheimer
Editor
Chris Blunden, Stuart Gazzard
Screenwriter
Jamie Mathieson
Director of Photography
John Pardue
Production Designer
Kave Quinn
Sound
Jim Greenhorn
Composer
James L Venable

Genre

Horror Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Doglamp Productions

82 Latchmere Road
London SW11 2JU
UK

Sales Company

HBO International Sales

2500 Broadway, Ste. 400
Santa Monica CA 90404
USA

T +1 310 382 3000

www.hbo.com/films

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