Project Detail

Furnace Four

Synopsis

A dark fable set in an unforgiving future. Two furnace stokers, Porter and Strivitz, are supposed to be burning all the music ever written. But they're about to discover that some things just won't burn.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 mins
Format
HD
Director
Haydn Butler
Producer
Vanessa Arden-Wood
Editor
Haydn Butler
Screenwriter
Ali Muriel
Director of Photography
Liz Smith
Production Designer
James Lees
Sound
Dave Smith
Composer
Christopher Chong
Principal cast
Lee Ingleby, Napoleon Ryan

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Production Status

Production Company

www.butlerdidit.co.uk/furnacefour

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