Project Detail

Gas

Synopsis

Based on an original story written by Alfred Hitchcock in 1919 and never brought to the screen before, Gas is the tale of the surreal anxieties and imagined horror of a woman's trip to.
 

Details

Year
2007
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
12 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Sylvie Bolioli
Producer
J F Burford
Co-Producer
J F Burford
Executive Producer
Shirley Gillespie-Smith
Editor
Macbeth Clark
Screenwriter
Sylvie Bolioli, adapted from an original story by Alfred Hitchcock
Director of Photography
Roger Eaton, Steve Brooke Smith
Production Designer
Verity Scott
Sound
Julian Willson, Dave Sohanpal
Composer
Rob Lord
Principal cast
Tony Hadley, Johanna Mohs, Valerie Leon, Sylvie Bolioli

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Polaris Productions Ltd.

9 Merton Mansions
Bushey Road, Raynes Park
London SW20 8DQ
UK

T+44 (0)20 8542 8276

sylvie.bolioli@polarisproductions.net

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