Hard Shoulder
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2010
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 93 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Nicholas David Lean 1st Feature
- Producer
- Gabrielle Lederman, Mark Booth, Nicholas David Lean (Assoc), Steve Simmons (Assoc)
- Editor
- James Cundill, Pat Wintersgill
- Screenwriter
- Nicholas David Lean
- Director of Photography
- Steven Priovolos
- Production Designer
- Claudia Brewster
- Sound
- John Quinn
- Composer
- Walter Christian Mair
- Principal cast
- Jamie Foreman, Wil Johnson, Jill Greenacre, Angela Dixon, James Fisher, Jon Campling, Lucy Drive, Frances Speedie, Callum Andersen
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Oceanstorm Films
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