Project Detail

Home Road Movies

Synopsis

'No longer restricted to zone three of the local buses, our dad took us on motoring holidays of a lifetime'. Using animation combined with treated album photographs to tell the real-life story of a shy and awkward father, who desperately wanted the family car to make him a better parent.

Details

Year
2002
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
12 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Robert Bradbrook
Producer
Dick Arnall
Editor
Tony Fish
Screenwriter
Ian Sellar
Director of Photography
Sam James
Sound
Nigel Heath, Julian Slater
Composer
KPM Music Library
Principal cast
Bill Paterson, Phelim McDermott

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