Hostages
Synopsis
A comedy about the 24hr news cycle, 'experts' and whether or not social media is more important than people's lives.
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 100 min
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Jim Owen 1st Feature
- Producer
- Ben Gallop
- Executive Producer
- Tim Heath
- Editor
- Owen Oppenheimer
- Screenwriter
- Jim Owen
- Director of Photography
- Pete Rowe
- Production Designer
- Joe Withers
- Sound
- Ollie Usher
- Composer
- James Righton
- Principal cast
- Charlotte Ritchie, Tanya Moodie, Nicholas Asbury, Raj Ghatak, Luke McQueen, Nick Helm
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A Rawk Pictures Ltd production
Ben Gallop
Jim Owen
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