Project Detail

Janice Beard 45 W.P.M.

Synopsis

She has dreams of reading the news on Iranian television. She is fascinated by bollards. She has an agoraphobic mother. She is incapable of doing anything normally. She goes to London to work as a temp and ends up involved in industrial espionage. She brings a company to its knees and then saves it from destruction. Janice Beard: Genius or idiot?

Details

Year: 1999
Type of project: Features
Running time: 93 mins
Format: 35mm Kodak
Director: Claire Kilner 1st Feature
Producer: Jonathan Olsberg
Executive Producer: Jonathan Olsberg
Director of Photography: Richard Greatrex BSC
Principal cast: Eileen Walsh, Rhys Ifans, Patsy Kensit, Eddie Marsan
Screen Writers: Claire Kilner, Ben Hopkins

Genre

Woman Director Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Dakota Films Ltd 12a Newburgh Street London W1V 1LG Tel: 020 7287 4329 Fax: 020 7287 2303

Sales Company

The Works 4 Great Portland Street London W1W 8QJ tel 020 7612 1080 fax 020 7612 1081

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