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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

Categories

Fiction

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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