Project Detail

Last Days of the Post Office

Synopsis

The postmen of a small sea side town hope for a life and death situation to break the monotony of their routine. When Karen O'Donoghue returns home awaiting a transplant, all their lives are changed irrevocably by a pager sent by registered post.

Details

Year: 2001
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 12.20 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Sarah Weatherall
Producer: Sarah Weatherall
Editor: Juliette Bartley
Screenwriter: Sarah Weatherall
Director of Photography: Philipp Blavbach
Sound: Stephen Haywood (location), Andy Walker (post sound)
Composer: Steve New
Principal cast: Tracy Gillman, Mark Bazeley

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Contact: Sarah Weatherall

Clock Tower House
St James’s Palace
London SW1A 1BN
UK

T 020 7976 2159 / 07970 626636

sarah.weatherall@virgin.net

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