Project Detail

Lost at Sea

Synopsis

Ed Dowie is blessed with an egalitarian spirit, though his attempts at optimism and his enjoyment of life are marred by kidney failure. For Ed this creates a constant cycle of treatment and recovery very much like the tidal movements of the sea. This portrait focuses on Ed's character and reflections whilst also showing Ed in his element, creating music.

Details

Year: 2004
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 17 mins
Format: Beta SP, Kodak
Director: Tom Tilleard-Haines
Producer: Pinky Ghundale
Editor: Tom Tilleeard-Haines, Tor Webster (online)
Director of Photography: Tom Tilleard-Haines
Sound: Tom Tilleard-Haines, mixed by Jonathan Jenkins
Composer: Ed Dowie
Principal cast: Ed Dowie

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Tom Haines

62 Ockendon Road
London
N1 3NW
UK

T+44 20 7704 8203

M +44 (0)7951 908674

captainwilloughby@yahoo.co.uk

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