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Maisie's Catch

Synopsis

In an isolated Cornish fishing village, a small boy breathlessly announces that a giant is washed up in the local cave. While the men of the village are out fishing, the women head for the cave. Who or what is inside? Only Maisie seems to know.

Details

Year
2001
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13.13 mins
Format
35mm, Optical, Fuji, Betacam Sp, Digi Beta
Director
Daniel Weldon
Producer
Ben Woolford
Executive Producer
Ben Woolford
Editor
Joakim Sundstrom
Screenwriter
Jonathan Cheetham, Andrew Mitchell, Daniel Weldon
Director of Photography
Sean Bobbitt
Sound
Quillon Larratt
Composer
Benjamin Bartlett
Principal cast
Freda Dowie, Paul Trussell, Dame Josephine Barstow, Nick Brimble, John Surman, Jack Reed

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Tall Stories Ltd

Contact: Daniel Weldon
Studio 40
Clink Street Studios
1 Clink Street
London SE1 9DG
UK

T 020 7357 8050

tallstories@compuserve.com

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