Project Detail

Mindhorn

Synopsis

Washed-up actor Richard Thorncroft peaked with hit 1980s detective show 'Mindhorn', playing the titular Isle of Man sleuth with a rather unique ability. As a captured MI5 Special Operative, Bruce Mindhorn's eye was replaced by a super-advanced optical lie detector, which meant he could literally 'see the truth'. Mindhorn escaped and fled to the Isle of Man, to recuperate in the island’s temperate microclimate, and became the best plain-clothes detective the island had ever seen...
Decades later, when a deranged Manx criminal demands Mindhorn as his nemesis, Thorncroft returns to the scene of his greatest triumphs for one last chance to reignite his glory days, professional credibility and even romance with former co-star/paramour Patricia Deville.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Laugh Strand - World premiere

Details

Year: 2016
Type of project: Features
Running time: 89 mins
Director: Sean Foley 1st Feature
Producer: Laura Hastings-Smith, Jack Arbuthnott
Editor: Mark Everson
Screenwriter: Julian Barratt, Simon Farnaby
Director of Photography: David Luther
Production Designer: Peter Francis
Principal cast: Julian Barratt, Essie Davis, Andrea Riseborough, Russell Tovey, Simon Farnaby, Jessica Barden, Harriet Walter, Simon Callow, Steve Coogan

Genre

Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Scott Free Productions, Mindhorn Productions, BBC FIlms, StudioCanal production in association with Baby Cow with the support of BFI Film Fund, Isle of Man, Pinewood Pictures

Scott Free Films

Donna Chang
42-44 Beak Street
London
W1F 9RH

StudioCanal

50 Marshall Street
London
W1F 9BQ

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Sales Company

Protagonist Pictures

Vanessa Saal
42-48 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 7NB

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