Project Detail

Mowing the Lawn

Synopsis

A 20th-century pioneer is frozen with fear as he faces taking the first steps into the complete unknown. Mowing the Lawn imagines how the transforming power of music can bridge doubts and dreams when history is being made.
 

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
8 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Michael Bentham
Producer
Mike Chamberlain, Dave Allison
Co-Producer
Mike Chamberlain, Dave Allison
Editor
Simon Sykes
Screenwriter
Chris Bryans
Director of Photography
Vladimir Trivic
Sound
Guy Hake
Composer
J S Bach (orig music Michael Bentham/Guy Hake)
Principal cast
Rick Warden, Aaron Swartz

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Production Status

Production Company

Stampede Ltd

The Hat Factory
65-67 Bute Street
Luton LU1 2EY
UK

T+44 (0)15 8272 7330

Sales Company

Stampede Ltd

The Hat Factory
65-67 Bute Street
Luton LU1 2EY
UK

T +44 (0)15 8272 7330

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