Project Detail

My Own Private Lido

Synopsis

An ordinary day. An ordinary bloke. A not so ordinary swimming pool. John is about to embark on the journey of a lifetime. He dives in aiming to swim a length underwater, but he runs out of air and has to come up. He surfaces, looks around - and sees he's treading water in a pond! Mildly confused, he ducks down again. In need of another breather, he comes up. This time in someone's bath......

Details

Year: 1998
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 8 mins
Format: Beta SP
Director: James Larkin
Producer: James Larkin
Director of Photography: James Larkin
Principal cast: Sean Patterson, Ethan Rasiel, Henrietta Garden, Ian Bailey, Jim Tavaré, Chris Rowe and Adie Allen

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

James Larkin 6 Birchington Road London N8 8HR Tel: 020 8340 5011

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