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My Yacht

Synopsis

A wannabe filmmaker Ben at the Cannes Film Festival pretends to be a yacht owning big producer in order to try to impress a hopeful actress Laura. His plan works well to start with, but she eventually sees through his facade, and he discovers that she has a secret as well.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
29 mins
Format
DVD
Director
Huck Melnick, Jeremy Herman
Producer
Giles Wontner
Co-Producer
Giles Wontner
Editor
Rob Hall, Steven Fabian, Brian Barnes
Screenwriter
Jeremy Herman
Director of Photography
Tim Wooster
Sound
Lee Grainge
Composer
Jamie Frankel
Principal cast
Anna Neil, Tom Wontner, Huck Melnick, Berri George

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

My Yacht Productions

12 Agar Street
London WC2N 4HN
UK

T+44 (0)7932 696 974

tom@myyacht.co.uk

Sales Company

Agar House Films

12 Agar Street
London WC2N 4HN
UK

T+44 (0)7932 696 974

tom@agarhouse.com

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