Mystery Play
Synopsis
The Mender of What Was Broken.
Philip K. Dick
Mystery Play is an upbeat comic drama about a mysterious company who intervene in people's lives at times of crisis.
Sadie meets Jude at her therapists'. While waiting, they get talking, Jude revealing that he is there for a loan. Sadie suggests that Shelby, the therapist, might do financial work as a sideline (it's only her second visit). Jude feels that Shelby does counselling as a sideline . . .. Flashbacks reveal how they both came to be there, and the truth is emerges about the enigmatic Layton Shelby, who is neither a counsellor nor a financial advisor, but something more . . . much more.
Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 73 mins
- Format
- Super 16
- Director
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Sean Martin
- Producer
- Mike Talbot
- Executive Producer
- Mike Talbot
- Editor
- Loren Squires
- Director of Photography
- John Hoare
- Sound
- Henry Nesbit
- Music
- John Parish
- Principal cast
- Tom Chadwick, Tess Tomlinson, Jamie Jarvis, Vicki Simon, Jon McFarlane, Erich Redman, Matt Raper, Lola Bashua, Steve Dineon
- Screen Writer
- Sean Martin
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
891 Filmhouse Contact: Sean Martin Fortune House 88a Fortune Green Road London NW6 1DS Tel: 44 (0870 128 3086 Fax: 44(0)870 128 3087 info@891filmhouse.com www.891filmhouse.com
Sales Company
Alliance International Pictures 331 Convent Avenue Suite #5 New York NY 10031 Tel: 1 212 491 0058
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