Project Detail

Nine and a half Minutes

Synopsis

A romantic comedy about two Londoners who meet on a blind date. Too busy to bother getting to know each other, they fantasize a whole relationship - meeting, sex, the split - in only 9 ½ minutes. A satire on modern sexual mores, that twists our expectations of the rom-com genre.

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Josh Appignanesi, Misha Mason-Smith
Producer
Ollie Madden
Editor
Josh Appignanesi, Misha Mason-Smith
Screenwriter
Josh Appignanesi, Misha Mason-Smith
Director of Photography
Baz Irvine
Production Designer
Erik Rehl
Composer
Lotown
Principal cast
David Tennant, Zoe Telford

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Production Status

Production Company

Mercenary Films

40 Newman Street
London W1T 1QD
UK

T +44 (0)20 7631 3545

Sales Company

Dazzle Short Film Agency

T+44 (0)20 7739 7716

dawn@dazzlefilms.co.uk

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