One of Those Days
Synopsis
Howard and his wife Jean have lived a very ordinary life. They’ve never taken drugs, overtaken on the inside lane, or run naked through a graveyard. An unkind observer might even say they were dull. But somewhere deep down, these law abiding English suburbanites believed that one day, divine justice would reward them for their propriety. But when Judgment Day does arrive, it’s a logistical disaster. Too many people, not enough staff. So when Howard finds that due to a clerical error, he has been mistaken for the genocidal maniac Vlad the Impaler, he begins a downward spiral into what seems like a never ending abyss of paper work and mindless officialdom.
Details
- Year
- 2010
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 14 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Hattie Dalton
- Producer
- John Cariss, Kate Bleasdale, Mark Burton
- Editor
- Michael Parker
- Screenwriter
- Mark Burton
- Director of Photography
- Baz Irvine
- Production Designer
- Kave Quinn
- Sound
- Colin Nicolson
- Music
- Willie Dowling and Mark Burton
- Principal cast
- Derek Jacobi, Joanna David, Deborah Findlay, Hugh Bonneville, Joe Absolom
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Memory Box Films/Rocket Pictures/Umbrella Entertainment
ed@rocketpictures.co.uk
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