Project Detail

Out of Depth

Synopsis

Out of Depth tells the tragic story of misguided good intentions, of family love and of the personal hopes and fears that lay behind several gangland killings.





Paul Nixon (Sean Maguire) has grown up with the poverty and violence that is part and parcel of life in certain parts of London. Now in his twenties Paul has a job in the media and an 'it-girl' girlfriend, Sarah (Josephine Butler). He is on his way up. When his mother (Rita Tushingham) is attacked, however, instinct tells Paul that he must exact revenge, but when the professional villain he hires to carry out the beating asks for a favour in return, Paul is sucked into a life of drugs, violence and death.





Based on a true story, Out of Depth is a hard-hitting, contemporary, character-based thriller.

Details

Year
2000
Type of project
Features
Running time
100 mins
Format
35mm Fuji
Director
Simon Marshall
Producer
Paul Woolf
Executive Producer
Paul Woolf
Editor
St.John O'Rorke
Director of Photography
Adam Suschitzky
Sound
Michael Corden
Composer
Barry Adamson
Principal cast
Rita Tushingham, Sean Maguire, Danny Midwinter, Phil Cornwell, Clive Russell, Leigh Lawson, Joseph Butler, Nicholas Ball
Screen Writer
Simon Marshall

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Production Status

Production Company

Steon Films Ltd Contact: Stephen Cranny 15 Beira Street London SW12 9LJ Tel: 020 8673 4537 Fax: 020 8673 4537 Steonfilms@Hotmail.com www.ood.redbus.co.uk

Sales Company

Victor Films Ltd Contact: Victor Bateman 39/43 Brewer Street London W1R 3FD Tel: 020 7494 4477 Fax: 020 7494 4488

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