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Photograph Of Jesus

Synopsis

Looking for photographs of Jesus, yetis and Hitler in 1948? Help is at hand with this documentary-fantasy based on true stories of requests for impossible images. Real-life archives become the stage where fact and fiction collide, belief runs amok and unruly images have a life of their own.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
6 mins 40 secs
Format
Digibeta (PAL)
Director
Laurie Hill
Producer
Basil Stephens
Executive Producer
Basil Stephens
Editor
Laurie Hill
Director of Photography
Laurie Hill
Production Designer
Laurie Hill
Principal cast
Matthew Butson
Animation
Laurie Hill
Additional animation
Michael Zauner, Will Bishop-Stephens
Music and sound design
Mike Blackwell and Adrian Meehan at Toolshed Music Productions
Additional sound design
Marco Oriunto
Neil Armstrong voice
David L. Hayles

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction Animation Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Pendulum Pictures

41 Stradella Road
London SE24 9HL
UK

T +44 (0)20 7737 4465

basil.stephens@talk21.com

Sales Company

Pendulum Pictures

41 Stradella Road
London SE24 9HL
UK

T +44 (0)20 7737 4465

basil.stephens@talk21.com

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