Project Detail

Plenty of Spoons

Synopsis

Old age encroaches and Jack is threatened with separation from his beloved wife, when a chance meeting with a young thug brings a disturbing resolution.

Plenty of Spoons prompts its audience to consider the issues of community care, respect across the generations and how our society values its elders.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9 mins 52 secs
Format
DigiBeta
Director
Simon Hook
Producer
Footprint Films, Screen South, UK Film Council
Co-Producer
Footprint Films, Screen South, UK Film Council
Editor
Andrew Wilson, Simon Hook
Screenwriter
Jayne Kirkham
Director of Photography
David Amphlett
Sound
Henry Milliner, Tim Peck
Composer
Mark Lord, Laurence Frewer
Principal cast
John Bennett, Eve Pearce, Jamie McCleod-Ross

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Brown & Sticky Productions Ltd

68 Cressingham Road
Reading
Berkshire RG2 7JR
UK

T +44 (0)11 8975 5704

info@brownandsticky.net

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