Poles Apart
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2003
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 11 mins 30 secs
- Format
- DigiBeta
- Director
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Richard Wellings-Thomas
- Producer
- Toby White
- Editor
- James Westcott
- Screenwriter
- Richard Wellings-Thomas
- Director of Photography
- Nathan Sheppard
- Sound
- Jenny Evans
- Composer
- Marc Aramian
- Principal cast
- Sacha Tahta, Polly Moore, Lisa Reygate
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Gangster Pictures
Top Floor Suite,67 Southbridge Road
Croydon, London CR0 1AG
UK
T 44 (0)7790 005 416
toby@gangsterpictures.com
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