Project Detail

Prometheus

Synopsis

Modern-day setting of the legend of Prometheus who stole fire from the gods. Michael Feast plays Hermes, the messenger of the gods, as a 'narrator' figure. The first third of the film is set in the Yorkshire mining community with modern dialogue. The remainder of the film goes into rhyming verse. The second part of the film is the journey through Europe with a 20 foot high gold-leafed statue, symbolically representing the mining community, and the last third is set in Greece, where the miners are released from the statue.

Details

Year: 1998
Type of project: Features
Format: 35mm Kodak
Director: Tony Harrison
Producer: Michael Kustow
Executive Producer: Michael Kustow
Director of Photography: Alistair Cameron
Principal cast: Michael Feast, Fern Smith and Steve Huison
Screen Writer: Tony Harrison

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Holmes Associates

38/42 Whitfield Street
London W1P 5RF
Tel: 020 7813 4333/4338
Fax: 020 7637 9024

Sales Company

Film Four International

124 Horseferry Road
London SW1P 2TX
Tel: 020 7306 8602
Fax: 020 7306 8361
E Mail: wstephens@channel4.co.uk, sbrucesmith@channel4.co.uk

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