Project Detail

Rebel Frontier

Synopsis

The story of the Irish and Finnish miners of Butte Montana who in opposing US involvement in WW1 found themselves up against not only the war profiting Anaconda Copper Company but the US state. The story, narrated by Martin Sheen, is told through the eyes of a young Pinkerton agent sent to Butte to spy on the radicals and to break their strike, who might just be writer Dashiell Hammett.

Details

Year: 2005
Type of project: Features
Running time: 65 mins
Format: Beta SP, DigiBeta
Director: Desmond Bell
Producer: Robin MacPherson
Editor: Roger Buck, John Kerry
Screenwriter: Des Bell
Director of Photography: Scott Ward
Sound: Rob Walker
Composer: Varttina
Principal cast: (Voice) Martin Sheen

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Asylum Pictures

29 Craiglockhart Road North
Edinburgh EH14 1BR, Scotland
UK

T/F+44 (0)13 1455 8517

asylum.pictures@btinternet.com

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