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Remote

Synopsis

Remoteis a drama set in a rural part of East Anglia and centres on a man, his disabled father and neighbour. The uneasy relationship between the three comes to a head in a shocking denouement.

Details

Year
2002
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Format
Video
Director
Darren Bender
Producer
Caroline Norbury, Gil Edgeley
Editor
Martin Morrison
Screenwriter
Darren Bender
Director of Photography
Dirk Nel
Sound
Robin Shaw
Composer
Johannes Von Weizsecker
Principal cast
Matthew Ashforde, Ken Bones, Grant Stimpson

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Hal Vogel

25 Blenheim Crescent
London W11 2EF
UK

T 00 44 (0)7711 675 282

halvogel@compuserve.com

Sales Company

First Take Films

Contact: Kate Gerova
Anglia House
Norwich NR1 3JG
UK

T 00 44 (0)1603 756868

gerovak@angliatv.co.uk

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