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Round About Five

Synopsis

Desperate to get across London to meet his girlfriend off the Eurostar, a man persuades a pretty bicycle courier to take him on the back of her bike, creating a dilemma he wasn't expecting.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
7 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Tom Guard, Charles Guard
Producer
David Van Der Gagg, Charlie Crompton
Editor
Ian Davies
Screenwriter
Tom Guard, Charles Guard
Director of Photography
Adam Biddle
Composer
Anu Pillai
Principal cast
Jodhi May, Lena Headey

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The Long March Film Company

16 Scala Street
London W1T 2HW
UK

T +44 (0)20 7580 8680

t.guard@virgin.net

Sales Company

British Film Institute Film Sales

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
UK

T+44 (0)20 7957 8909

sales.films@bfi.org.uk

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