Project Detail

Russell Square

Synopsis

When misanthrope Russell Square falls under a tube train he imagines his troubles are over. However when he finds he has fallen out of reality into a nowhere called The Gap, inhabited by an angel called Islington, he realises his troubles are just beginning.

Details

Year: 2001
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 18 mins
Format: Betacam Sp, Digi Beta
Director: Christopher & Benjamin Blaine
Producer: Benjamin Blaine, Zee Ahmad
Editor: Christopher and Benjamin Blaine
Screenwriter: Benjamin Blaine
Director of Photography: Christopher Ward
Sound: Phil Cleare
Composer: Keith Malin
Principal cast: Keith Malin, Jo Harper

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Charlie Production Ltd.

Contact: Benjamin Blaine, Zee Ahmad
Brook House Studios
Bluebridge Road
Brookmans Park
Hertfordshire AL9 7SX
UK

T 01707 656531

bingo@charlieproductions.co.uk

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