Santa/Claws
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 1998
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 7 mins
- Format
- 16mm
- Director
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Saul Metzstein
- Producer
- Carolynne Sinclair Kidd
- Director of Photography
- Neville Kidd
- Principal cast
- James Cosmo, Paul Gillen
- Screen Writers
- Jack Lothian & Saul Metzstein
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Production Status
Production Company
Ideal World Productions St Georges Studios, 93-97 St Georges Road Glasgow, G3 6JA, Scotland Tel: 0141 353 3222 Fax: 0141 353 3221
Sales Company
as Production Company
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