Project Detail

Schneider's 2nd Stage

Synopsis

Joe finds himself in a field in the middle of nowhere. His mobile phone rings and a voice tells him to look in the back of his car. What he finds there is the beginning of a nightmare from which he'll never escape.

Details

Year: 2000
Type of project: Shorts
Director: Phil Stoole
Dir: Phil Stoole 35mm. 17mins. Prod/scr: Phil Stoole. DoP: Roger Lanser. Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Gerard Horan, Jimmy Yuill.

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

c/o Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton Middlesex TW17 0QD, UK Tel: 01932 572377 Fax: 01932 572020 E-mail: phil_stoole@yahoo.com

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