Project Detail

Shark

Synopsis

The moment of truth arrives for a young Glasgow man when he is forced to choose between the stark reality of becoming a debt collector and the honour code of his past life as a boxer.

Details

Year: 1998
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 15 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Brian Dunnigan
Producer: Brian Dunnigan
Director of Photography: David Scott
Principal cast: Frank Gallagher and Steven Singleton
Screen Writer: David Watson

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Sighthill Productions Sidewalk Ltd 353 Princes Street, Glasgow G4 9EZ

Sales Company

BF1 Films 21 Stephen Street London W1P 2LN Tel: 020 7255 1444 Fax: 020 7580 5830 E Mail: andrea.klein@bfi.org.uk

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