Project Detail

Sideshow

Synopsis

Sideshow is Romeo and Juliet meets John le Carre, a romance between two spies that can only end in tradegy.

Details

Year
2001
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
26 mins
Format
16mm
Director
Thomas Napper
Producer
Chris Kenney
Editor
Dayn Williams
Screenwriter
Jonathan Wakeham
Director of Photography
Tat Radcliffe
Sound
Ian Hargest
Composer
Various
Principal cast
John Shrapnel, Ciaran McMenamin, Eoin McCarthy, Amelia Curtis

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Production Status

Production Company

Contact: Chris Kenney

C/O Jane Fuller Assoc.
10 Golden Square
London W1R 3AF
UK

T 020 7494 2067

jfa@dircon.co.uk

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