Project Detail

Silent Night

Synopsis

Silent Night is a sad little comedy based on a 1950's news item. Escaped convict, Efian Price runs home to hide. Seeing his girlfriend with another man, he offers to buy her love back by having her turn him in for the reward money.

Details

Year
2002
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 mins
Format
16mm Kodak, Fuji
Director
Paulita Sedgwick
Producer
Paulita Sedgwick
Executive Producer
Paulita Sedgwick
Editor
Paulita Sedgwick
Screenwriter
Damian Wong
Director of Photography
Paulita Sedgwick
Composer
Martin Bull
Principal cast
Cornelius Brady, Julie Tompkins, Robert Jackson, Elizabeth Russell

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Production Status

Production Company

Poker Ltd

Contact: Paulita Sedgwick
143B Whitehall Court
London
SW1A 2EL
UK

T 00 44 (0) 20 7839 6070

poker-films@yahoo.co.uk

Sales Company

Poker Ltd

Contact: Paulita Sedgwick
143B Whitehall Court
London
SW1A 2EL
UK

T 00 44 (0) 20 7839 6070

poker-films@yahoo.co.uk

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