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Sonny's Pride

Synopsis

Alcoholic Sonny has to swallow his pride and plead to be allowed to return to the pub he has been banned from in order to take his son Mark for a drink. Despite the obstacles he has to overcome he manages to hold himself together enough to enjoy their final meeting and to see his son's success in the business he is proud to have passed on.

Details

Year
1999
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
7 mins
Format
16mm
Director
Brian Kelly
Producer
Dan MacRae
Executive Producer
Dan MacRae
Director of Photography
Mark Marnie
Principal cast
Tom Watson, Gary Lewis, Stevie Allan, Michael O'Brien
Film Stock
Kodak Screen Writer: Barry Gornell

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Southside Films Ltd Flat 3/1, 279 Langside Road, Glasgow G42 8XX Tel: 0141 423 0331

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