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Standing Room Only

Synopsis

A group of obsessed fans get more than they bargained for on the last night.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 mins 32 secs
Format
35mm, Kodak
Director
Deborah-Lee Furness
Producer
Ian Fair, Kim Leggatt, Douglas W Miller, Trudie Styler, Travis Swords, Harvey Weinstein
Editor
Saska Simpson
Screenwriter
Deborah-Lee Furness (first film)
Director of Photography
Nic Morris
Sound
Steve Phillips
Composer
David Hirschfelder
Principal cast
Michael Gambon, Will Ash, Mary Elisabeth Mastrantonio, Hugh Jackman, Andy Serkis, Sophie Dahl, Alan Rickman, Joanna Lumley, Lindsey Marshall, Nick Audsley, Maureen Lipman

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Standing Room Productions

25 Rathbone Street
London W1T 1NQ
UK

T+44 (0)20 7580 7476

Info@spacemanfilms.com

Sales Company

SFB/Short Film Bureau

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