Project Detail

Standup

Synopsis

A boy wants to be a comedian but his father, a judge, is unintentionally his worst audience. He sentences himself to step into his son's shoes but they're secret shoes. A dirty sacrilegious film about comedy and love to scar your heart.

Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
16 mins 30 secs
Format
HD
Director
Louis McCullagh
Producer
Christopher Myers, Paul Brolly
Executive Producer
Louis McCullagh
Editor
Gerard Brady, Mick Clarke
Screenwriter
Louis McCullagh
Director of Photography
Mark Garrett
Sound
David Kilpatrick, Michael McKnight
Principal cast
Ian Beattie, Conor MacNeill, Alexandra Ford, Gerard Jordan, Allan Gildea, Aaron Butler
Focus puller
Riley Garrett
Gaffer
Eoin O'Hagan
Art/Wardrobe
Richard Davis
Make up
Maria Moore
Sound mix
Michael McKnight
Poster photography
D Sharon Pruitt
Production Coordinator
Marie McDonald

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

My Neighbour Films Ltd

12 Piney Lane
Belfast
BT9 5QS

E: info@standupmovie.co.uk

Sales Company

My Neighbour Films Ltd

12 Piney Lane
Belfast
BT9 5QS

E: info@standupmovie.co.uk

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