Summer Rain
Synopsis
The film certainly makes the most of local talent and resources. Two of the lead actors are from Brighton, the soundtrack exploits the cream of the town's music scene, and importantly, says Salter, the funding was put together by local tax specialists who
brought in local businesses as investors.
Glendening, who has made several award-winning shorts and worked on The Madness Of King George and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, wanted his debut feature to be dramatic. "You don't get very many films like that aimed at a young audience," says Salter, who first worked with Glendening on his short The Perfect Murder, which has been incorporated into a horror anthology feature, Virtual Terror.
Glendening and co-writer Chris Rieley drew on their own experiences of Brighton life for the script, which focuses on the tangled love lives and ambitions of three Brighton girls, Michelle, Vicky and Becky. All are on the verge of their twenties and starting to decide where their lives are leading.
Production designer Atlanta Cook and DoP Peter Wignall, who was camera operator on Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, worked together to give the film a vibrant, colourful look that captures the energy of the town.
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- Year
- 2000
- Type of film
- Features
- Director
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Jonathan Glendening
- Dir
- Jonathan Glendening. 2000. 35mm. 105mins. Prod: Jonathan Glendening. Co-prods: Stephen Salter, Ian Brady. Scr: Glendening, Chris Rieley. DoP: Peter Wignall. Prod des: Atlanta Cook. Ed: Iain Mitchell. Music supervisor: Brian Gray. Main cast: Clea Smith, Lara Clancy, Catherine Sampson, Paul Vaughn Evans, Charlie Watts. Budget: £1m. Funding: Private sources.
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Chrysalis Distribution The Chrysalis Building Bramley Road London W10 6SP Tel: 0044(0)20 7221 2213
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