Project Detail

The Broadening

Synopsis

'Travel', they told Mick. 'It'll broaden your mind'.





But why, reasons Mick, should getting some bizarre disease, in a place where no-one speaks your language, be such a mind-expanding experience?





The trouble is, now they've given him a round-the-world ticket...

Details

Year
1998
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
20 mins
Format
16mm
Director
Stephen Chester
Producer
The National Film & Television School
Executive Producer
The National Film & Television School
Director of Photography
Vron Harris
Principal cast
Nick Bagnall, Tom Goodman-Hill, Janette Legge, Barry Woolgar
Screen Writer
Louise Ramsay

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Production Status

Production Company

The National Film & Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks HP9 1LG
Tel: 01494 671234 Fax: 01494 674042

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