Project Detail

The Computer Virus

Synopsis

In this surreal musical comedy, a love-sick computer programmer unleashes a devastating computer virus on his colleagues. The charming but deadly animated goes on to conquer the world destroying first language and then cosmic order. The Computer Virus is an all-singing, all-dancing romp through the complexities of communication in the modern world.
 

Details

Year
2005
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
12 mins
Format
35mm, Optical
Director
Jesse Chambers
Producer
Lola Cary
Editor
Jesse Chambers
Screenwriter
Jesse Chambers
Director of Photography
Bruce Jackson
Sound
David Schweitzer
Composer
David Schweitzer
Principal cast
Michael Brown, Felicite Du Jeu, David Gant

Production Status

Production Company

Data Films

20 A Christchurch Hill
London NW3 1LG
UK

T+44 (0)7932 604175

jesse.chambers@blueyonder.co.uk

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