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The Final Curtain

Synopsis

A veteran game show host discovers he is dying and commissions a poverty stricken novelist to pen a celebration of his life. The writer gets sucked into the vicious feud between the corrupt old man and his aggressive young rival.

Pitted against each other in a race for a lucrative American format deal, the battle between the two light entertainment heavyweights spirals out of control - and the writer starts to unravel the dark secrets at the heart of their hatred.

Details

Year
2002
Type of project
Features
Running time
83 mins
Format
35mm Kodak
Director
Patrick Harkins
Producer
Christopher Young
Editor
Justine Wright
Screenwriter
John Hodge
Director of Photography
Oliver Curtis
Sound
Tim Fraser
Composer
Mark Thomas
Principal cast
Peter O'Toole, Adrian Lester, Aiden Gillen

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Young Films Ltd

Contact: Christopher Young
Upper Ostaig
Teangue
Isle of Skye
IV44 8RQ
UK

T 00 44 (0)1471 844 444

youngfilms@btinternet.com

Sales Company

United International Pictures

45 Beadon Road
London
W6 0EG
UK

T 00 44 (0)20 8741 9041

www.uip.com

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