Project Detail

The First Five Credits

Synopsis

A stylish drama about an unlucky gambler who cannot stop playing fruit machines.

Details

Year
2000
Type of project
Shorts
Director
Simon Overton
Dir
Simon Overton Beta-SP. 5mins. Prod: Hugh Farrell. Scr: Lizzie Slaven. DoP: Fraser Stewart. Cast: Russell Jones, Jimmy Robertson, Ted Lewis.

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Pilton Pictures 30 Ferry Road Ave Edinburgh EH4 4BA, UK Tel: 0131 343 1151 Fax: 0131 343 2820 E-mail: office@piltonvideo.freeserve.co.uk

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

The Guest The Guest

Director: Simon Overton

Year: 2004

Alec, an unemployed professional, helps his wife Kathy run a Bed and Breakfast. A new guest -Mr. Kirkwood, a charming businessman, arrives and unleashes deep feelings of jealousy and paranoia from some dark corner of Alec's mind.

Time and Motion Time and Motion

Director: Simon Overton

Year: 2000

A light-hearted tale of two office workers who are preparing for their same old routine until one of them does something to change the monotony of the job.

Bandit Michele Di Gè, as an old man reflecting on his outlaw life. Diary of a Bandit (Diario di un brigante)

Director: Henry Worsley

Year: 2027

Italy, 1866. Michele Di Gè, a young shepherd, leads a monotonous life, but dreams of the bandit-filled mountains on the horizon. When he helps his friend flee conscription, Michele sees an opportunity to leave home and prove himself as a man, joining a band of brutal outlaws. But this is not the adventure Michele bargained for – and behind every myth, there hides a stranger and more terrible truth. Shot by an international crew of young independent filmmakers, this film transports you to Italy's own Wild West -- a world never seen before on screen.