Project Detail

The Great Escape

Synopsis

An old man loses hope when his only daughter commits him to a nursing home.

Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 20 mins
Format: Digital
Director: Shelagh McLeod
Producer: Jessica Adams, Simon Shepherd, Joanna O'Malley Shelagh McLeod
Executive Producer: Rupert Bryan, Sean Buckley
Editor: Nigel Buck
Screenwriter: Shelagh McLeod
Director of Photography: Michel WIsniowski
Production Designer: Fiona Bell
Sound: Emanuele Constantini.
Composer: Jools Scott
Principal cast: Ken Colley, Patrick Godfrey, Sophie Ward, Veronica Roberts, Felicity Duncan

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

JA Productions

Motion Picture House

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www.mphfilm.com

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