The Key to Life Itself
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Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 9 mins
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
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Stefan Gates
- Producer
- Sam Gates, Eric Gates
- Editor
- Saskia Simpson
- Director of Photography
- Sam Montague
- Sound
- Hugh Graham
- Composer
- Chris Whitten, Alex Heffes
- Principal cast
- Jim Carter, Catherine McCormack, Matthew Ashforde
- Executive Screen Writer
- Stefan Gates
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Production Status
Production Company
Grasshopper Films Contact: Clare Spencer 3rd Floor 14 Bacon Street London E1 Tel: 020 7739 7154 stefan@smashingTV.com www.smashingTV.com
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