Project Detail

The Legend of Barney Thomson

Synopsis

Barney Thomson, an awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity. His uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he accidentally enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
Barney's mother Cemolina isn't much help either, she has a dark secret of her own to keep hidden. And what about police inspector Holdall who's started to sniff around the case?
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2015
Type of film: Features
Running time: 93 mins
Director: Robert Carlyle 1st Feature
Producer: Brian Coffey, Holly Brydson, Richard Cowan, Kaleena Kiff, John G Lenic
Executive Producer: Doug Apatow, Kirk D’Amico
Editor: Mike Banas
Screenwriter: Colin McLaren (screenwriter), Richard Cowan (screenwriter), Douglas Lindsay (novel)
Director of Photography: Fabian Wagner
Production Designer: Ross Dempster
Composer: Antony Genn, Martin Slattery
Principal cast: Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Tom Courtenay, Ashley Jensen, Martin Compston, James Cosmo

Genre

Action Literary Adaption Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Sigma Films

Film City Glasgow
Summertown Road
Glasgow
G51 2QJ

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Sales Company

Myriad Pictures (US)

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