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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 project
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

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