The Phone Call
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2013
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 20 mins
- Format
- Alexa
- Director
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Mat Kirkby
- Producer
- Mat Kirkby
- Executive Producer
- Mat Kirkby, James Lucas
- Editor
- Lizzy Graham
- Screenwriter
- Mat Kirkby, James Lucas
- Director of Photography
- Ole Bratt Birkeland
- Production Designer
- Peter Francis
- Composer
- Andrew Wallace
- Principal cast
- Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
c/o Mat Kirkby
RSA Films42-44 Beak Street
London
W1F 9RH
Sales Company
Same as Production Company
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