Project Detail

The Smoke

Name: The Smoke
Director: Ben Pickering
Genre: Action
Released: 2014
Duration: 89 min

Slate4 Films

Synopsis

City lawyer Brad Walker (Matt di'Angelo) is having the worst day of his life. His high-maintenance girlfriend Sasha (Anna Passey) has left him for his so-called friend Tom (Christian Brassington) and to add insult to injury, he's been fired too. On a night out drowning his sorrows with old friend Dean (Jeff Leach), he overhears a conversation between Phil (Darren Ripley) and Ben (Stephen Marcus) - two drug dealers working for small-time gangster Jack (Alan Ford) - that will change his life forever...

Details

Year: 2014
Type of project: Features
Running time: 89 min
Format: 35mm
Director: Ben Pickering 1st Feature
Producer: Andrew Ornitharis
Co-Producer: Darren Ripley
Executive Producer: Simon Maine-Tucker
Editor: Ben Nugent
Screenwriter: Darren Ripley
Director of Photography: Bruce Melhuish
Production Designer: Adriana Iacovou
Sound: David Sohanpal
Composer: Luke Corradine
Principal cast: Matt Di Angelo, Anna Passey, Lili Bordan, Alan Ford, Steven Marcus, Velibor Topic

Genre

Action

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Slate 4 Films

Sales Company

East West (world), Carnaby (UK)

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