Project Detail

The Turning Tide

Synopsis

A man is buried up to his neck in sand with the tide coming in.

Details

Year
2002
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
tbc
Format
35mm Kodak
Director
Richard Weeks
Producer
David Smith, Paul Blair
Editor
Diarmid Scrimshaw
Screenwriter
Richard Weeks
Director of Photography
David Byrne
Sound
Angus McPake
Composer
Simon Richardson
Principal cast
Paul Blair, James Ramsay, Phil McKee

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Brocken Spectre

Flat 7
16 Riverview Gardens, Glasgow
UK

T 00 44 (0)141 420 3854

Sales Company

Brocken Spectre

Flat 7
16 Riverview Gardens, Glasgow
UK

T 00 44 (0)141 420 3854

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