Project Detail

Wasted Youth

Synopsis

Jamie and Ben are two students faced with the age old trauma of getting out of bed in time for lectures and into bed with the girl of their choice, until they come across a bag filled with several pounds of hash that's been hastily discarded by a slimy local crook. Here is the gateway to a fantasy term of dulled brains and newfound popularity: 'the answer to all our troubles' reckons Ben, floating inches from the ceiling, 'financial, social and spiritual'.

Details

Year
2002
Type of project
Features
Running time
83 mins
Format
Beta Sp
Director
Bruce Naughton
Producer
Kaitie Corimer, Lockhart Murdoch, Jack Shea
Editor
Deccan McGrath
Screenwriter
Bruce Naughton
Director of Photography
Martin Parry
Sound
Robert Anderson
Composer
Mick McGarr
Principal cast
Colin Usher, Brett Macadam, Angie Keenan, Lulu Preston

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Running Dog Films Ltd

Contact: Bruce Naughton
8 Salvesen Crescent
Edinburgh
EH4 5JN
UK

T 00 44 (0)131 538 6978

dog@runningdogfilms.co.uk

Sales Company

Running Dog Films Ltd

Contact: Bruce Naughton
8 Salvesen Crescent
Edinburgh
EH4 5JN
UK

T 00 44 (0)131 538 6978

dog@runningdogfilms.co.uk

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