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Title: GASMAN

Reference number: 7083

Date: 1997

Director: d. Lynne Ramsay

Sponsor: BBC Scotland, The Scottish Film Production Fund and The Scottish Arts Council

Producer: Gavin Emerson

Production company: Holy Cow Productions

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 15.26 mins

Description: A story of two children who react with naive simple emotion to a situation imposed on them by their father's secret. [synopsis from Scottish Screen Catalogue of Short Films 1993 - 1999 "Kicking up a Storm"]

Awarded Cannes Jury Prize, 1997.

Tartan Shorts: A joint short film initiative funded by BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund. Three films per year commissioned for theatrical release and broadcast.

Credits: Lynne Lynne Ramsay
Steven Martin Anderson
Da James Ramsay
Ma Denise Flannagan
Woman Jackie Quinn
Girl Lisa Taylor
Boy Robert McEwan

p. man. Karen McConnell
first ass. d. Anneli Downing
costume designer Gill Horn
make-up designer Nikki Brannan
sd. rec. Stuart Bruce
p. ass. Leigh Hurst, Joan Johnston
third ass. d. Nigel McInnes. Chi Shan Chung, Morvan MacKenzie
focus puller Scott Ward
clapper loader Henrietta Larken
grip Lucien Grieve
boom operator Kenny Allan
art d. Robina Nicholson, Chris Cull
ass. art d. Vivien MacKay
art dept. ass. Tim Munro, James MacWilliam, Mark Thomas
continuity Margaret Graham
lighting gaffer Ian Jackson
electricians Dave Taylor, Drew Mansell
exec. p. Barbara McKissack, Oscar van Heek
d. ph. Alwin Kuchler
p. designer Jane Morton
ed. Lucia Zuchetti
w. and d. Lynne Ramsay

A Holy Cow Production for BBC Scotland, The Scottish Film Production Fund and The Scottish Arts Council.
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