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Title: SOLID GEOMETRY

Reference number: 7860

Date: 2002

Director: d. Denis Lawson

Sponsor: Scottish TV, Grampian TV, Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund

Producer: Gill Parry

Production company: Lawrence Henry / Stella Maris Productions

Sound: sound

Certificate: 15

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 30.00 minsc

Description: An edgy tale of obsession, mathematics and strange disappearances. Phil is young, successful and just married to Maisie. However, his life takes a turn when he leaves his job to edit his great-grandfather's diaries, which were left unfinished when he mysteriously disappeared. The journals soon bring Phil to the brink of a bizarre discovery, but also put his relationship under strain - until he decides to put his newfound knowledge to the ultimate test. [synopsis from BFI database at http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/747012, last accessed 19/2/2009]

Poster and script held by National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.

See website, where a DVD copy can be purchased, at http://www.solidgeometry.net/ [last accessed 15/12/2009]

New Found Land commissions six digital 24-minute dramas for television broadcast and theatrical distribution. The scheme runs every two years.

Credits: Based on the original short story by Ian McEwan
w. and d. Denis Lawson

Phil Ewan MacGregor
Maisie Ruth Millar
David Hunter Peter Capaldi
Patrick Murray Jonathan Watson
Dr. Vosse John Murtagh
Phil's Friends Stuart Wilkinson, Angela Darcy, Beth Marshall
Actor Frank Miller

p. co-ordinator Becky Lloyd
p. accountant Moyra Statham
second mass. d. Joanna Crow
third ass. d. Sarah Farquhar
sc. supervisor Lucy Enfield
locations man. Miglet Crichton
locations ass. Naomi Liston
camera grips James Coulter
focus puller Andy Gardner
camera ass. Neil McLean
gaffer electrician Pat Sweeney
sparks Ewan Epton, Alan Fraser
generator operator Lenny O'Brien
boom operator Bradley Kendrick
art d. James Gray
ass. art d. Fiona Hutchinson
prop master Jim Elliot
dressing props Matt Mooney
construction Derek Fraser, Brian Boyne
art dept. trainees Jenny Alexander, Kirsty Anderson, Lucy Vaughan
wardrobe supervisor XTF Roche-Gordon
wardrobe ass. Rob Wooley
make-up ass. Candice Banks, Catherine Muir
visual effects supervisor Alan Church
senior compositor Trevor Young
compositors Mark Slade, Foad Shah
flower animat. Leigh Took
online ed. Richard Swarbrick
ass. ed. Rob O' Neill
ass. dubbing mixer Nigel Bennett
stills phu. Ken Mellin
caterers Emma Murray, Robert Cadman
p. runners Scott Leadbetter, Faisal Aziz
floor runners Ditte Solgaard, Alona McNicoll
camera equipment Hammerhead Television
grip equipment Grip House North
lighting equipment Lee Lighting Scotland
visual effects Hypnosis VFX
flower animat. Mattes & Miniatures
offline ed. Digital Facilities, Edit Hire
online ed. Jaime Estrada-Torres
re-recorded at Shepperton Film Studios
graded at The Mill
artists accommodation The Scotsman Hotel
period costumes by Carlo Manzi
location catering Argyll Catering
transport supplied by Arnold Clark

We would like to thank the following for their generous help Terry Rollo, David Rocksavage, Mike Gordon and Family, Lucy Richer, The Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, The Scottish Actors Studio, Andy Byatt, Red Facilities, Java Club [... et al ...]

"Expand the Room" by the Light courtesy of Sherlock Hol;mes Music. "Delfline" by Andy Sheppard courtesy of Provocateur Records/SGO Music

exec. p. Carole Sheridan, Agnes Wilkie
p. man. Wendy Griffin
first ass. d. Harry Boyd
make-up designer Meg Spiers
location sd. mixer Brian Milliken
re-recording mixer Robin O'Donoghue
colourist Kai Van Beers
costume designer Delphine Roche-Gordon
p. designer Jacqueline Smith
ed. Kant Pan
d. ph. Robin Vidgeon BSC
composer Nick Bicat

Made with the support of Scottish Enterprise. Made in association with Channel 4 Television. A Lawrence Henry/Stella Maris Production. For Scottish Television, Grampian Television and Scottish Screen.

© Lawrence Henry /Stella Maris 2002