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Title: RESURRECTING BILL

Reference number: 7865

Date: 1999

Director: d. Faye Jackson

Producer: line / associate Rebecca Knapp

Production company: St Moritz Productions

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 90.00 mins

Description: Edinburgh based Julia Menzies, obsessed with Bill Hicks, looks for her vocation in life during the Edinburgh Festival. [synopsis from BFI Sift database, at http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/598711?view=synopsis, last accessed 21/12/2009]

Alternative title:- BILL HICKS IS DEAD

Credits: Cast (in order of appearance)
Julia Wendy Wason
Catriona Kerry Godliman
Cameron Kevin Kelly
Hugo Gavin Mitchell
Julia's Father James Bryce
Julia's Mother Monica Gibb
Hannah Marissa MacKinnon
Albion Customer 1 Michael Reid
Albion Customer 2 Joanna Rogers
Mark Garry Dobson
Tom Gareth Tunley
Andrew Stephen Davie
Felicia Diane Bell
Carol Susy Kane
Party Girl Zoe Keddie
Party Guy Anthony Twyman
John MacGreggor Mike Jackson
Closing Party Connection Dave Cumings
Stephen Murphy As Himself
Puking Girl Jackie Cumming
Snoggers Leda Uberbacher, Ben Whitehead
Robert Jake Hughes
Tenner Man Ricky Callan
Bouncer 1 Simon Eady
Bouncer 2 Michael Keillor
Bouncer 3 Matthew Gregory
Wall Climbers Colin Ayres, Glen Dickson
Chip Shop Passer By Greg Stark

Shotlist: God, dammit, if you're gonna kill somebody have some fucking taste. I'll drive you to Kenny Roger's house, alright? (Bill Hicks, 1990 on John Lennon's untimely death). Bill Hicks was a comedian. He died in 1994 at the age of 32. Who? (Julia Menzies, 1994, on Bill Hicks' untimely death)

Julia Menzies (22) doesn't know what she wants to do with her life yet, but does know who Bill Hicks is now. In fact, it's her growing obsession with Bill that's fuelling her quest to find a vocation that doesn't demand compromise.

Perhaps the pub isn't the best place to look. And maybe her friends and advisors would have a little more credibility if their lives weren't quite so far from what they want them to be. But then this is Edinburgh, and the largest arts festival in the world is on hand to help Julia test if she really has the courage of her convictions. And if not, what's the point?

[synopsis from http://www.britfilms.com, last accessed 15/1/2009]