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Title: CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE

Reference number: 7529

Date: 1997

Director: [d. David MacKenzie]

Sponsor: [ Channel Four, The Glasgow Film Office, Scottish Screen, Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund, Glasgow City Council Regeneration Unit]

Production company: [ Sigma Films in association with Antonine Films]

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 20.52 min

Description: Andy, a small time drug dealer, is heavily indebted to his supplier. After a long weekend of partying, Rachel finds two missionaries on the doorstep and invites them into their flat. When Andy sees them, he panics, assuming they are debt collectors. Rachel calms him but soon begins to have doubts herself, so she spikes their tea with LSD. The missionaries are horrified when they discover this, but soon begin to enjoy the spiritual experience, supervised by Andy and Rachel... until the real debt collectors arrive and chaos ensues. [synopsis from Scottish Screen Catalogue of Short Films 1993 - 1999 "Kicking up a Storm"]

Production file held at National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive. Bafta Scotland Short Film Nomination 1997. Note:- 30 sec trailer and clips also held.

[Note:- Credits list is not currently full but catalogued from secondary sources]

Credits: [Cast
Alastair MacKenzie Andy
Susan Vidler Rachel
Paul Hickey Jess
Gary Lewis Taylor]

[p. Gillian Berrie
co-producer John McKain
w. Gillian Berrie
ed. Colin Monie
m. Paul Leonard-Morgan, Martin Roberts
"Amazing Grace" perfomed by Danusia Zaremba
ph. Oliver Cheesman
p. design Mark Leese
sd. Louis Kramer, Mark Rose, Kenny Allan]