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Title: LIFE OF STUFF, the

Reference number: 7816

Date: 1997

Director: [d. Simon Donald]

Sponsor: [ BBC Films, Scottish Arts Council, Glasgow Film Fund, Scottish Film Production Fund]

Producer: [ Lynda Myles]

Production company: [ Prairie Pictures]

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 90.00 minsc

Description: Social drama around a group of gangsters set in Glasgow's clubbing scene.
[synopsis from BFI database at http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/567787, last accessed 19/8/2009]

Budget £2 million. Six-week shooting schedule.

Credits: [Crew
Director
DONALD, Simon
Production Company/©/Author
Prairie Pictures
In Association with the
Glasgow Film Fund
Presented by
BBC Films
Presented by
Scottish Arts Council
Executive Producer
SHIVAS, Mark
[Executive Producer]
DICK, Eddie
Producer
MYLES, Lynda
Co-producer
GARWOOD, Anne
Line Producer
WANDS, Alan J. 'Willy'
Production Accountant
BOOTH, Hilda
Assistant Accountant
BOOTH, Sarah
Production Co-ordinator
CAMPBELL, Alison
Unit/Location Manager
KACZYNSKI, Brian
Post-production Supervisor
BARKER, Stephen
Producer's Assistant
PARRY, Siân
Assistant Director (1st)
GILCHRIST, David
Assistant Director (2nd)
HUGHES, Claire
Assistant Director (3rd)
BOYD, Harry
Assistant Director (3rd)
FRANCHI, Niall
Script Supervisor
CRICHTON, Lou
Casting Director
DAVIS, Leo
Script Consultant (BBC Films)
GUERRASIO, Stephanie
Written by
DONALD, Simon
Director of Photography
TUFANO, Brian
Focus Puller
SHIPSEY, Bob
Clapper/Loader
PITTNAM, Clive
Clapper/Loader
JACOBSON, Suzi
Grip
McCARTHY, Adrian
Gaffer
CADDEN, Willy
Best Boy
McCONOLOGUE, Frank
Stills
CRAWFORD, Charlie
[Stills Photography]
MELLIN, Ken
Special Effects Supervisor
BRISDON, Stuart
Special Effects Technician
HADDENHAM, Mark
Special Effects Technician
TILLEY, Colin
Editor
KRISH, Justin
1st Assistant Editor (Glasgow)
MORRISON, Lynn
2nd Assistant Editor (London)
BUCKLAND, Kate
Editing
De Lane Lea
Designer
MACLEOD, Zoë
Art Director
McCULLAGH, Tom
Assistant Art Director
CLYDE, Judith
Storyboard Artist
JOHNSTON, Graham
Props Buyer
MORRISON, Sue
Props Master
FITZGERALD, Gordon
Standby Props
BERGEL, Mat
Standby Props
ROBERTS, Mike
Dressing Props
CUNNINGHAM, Stewart
Dressing Props
JAMIESON, Piero
Costume Designer
CARIN, Kate
Wardrobe Supervisor
BAKER, Eleanor
Wardrobe Assistant
TAHANPOULOS, Dena
Make-up Designer
NAPIER, Irene
Make-up Assistant
JAMIESON, Dianne
Titles/Opticals
Cine Image
Laboratory
Rank Film Laboratories
[Music] Composer
LUNN, John
Music Performed by Members of the
Munich Symphony Orchestra
[Munich Symphony Orchestra] Leader
BOUTON, William
Music Co-ordinator
TALKINGTON, Paul
Music Clearance
COLLS, Roz
Music Recorded at
Bavaria Musik Studios
[Music] Recording Engineer
GOLDING, Paul
[Music] Assistant Engineer
FUCHS, Peter
Sound Mixer
NICHOLSON, Colin
Boom Operator
COOK, Tony
Dubbing Mixer
HUMPHRIES, Dave
Assistant Dubbing Mixer
THOMPSON, Robert
Re-recorded at
dB Post Productions Ltd
Sound Editor
BRAZIER, Kevin
Sound Editor
GRIFFITHS, Stephen
Assistant Sound Editor
SHAMARIS, Kallis
ADR (Mixer)
SALLABANK, Alan
Foley (Artist)
ANKERSON, Julie
Foley (Artist)
FEWELL, John
Foley (Mixer)
SWANSCOTT, Trevor
Foley (Editor)
SWANSCOTT, Trevor
Stunt Co-ordinator
BRADFORD, Andy
Stunt Artist
ROGERS, Séon
Armourer
SHEPHERD, Bernard
Animal Trainer
STEWART, David
Publicity
Corbett & Keene

Cast
Holly
AITKEN, Mabel
Fraser
BREMNER, Ewen
Alec Sneddon
CUNNINGHAM, Liam
Willie Dobie
FLEMYNG, Jason
Arbogast
HINDS, Ciarán
Evelyn
McCRINDLE, Jenny
Janicec
McKEE, Gina
Leonard
McQUARRIE, Stuart
Raymond
STRACHAN, Jo]

Shotlist: Directed by Simon Donald, who has adapted his successful play for the screen, The Life of Stuff is like life itself, a brutal blend of comedy, thrills and the unexpected.

Wannabe gangster Willie Dobie has bought a squalid warehouse, which he plans to turn into a flagship of his criminal empire. Believing he has eliminated his arch rival, 'Mad Alec Sneddon', he plans to hold the party of a lifetime to celebrate. Helping to organise this event are his main henchmen, the psychotic David Arbogast and eczema-ridden Leonard. Making up this motley crew are Holly and Evelyn, lured to the party by the promise of a good time and good drugs; Fraser, the innocent perpetrator of Sneddon's demise, and Janice, who also played an unwitting part in the murder - both now trapped in the basement.

During the course of the evening, with events spiralling ever more crazily out of control, Dobie is brought violently to the realisation that his dream of 'donship' is just that; a dream which will be shot down in flames as Sneddon avenges his 'death'.

[synopsis from BritFilms catalogue website at http://www.britfilms.com]