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Title: AS AN EILEAN = FROM THE ISLAND

Reference number: 4329

Date: 1993

Director: d. Mike Alexander

Sponsor: CTG, Channel 4, Grampian Television, Ross & Cromarty District Council, Scottish Film Production Fund, Highland Regional Council, HIE, Ross & Cromarty Enterprise

Production company: Pelicula Films

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 95.00 mins

Description: A collection of very different characters, each in their own particular circumstance, drawing each to embark on a psychological journey of 'finding oneself'. [In Gaelic with English subtitles]

Based on "The Last Summer" and "The Hermit" by Iain Crichton Smith. Filmed on location in Wester Ross.

See also review in Variety, 4 Oct. 1993, p. 46

Credits: p. Douglas Eadie & Mike Alexander
assoc. p. Eric Coulter
exec. p. Rod Stoneman
sc. Douglas Eadie based on "the Last Summer" and "The Hermit" by Iain Crichton Smith
d. of ph. Mark Littlewood
p. designer Andrew Semple
ed. Fiona Macdonald
m. Jim Sutherland
cast Ken Hutchison, Iain F. Macleod, D.W. Stiubhart, Wilma Kennedy, Brian Croucher, Alyxis Daly, Tom Watson, Donna Macleod, Iain Macrae, Simon Mackenzie, Domhnall Ruadh, Frank Wood, Tom MacIver, Chrissie Macpherson, Artair Donald, Derek Malcolm Murray, Murray Macleod, Peggy Wood, John MacNeil, Kristine Kennedy, Terry Cavers, Mary Ann Reid, Allan Sharpe, Iain MacIver, John Buick
p. supervisor Jo Homewood
Gaelic advisor Tormod Domhnallach
sc. supervisor Margaret Waldie
location man. Vicki Adamson
first asst. d. Eric Coulter
second asst. d. Claire Hughes
third asst. d. Harry Boyd
p. accountants Hilda Booth, Louise Coulter p. secretary Fiona Menzies
casting advisors Simon Mackenzie, Susie Bruffen cam. operator Alan Stewart
focus pullers Kathy Friend, Andy Ford clapper/loader Mark Raeburn
grips Alex Leadbetter, Stuart Bunting
sd. rec. Phil Croal
boom operator Tony Cook
costume designer Kate Carin
wardrobe asst. Ian Mcauley
make-up artist Cheryl Mercer
make-up asst. Kate Elliot-Muir
asst. art d. Tracey Gallagher
prop buyer Hazel Storey
dressing props Stuart Cunningham standby props Scott Keery
construction Fabulous Fabrications
sd. ed. Neil Castell
first asst. ed. Ian Adams
dubbing mixer Peter Smith
titles Paperdart
stills ph. John Mackinnon
musicians Aly Bain, Phil Bancroft, Jack Evans, Gary Finlayson, Conrad Ivitsky, Wilma Kennedy, Allan Macdonald, Billy McGuire, Jim Sutherland
filmed on location in Wester Ross, Scotland 43

Shotlist: Filmed on location in Wester Ross, this tale revolves around a collection of very different characters, each in their own particular circumstance, drawing each to embark on a psychological journey of 'finding one's self'. (95 mins)