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Title: SOLID AIR

Reference number: 6394

Date: 2003

Director: [d. May Miles Thomas]

Sponsor: Scottish Screen, Glasgow Film Office

Production company: [ Elemental Films]

Sound: sound

Original format: HDCam

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 115.00 mins

Description: Compulsive gambler Robert Houston Jnr. seeks refuge with his estranged father. Discovering Robert Snr's lapsed compensation claim for asbestosis, Junior resolves to pursue the case. He encounters Nicola Blyth, a young ambitious lawyer, who demands he produce a witness to testify on his father's behalf. However, Junior's quest for justice belies an uncomfortable truth. Deep in debt to wealthy businessman, John Doran, his only hope is to get his hands on his father's settlement. With the search for a witness becoming even more urgent, Robert's suspicions turn to torment as he learns of his son's deception. In a final confrontation with the Law, the true cost of Junior's betrayal is revealed.
[synopsis from Scottish Screen Feature Films 2005 brochure]

Premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2003. Shot in Glasgow, 2002. See this film's website at https://www.solidairmovie.com/ [last accessed 26/4/2017] This includes production notes and stills.

Shotlist: May Miles Thomas' ambitious second feature is set in the twin worlds of the Law and high stakes gambling. Inspired by her father's claim for compensation for asbestosis, Solid Air is a compelling and challenging drama and a powerful plea for justice for the many hundreds of thousands of sufferers and their families.

Robert Houston has given up hope of winning a settlement from his former employers when Junior, his estranged son, comes home. A compulsive gambler, Junior needs money to pay off his debt to businessman, John Doran. Desperate for cash, Junior must find a witness to take his father's claim to court. But playing the legal system is a game that tests Junior to the limit and Robert, threatened with betrayal, must search his soul to redeem his son.

Solid Air stars Maurice Roëves, Brian McCardie, Kathy Kiera Clarke and Gary Lewis. Read about it in full on the dedicated site: www.solidairmovie.com

[synopsis from Elemental Films website http://www.elementalfilms.co.uk/sa1/ - last accessed 12/2/2010]

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