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Title: YOUNG ADAM

Reference number: 6395

Date: 2003

Director: [d. David Mackenzie]

Sponsor: [ UK Film Council Premiere Fund, Scottish Screen Lottery, Studio Canal]

Producer: [ Jeremy Thomas]

Production company: [ Recorded Picture Company]

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Certificate: 18

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 97.00 mins

Description: Joe, a rootless young drifter, finds work on a barge travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh, owned by Les and his wife Ella. One afternoon they discover the corpse of a young woman floating in the canal and gradually Joe's past relationship with the dead woman emerges. Meanwhile an unspoken attraction develops between Joe and Ella and claustrophobic tensions develop between the three occupants of the cramped space in the barge. [synopsis from Scottish Screen Feature Films 2005 brochure]

Shot in Glasgow and surrounding area, Spring 2002. Premiered Cannes 2003: UK Premier Edinburgh International Film Festival 2003; Winner, Michael Powell Award for Best British Film, EIFF 2003.

Production and publicity material deposited at Scottish Screen Archive. [Note:- full credits were transcribed from information in these paper records]

Credits: [Joe Ewan McGregor
Ella Tilda Swinton
Les Peter Mullan
Cathie Emily Mortimer
Jim Jack McElhone
Gwen Therese Bradley
Daniel Gordon Ewan Stuart
Bill Stuart McQuarrie
Connie Pauline Turner
Bob M'Bussi Alan Cooke
Sam Rory McCann
Freight Supervisor Ian Hanmore
Barman Andrew Neil
Bowler Hat Man Arnold Brown
Stall Woman Meg Fraser
Black Street Pub Men Stuart Bowman, Wullie Brennan, Rony Bridges, John Kazek, Duncan McHardy, Stewart Porter, Malcolm Shields
Black Street Barman Tam Dean Burn
Prosecutor Michael Carter
Judge Struan Rodger
Forensics Expert Matthew Zajac
Cathie's Flatmate Mhairi Steenbock
Jury Foreman John Comerford
Mrs. Gordon Anne Marie Timoney
Clerk of the Court John Yule
Defence Counsel Sandy Neilson
Witness Des Hamilton
Blind Man Eddie Dahlstrom

Shotlist: Reel 1
19.35 mins, 1763ft

Reel 2
18.18 mins, 1648ft

Reel 3
20.34 mins, 1851ft

Reel 4
18.51 mins, 1697ft

Reel 5
20.12 mins, 1819ft