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Title: BASS PLAYER, the

Reference number: 7270

Date: 1999

Director: d. Denis Lawson

Producer: Jacky Stoller

Production company: Laurence Henry Productions

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 17.51 mins

Description: 1880’s deep in the countryside the Bass Player hot, tired and depressed decides to swim in the lake. There he sees a young girl asleep on the bank. Captivated, he ties a bunch of flowers to her fishing line but the idyll is shattered as he discovers his clothes have been stolen. The girl swimming to untangle her line, suffers the same fate. So we embark on a strange but comic journey as the two protagonists join forces to reach their destination. [synopsis from Scottish Screen Catalogue of Short Films 1993 - 1999 "Kicking up a Storm"]

Credits: w. and d. Denis Lawson
p. Jacky Stoller
d. ph. Bruno de Keyser
ed. Peter Coulson
composer Nick Bicat
costume designer Lyn Avery

CAST
Pitsikatoff Jim Carter
Countess Bibuloff Sheila Gish
Count Bibuloff Bill Nighy
Tatiana Kay Curran
Peter James D'Arcy
First musician Harry Jones
Second musician Andrew Livingstone
Pit's Wife Lou Gish
Gregor Jimmy Gardner

CREW
first ass. d. Bill Brennan
production coordinator Diane Chittell
location manager Avril Brennan
script supervisor Christine Wilson
production runner Martha Turnville-Petre
art d. Carole Richmond
prop master Tony Harrison
props Paul Harrison, Don Peck
focus puller Graham Norton
grip Bill van der Kris
clapper / loader Robert Neill
sd. rec. Mike Savage
boom operator Ian Savage
chief make-up artist Magdalene Gaffney
make-up / hair artist Yasmin Iqbal
ass. costume designer Flora Avery
underwater cameraman Mike Valentine
gaffer Aron Green
titles Chris Allies
dubbing editors Julius Gladwell, Kevin Brazier
dubbing mixer Dave Humphries
p. accountant Mike Larkins
gaffer Paul Cronin
best boy Colin Powton
electrician Peter Lamb
genny operator / electrician Ken Shepherd
camera car driver Tony Ewell
colour by Technicolor

script based on "Romance with a Double Bass" by Anton Chekhov
double bass played by Danny Thompson

Dolby Digital. Filmed with Panavision

The producers would like to thank: Terry R. Rollo, John Louth, David Rocksavage, Mr. and Mrs. Giacobazzi, Lord & Lady Walpole, The National Trust, All the staff of Wolterton Hall, Technicolor, Lee Lighting, Panavision, Henry Birbeck, Sandy Byrne, Martin Hebert and Lars MacFarlane for their help in the making of this film.

filmed on location in Norfolk and at Acton Studios, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.

Copyright 1998 Lawrence Henry Productions