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BILLY BONGO

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  • Tartan shorts

Decade:

  • 2000s

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Title: BILLY BONGO

Reference number: 7277

Date: 2002

Director: d. Brian Kelly

Sponsor: BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen

Producer: Carolynne Sinclair Kidd

Production company: Peel Street Films

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 10.36 mins

Description: Cake factory worker Billy Bongo really wants to be a magician. Now, with a forthcoming trip to Alaska, his chance has arrived to pull off the biggest disappearing act ever. [synopsis from BFI website]

Also known as BILLY BONGO LEAVES HOME (?) - possibly a working title.

Tartan Shorts: A joint short film initiative funded by BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund. Three films per year commissioned for theatrical release and broadcast.

Credits: Billy Bongo Giles Thomas
James Herman Alex Norton
Irene McVee Anne Marie Timoney
Betty Bain Barabara Rafferty
John Bain Sean Scanlan
Singing bakery girls Christina Cochran, Michele Gallagher, Claire Knight
TV presenter Dougie Vipond

w. Ewan Kilgou