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Title: WHIRLPOOL, the

Reference number: 7599

Date: 1996

Director: d. Kenny Glenaan

Sponsor: British Film Institute in association with The Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund and The Scottish Film Production Fund

Producer: Su Bainbridge, Angus Lamont

Production company: Sidewalk / Wiseguise Production

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 11.00 mins

Description: Hugh, 17 years old, looks after his alcoholic mother. He's the adult, she's the child. She frequently disappears. The police are constantly at the door and the neighbours are always put out. This time she ends up in Carlisle. What should he do? Let her face up to her responsibilities or feed the addict by taking her back. Set over 24 hours, Hugh finally confronts his mother on a deserted street about the Little God and the whirlpool that binds them. [synopsis from Scottish Screen Catalogue of Short Films 1993 - 1999 "Kicking up a Storm"]

Production file held at National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.

Credits: The British Film Institute in association with The Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund and The Scottish Film Production Fund. A Sidewalk / Wiseguise Production

w. and d. Kenny Glenaan

Son Iain Connell
Mother Patricia Ross
Boy Alan McConnell
Workmate Gary Lewis
Policeman John Yule
Stationmaster Laurie Ventry

d. ph. Jerry Kelly
sd. rec. Louis Kramer
ed. Colin Monie
p. designer Jacqueline Smith
m. composer Trevor Knight
costume designer Phyllis Byrne
make-up designer Catherine Shirley
1st ass. d. Graeme Gordon
2nd / 3rd ass. d. Aldo Palumbo
unit runner Donald MacKinnon, Carole Sheridan
continuity Louise Crichton
unit / location man. Angela Murray
p. ass Michael Higson
props buyer Vivienne MacKay
standby props Chris Cull
art dept. ass. Adam Squires
painter Jim Patrick
joiner Aklex Robertson
gaffer Andy Stewart
ass. Ali MacArthur
grip Lucien Grieve
ass. ed. Lorraine Keiller
focus puller Mark Raeburn
clapper / loader Neil Davidson
boom operator Stephen Gilmour
dubbing ed. Bronke Korda, Derek Livesey
SBFT [Scottish Film and Broadcast Training] ed. trainee Giles Burgess
sd. trainee James Callaghan
camera trainee Jaz Bal
costume trainee Kerry MacKay
p. trainee Charlotte Strickland
exec. p. Steve Brookes, Catherine Aitken
Originated on Eastman Colour Film from Kodak

Thanks to GHS, Glasgow City Council, East Dunbartonshire District Council, Strathmore Film Lighting, Glasgow Film and Video Workshop [... et al ...]

A Sidewalk / Wiseguise Production for the British Film Institute in association with The Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund and The Scottish Film Production Fund

© Sidewalk / Wiseguise 1996