WISE GUYS

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Title: WISE GUYS
Reference number: 7874
Date: 2003
Director: d. Adrian J. McDowall
Sponsor: BBC Scotland, Scottish Screen
Producer: John Archer
Production company: Hopscotch Films
Sound: sound
Colour: col
Fiction: fiction
Running time: 9.58 mins
Description:
William always wanted to be a gangster. He turns his paper round into a racket and soon he’s living like a made guy. Just like in the mob movies he loves, things quickly get out of control... [synopsis from Scottish Screen brochure "New Scottish Short Films 2003"]
Screened at 57th Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2003.
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:
w. Simon Stephenson
cinematographer Martin Radich
p. design Laura Donnelly
ed. Mark Jenkins
William Anthony Martin
Michael Jamie Quinn
Bobby Jonathan Carlin
Pauline Lorraine McIntosh
Anne-Marie Lori McNeill
Mrs McGuire Nicki Valenti
Italian Man