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Title: DEVIL'S TATTOO, the

Reference number: 7880

Date: 2001

Director: d. Julian Kean

Sponsor: Scottish Screen National Lottery

Producer: Julian Kean, Graeme Clapperton, Bill Dale

Production company: KCD Films

Sound: sound

Certificate: 15

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 88.00 mins

Description: Ten environmental activists board an oil rig to protest against its reported destruction. They arrive in the evening and prepare to broadcast to the outside world. But things are not what they expect. They are surprised to find no maintenance crew. Then one of the group is bitten by a rat and later is found dead. And that night, another group member... [synopsis from BFI database at http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/705640, last accessed 10/2/2009]

Also known as GHOST RIG.

Credits: A KCD Films production in association with Scottish Screen

w. Julian Kean, Graeme Clapperton, Bill Dale and Sally Charlton
d. ph. Jan Pester
ed. Chris Barwell
casting Matt Western
m. Tom Smail
associate p. Michael Ball, Charles Campbell. Bobby Chada, Stephen Doe, Michael Finney, Charles Gaynor, Christopher Hornbrook, Toby Ingram, Hector Kilpatrick, Matthew Markiewicz, Mark Robertson

Cast (in order of appearance)
Vincent Jaason Simmons
Will Bryan Carney
Sophie Juliet Diamond
Annie Kerry Norton
Crawford Noel Fitzpatrick
Kay Richard Norton
Mole David Rae
Eric Rory McCann
Iona Heather Peace
Tom Jamie Bamber
Pilot Mark Inglis
Jim Mark Nisbet
Oil Rig Manager Rod McNeill
Oil Rig Workers John Clyde, David Esemal, James Frame, Craig Fraser, Kenny Gilchrist, Tam Toye, Joseph Turner
Scottish Screen production exec. Steve McIntyre
first ass. d. Mark Inglis
second ass. d. Warren Chapman
focus pullers Steven Cassidy, John Harper
grip Mark Donnelly
grip trainee Mark Dorris
camera trainees Dan Lamoon, Chris Andres
gaffer Ewan Epton
best boy Andrew M'Itwamwari
production sd. mixer Brian Milliken
sd. maintenance engineer Bradley Kendrick
Scottish Screen trainee Martin Ireland
art d. Mike McLoughlin
art ass. Chris Greenall
standby props Dee Rimbaud
corpse by The Quickening
hair and make-up designer Fiona McCullough
costume designer Harriet Edmonds
third ass. d. Jane Ryan, Saskia Coplan
floor runner Alex Buchanan
p. runner Colin lves
stills ph. Dan Welldon
extras casting Liz Bisset Management
casting ass. (Scotland) John Clyde, Gordon Dallas
Scottish Screen trainee ed. Anna Mehta
unit driver Robert Scouler, John McGiveron
catering Caterco (Scotland) Ltd., King Boar Catering, Thomas Compston
fight arranger Carter Ferguson
armourer Perry Costello
animals provided by Creature Feature
safety drivers by Splashsports Services
unit nurse Stephania Swiatek

Aerial Unit
cameraman Peter Thompson
pilot Michael Malrie-Smith

supervising sd. ed. Ian Bown
foley artists Brian Mosdeley, David Yapp
re-recording mixer Chris Domaille
colourist videoFX / online ed. Tony Osborne
post production supervisor George Panayiotou
title graphics Garry Clarke
insurance provided by Aon . Arthur Rubin
banking services Nat West Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland
legal services by Addleshaw Booth & Co.
camera equipment supplied by Arri Media
grip equipment supllied by GHS
lighting equipment supplied by Lee Lighting
Avid equipment supplied by Metro Broadcast
high definition post production Films @ 59 pre and post production facilities
production vehicles Cabervans, Business Buses, Condor Van Hire, Portman Motors Ltd., Enterprise Rentacar, Bernard Brogan
portable toilets by Loo King

This feature was shot entirely on location in Scotland and London

The Producers wish to thank Ferguson Shipbuilders, Caledonian MacBrayne, The Jarvis Hotel Gourock, Bristow Helicopters, Diamond Offshore Drilling (UK) Ltd., Babcock Rosyth Defence Ltd, The Island of Bute, Nevill Long, Viking Life Saving Equipment

Special thanks to Cameron Buchanan, Laurence Dale, Richard Deane, Eric Doyle, Paul Latham, Bill Lovell, Lt. Commander Chris McLarnon, Drew Rance, Allan Robertson, Yvonne Tillyer

© 2002 KCD Films Ltd. All rights reserved.

All material is protected by the copyright laws of the United States and all countries throughout the world [... et al ...]

Supported by The Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund.