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Title: BUTTER

Reference number: 7917

Date: 1994

Director: d. Alan Cumming

Sponsor: Scottish Television Enterprises, The Scottish Film Production Fund in association with Observer Films & Ealing Studios

Producer: Dixie Linder

Production company: SRP / Sundial Films

Sound: sound

Certificate: 12

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 15.00 mins

Description: A day in the life of Jane, whose bad habits are men and food. As the day turns to night, Jane must decide which of her habits she is going to kick. [synopsis from BFI database at http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/518104, last accessed 3/2/2010]

Catalogued from secondary sources, credits have been taken from viewing of VHS tape [please note most are too small on screen to read therefore credits list is not complete] Original VT report enclosed. Please note this records source as "35mm stereo print". Shown in 'British Shorts' programme at 38th Regus London Film Festival, 1994.

First Reels - a joint short film initiative from Scottish Screen (and its predecessor body the Scottish Film Council) and Scottish Television. First Reels was launched during 1991 by Scottish Film Council in response to a perceived need for small grants to help young and first time film-makers to make or complete their first film or video project. Scottish Television came in as co-sponsor at an early stage and as well as contributing to half the funds they have given the scheme a tremendous public relations boost by running three half hour documentaries showing excerpts from the First Reels. Applicants were invited to submit projects in any format and on any subject they chose. All entries were considered by a jury and thirty five projects were given grants varying from £50 to £2000. On show at the GFT are a representative selection of the best of the films and videos supported by the scheme. [Editorial from Scottish Film Council held in paper archives]

Credits: w. and d. Alan Cumming

exec. p. Sarah Radclyffe, Murray Ferguson
associate p. Jolyon Symonds
d. ph. Rex Maidment
p. designer Michael Carlin
ed. Neil Farrell
m. composed by Simon Boswell
hair and make-up designer Jan Sewell
costume designer Rebecca Hale

[... note credits listing could not be copied from tape viewing as typeface too small...]

[Jane
LYON, Hilary
Tramp
HORROCKS, Jane
Man in Office
WILSON, Richard
Susie
WOOLDRIDGE, Susan
Andy
DE LA TOUR, Andy
Gerrard
GRANT, Richard E.
Dorothy
BONHAM CARTER, Helena
Ronnie
CUMMING, Alan]