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Title: REFLECTIONS UPON THE ORIGIN OF THE PINEAPPLE

Reference number: 7973

Date: 2000

Director: d. Nigel Atkinson & Huw Davies

Sponsor: The Northern Production Fund and The Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund

Producer: Nigel Atkinson & Huw Davies

Production company: Cliffhanger Films

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 7.00 mins

Description: A former actor of the silent era recalls the making of his last film, finally offering an explanation for the construction of one of Scotland's most absurd architectural follies. [Synopsis taken from the Scottish Screen Short Film Catalogue 2003]

Credits: Filmed at the "Pineapple" Dunmore, Scotland and Edinburgh Film Studios, Nine Mile Burn.

Thanks to Jenny Attala, Constance Barrett, Robin Crichton, Julia Davies, Robin McPherson, Paul Moody, Robin Satow, BFFS Scotland, Colour Film Services, Film Lab North, Grip House North, Hendersons Film Lab, Lee Lighting, The Landmark Trust, Napier University, The National Trust for Scotland, VFG Glasgow

gaffer / sparks Donny Campbell, Peter Scott
grips Steve Arthur, Lucien Grieve, Clive Grandison, Aaron Boucher
projectionists Alison Dalzell, Tim Hawes, Neil Chue Hong, Andrew McQueen
costume design Alison Mitchell, Demise Coombes
ass. costume Sal Pittman
make-up design Fiona Maynard
ass. make-up Tamsyn LeMarie
set design / construction Mike McLoughlin
production ass. Ailsa Vamplew, Laura Collordo Bossi
steadicam operator John Richards
ass. camera / focus puller Simon Vickery
steadicam ass. Hugh Richards
sd. post production David Bogie
technical operator Ian Kerr
narr. James Cosmo

Cast: Alex McCallum, Elle Dickson, Keith Fleming

d. ph. Scott Ward
m. Paul Leonard-Morgan
w. Nigel Atkinson & Huw Davies

A Cliffhanger Films Production in association with The Northern Production Fund and The Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund.

© Cliffhanger Films 2000