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Title: DEATH IN THE KITCHEN!

Reference number: 7981

Date: 1993

Director: d. Pilton Video Project

Sponsor: [ Scottish Film Council, Scottish Television 'First Reels']

Producer: Pilton Video Project

Production company: Pilton Video Project

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 21.00 mins

Description: In the light of the many food poisoning scares that affect us nowadays this "World in Action" spoof, both highly dramatic and extremely funny, tells the story of an everyday ordinary housewife who becomes a knife wielding maniac, ferociously dealing out death to the superannuated old bacteria who have been living on the fat of the land for far too long.... [synopsis from Pilton Video website http://www.piltonvideoarchive.org/film_detail.php?id=195, last accessed 3/2/2010]

Tapes held by Pilton Video, see http://www.piltonvideoarchive.org/

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: Pat Hogen Presents...

Sam O'Nella Sean Hay
Closstridium Perfingens Alex Mowat
Reporter Sean Curran
Jean Irene Garden
Husband John McCulloch
Son Ryan Hill
Thanks to Staff and customers of Scotmid, Crewe Road South, Staff and clients of Ainslie Park Leisure Centre, Scotia Enterprises, Shambles (the band), Staff and students of Food Studies Dept., Telford College, Craigroyston Health Clinic, Muirhouse Festival Society, the Hill family

Project Steering Group Catherine Patterson, Graham Walker, Jan Keen, Catherine Mulholland, Gael Robertson, Janice Newlands

The Steering Group gratefully acknowledge funding from the following Miss Beveridge & William Tyne Turst administered by Edinburgh Voluntary Organisation Council, Campbells Prime Meat Ltd., Edin District Council Environmental Health Dept., Edin District Council Womens Committee, Lothian Health Board, Royal Environmental Health Institute for Scotland, Royal Mail, Scotmid

Pilton Video Crew Kev O'Brien, Hugh Farrell, Eleanor Hill, Billy Logan, Mark Raeburn, Allan Ross, Sioux Sharp, Lorna Simpson

w., p. and d. Pilton Video Project 1993