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Release Date:
January 1, 2008
Original Title:
The Hide
Genres:
Horror | Thriller
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 82
On the windswept Suffolk mudflats creaks a bird-hide, inside which hovers Roy Tunt, a prematurely aged, mildly obsessive-compulsive birder. With one more sighting - the elusive sociable plover - he will have 'twitched' the entire British List. Tunt has his shortwave radio, packed-lunch and a portrait of his ex-wife Sandra for company. Suddenly, in the midst of a conversation with Sandra's portrait, the hide door blows open and a bedraggled stranger - unshaven, edgy and bloodied introduces himself as Dave John, a fugitive from the storm. After a tense introduction, the two men discover that they have a good deal in common, sharing sandwiches, tea and personal exchanges which are frank, poignant and often funny. As the two men begin to form a close bond news of a police manhunt sets them both on edge driving their fragile relationship to a tragic conclusion.
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Art Direction:
Nadine Herrmann
Costume Design:
Alison Forbes-Meyler
Director:
Marek Losey
Director of Photography:
George Richmond
Editor:
Colin Sumsion
Executive Producer:
Bernadette Thomas
Makeup Artist:
Luisa Ridge
Music:
Debbie Wiseman
Producer:
Christopher Granier-Deferre
John Schwab
Production Design:
Nick Palmer
Screenplay:
Tim Whitnall
Sound:
Dean Humphreys
Sound Editor:
Angel Perez Grandi
Sound Effects Editor:
Andy Walker
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