A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 11, 1997
Original Title:
The Near Room
Genres:
Drama | Thriller
Production Companies:
British Screen Productions
Inverclyde Productions
The Glasgow Film Fund
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
GB: U
Runtime: 86
Charlie Colquhoun is a burnt out journalist. His old school friend Harris Hill is a lawyer at the top of his game. Their lives are smashed together by one name - Tommy Stirling, Charlie's daughter, a fostered teenage pregnancy who has become embroiled in an alleged child pornography scandal with a top ranking police officer. As the trail to Tommy begins to heat up, so the bodies begin to mount up. Allegiances fall by the wayside as Charlie's life begins to spiral out of control and the deadly world of drugs, blackmail and murder that lies in the deepest heart of the underworld threatens to consume him and his missing daughter forever.
Art Direction:
Zoe MacLeod
Jean Kerr
Associate Producer:
Jo Homewood
Boom Operator:
Fiona Carlin
Camera Operator:
Alan Stewart
Casting:
Alice Hayman
Costume Designer:
Rhona Russell
Director:
David Hayman
Director of Photography:
Kevin Rowley
Editor:
Martin Sharpe
Extras Casting:
Karen Richards
First Assistant Director:
Tommy Gormley
Foley Artist:
Julie Ankerson
John Fewell
Foley Mixer:
Alan Sallabank
Graphic Designer:
Paul Peppiate
Makeup Department Head:
Irene Napier
Music Supervisor:
Bob Last
Original Music Composer:
James Grant
Paul McGeechan
Post Production Scripts:
Avril Watt
Producer:
Leonard Crooks
Production Coordinator:
Carol Moorhead
Production Design:
Andy Harris
Screenplay:
Robert Murphy
Script Consultant:
Adrian Dunbar
Script Supervisor:
Janis Watt
Second Assistant Director:
David Gilchrist
Sound Recordist:
Cameron Crosby
Special Effects:
Stuart Brisdon
Still Photographer:
Charlie Crawford
Stunt Coordinator:
Peter Braham
Third Assistant Director:
Karen Richards
Wardrobe Assistant:
Mandy Bryan
Maggie Millar
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