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Release Date:
September 12, 1992
Original Title:
A Sense of History
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Channel 4 Television
Thin Man Films
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 26
Jim Broadbent wrote and starred in this short film directed by none other than Mike Leigh. As a member of the landed gentry, the 23rd Earl of Leete has a duty to maintain and expand his lands. Shot in the style and manner of a BBC documentary, Broadbent tells his family history to the crew, who slowly come to realise - as do we - that things are not what they seem.
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Director:
Mike Leigh
Director of Photography:
Dick Pope
Editor:
Jon Gregory
Original Music Composer:
Carl Davis
Producer:
Simon Channing Williams
Production Design:
Alison Chitty
Sound Recordist:
Tim Fraser
Writer:
Jim Broadbent
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