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Meantime (1983) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 16, 1983

Original Title:
Meantime

Alternate Titles:
Időközben
Parastaikaa
민타임

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | TV Movie

Production Companies:
Central Productions
Film4 Productions
Mostpoint

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 107

Overview from TheMovieDB

A working-class family in London's East End is struggling to stay afloat during the recession under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's premiership. Only the mother Mavis is working; father Frank and the couple's two sons Colin, a timid, chronically shy individual and Mark, an outspoken, headstrong young man, are on the dole. This situation is contrasted by the presence of Mavis's sister Barbara, and her husband John, whose financial and social loftiness appears to be a comfortable facade over the unspoken soreness of a lackluster marriage.

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Production

Art Direction:
Diana Charnley

Assistant Art Director:
Chris Seagers

Assistant Editor:
Jeremy Hume

Assistant Sound Editor:
Peter Joly
Toby Reisz

Boom Operator:
Mike Shoring
Eddie Dougall

Carpenter:
Steve Ede

Casting Director:
Sue Whatmough

Clapper Loader:
Adam Walton

Continuity:
Heather Storr

Costume Design:
Lindy Hemming

Director:
Mike Leigh

Director of Photography:
Roger Pratt

Editor:
Lesley Walker

Electrician:
Roger Bonnici
John Cantwell

First Assistant Director:
Chris Rose

Focus Puller:
Brian Herlihy

Gaffer:
Ted Read

Graphic Designer:
Mon Mohan

Grip:
John Abrahams

Makeup Artist:
Sandra Shepherd

Original Music Composer:
Andrew Dickson

Producer:
Graham Benson

Production Accountant:
Neil Chaplin

Production Manager:
Vivien Pottersman

Property Master:
Dave Newton

Props:
Steve Wheeler

Second Assistant Director:
Steve Finn

Sound Editor:
Charles Ware

Sound Mixer:
Trevor Pyke

Sound Recordist:
Malcolm Hirst

Still Photographer:
Ed Buziak

Unit Publicist:
Joanna Campling

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Sue Gibson

Writer:
Mike Leigh

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