The Star
Production Company: Renegade Films
"We are all lying in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the stars."
Based on the Alasdair Gray short story, this BAFTA and RTS award winning drama, tells the tale of how Spud Murphy, after the death of his mother, takes solace in the literal meaning of heavenly bodies when a shooting star lands in his back garden...
| Title: | The Star |
| Duration and format: | Super 16mm, 17 minutes, drama |
| Production Company: | Renegade Films, Scottish Screen, BBC Scotland |
| Producer: | Stephen Marsh, Ildiko Kemeny |
| Director: | Dave Moore (Sweeney Todd, Wallis and Edward) |
| Writer | John Milarky (Dennis Potter award winner) |
| Cast: | Gordon McCorkell, Phil McKee, David Bradley, Fiona Bell |
| Key Crew | Gyula Pados (Basic Instinct 2, Fateless, The Heart of Me) |
| Main broadcasts or screenings: | BBC2 The Talent Series, Edinburgh Film Festival and many international film festivals |
| Awards: | BAFTA Scotland Best New Writer BAFTA Scotland Best New Director Royal Television Society - Best regional programme |