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Where Have I Been All Your Life?
Jim Field Smith
average rating from 52 members 
       
comedy | 2007 | London | 20 min
Published 14 Nov 07
Liam's innocent quest uncovers a series of dark secrets in an otherwise quiet suburban household.
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synopsis
A young man's personal search unlocks a series of revelations and recriminations that escalate from the emotional, via the darkly comic to the plain farcical. A short comedy starring Oscar-nominee Imelda Staunton, from the team behind acclaimed short "Goodbye to the Normals".
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This script was more involving than our previous short, "Goodbye to the Normals", with richer characters and a twisty-turvy plot - but as a result was more rewarding to make. We were lucky to secure such a fantastic cast, but then again it was an equally fantastic script - which made me the jammiest, happiest director in the world.
crew
  • director Jim Field Smith
  • writer George Kay
  • producer Alan Traquair
  • editor Victoria Boydell
  • director of photography Rex Maidment BSC
  • sound John Currie
  • music Passenger
  • 1st ad Matt Huntley
  • hair and make-up Tamara Mills
  • costume design Jemima Penny
  • film colourist Marc Horobin
  • online editor Marcus Moffatt
  • dubbing mixer Maurice Humeau
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    cast
    • Liam James Corden
    • Suzie Katy Wix
    • Angela Imelda Staunton
    • John James Cosmo
    • Martin Perry Benson
    format
    35mm/Super 35
    budget
    £50,000
    © 2007 Jim Field Smith & Idiotlamp

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    comment by siva  sivakumaran
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    posted Feb 22, 2009

    Great idea and good direction & acting. But is it worth £50,000? mmmm...
    comment by Tom  Sharman
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    posted Nov 22, 2008

    I would just like to retract a negative review I gave this film a while back. I think it is a really funny, excellently made short and aspire towards making something of this quality.
    I blame the naivety of youth for what I said! Nice film x
    comment by Amit  P
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    posted Aug 13, 2008

    quality! but 50K budget? maybe they used the money to decorate number 36.. lovely lounge

    comment by Colin  Metcalfe
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    posted Jul 6, 2008

    I loved the wrong house idea but then expected more laughs on the back of it, which unfortunately didn't arrive. But at 20 mins long I never once looked at the slider to see where it was so it must have held my interest.
    comment by Iker  Compean
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    posted May 20, 2008

    Terrific cast and great shooting. Expertly done. I just felt that your script was a little bit long, it needed to be tightened a little bit. I think that it needed a little bit more of urgency in the telling of the story, because all the fades to black and the pauses and time lapses your story takes lost my interest as viewer.

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    The film was funded by BBC Films and BBC Comedy in association with BBC Film Network as well as Idiotlamp and IE:Music

    produced by
    Idiotlamp Productions

    bbc comedy shorts
    This film is the first in a small slate of Comedy Shorts to be commissioned by the BBC.

    BBC Films and BBC Comedy in association with Film Network approached filmmakers and comedy writers with the challenge to make original new comedy short films. The chosen teams will receive a budget of up to £20,000 to create a new innovative film.
    More Comedy Shorts commissions will be announced in Spring 2008.
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