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Nine And A Half Minutes
Appignanesi & Manson-Smith
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comedy | 2003 | London | 10 min
Published 10 Feb 06
Two busy Londoners on a blind date end up fantasizing a whole relationship – meeting, sex, the split – in only nine and a half minutes.
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synopsis
A romantic comedy about two Londoners who meet on a blind date. Too busy to bother getting to know each other, they fantasize a whole relationship – meeting, sex, cohabitation and the break up – in only nine-and-a-half minutes.
Award-winning satire on modern sexual mores that twists our expectations of the genre.
short fact
The innovative script won funding from the Film Council's Digital Cinema Fund and is British Council supported.
crew
  • director Misha Manson-Smith & Josh Appignanesi
  • writer Misha Manson-Smith & Josh Appignanesi
  • producer Ollie Madden
  • casting Lucy Bevan
  • Production Designer Erik Rehl
  • costume designer Jo Worsley
  • original score Lotown
  • co-producer Demi Jones
  • 1st AD Gareth Unwin
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    cast
    • Charlie David Tennant
    • Heather Zoe Telford
    • Barman Marcus Markou
    • Saskia Felicitae De Jeu
    format
    35mm/Super 35
    © 2003 Courtesy of Dazzle Short Film Label

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    comment by Chris  Janes
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    posted Sep 1, 2006

    i'm loving every part of this shortfilm. Its just like my last reationship but not as long
    comment by Adam  Sherwood
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    posted Aug 17, 2006

    This film is nicely London, I've always had a soft spot for the building that surrounds the Renoir.

    The film also reminds me of my dating experiences, covers the uncomfortable moments and the development of relationships with random stangers - becoming not so random anymore. Nice work.
    comment by Jane  Harrison
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    posted Jul 21, 2006

    Love the premise of this film. The concept is brilliantly realised through excellent performances. A great use of the short film medium.
    comment by Pamela  Murray
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    posted May 29, 2006

    A new slant on 'speed dating'.
    comment by Alice  Gledhill Hall
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    posted Mar 21, 2006

    perfect slice of London life.
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    UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund in association with Film London and the London Film and Video Development Agency

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