Hard Shoulder

Synopsis

Carl Foster, a work obsessed man, reluctantly agrees to a weekend away with his disgruntled wife and disruptive children - it’s as much as he can do to muster any kind of enthusiasm for the few days he must endure in their company. Their constant bickering finally takes its toll on Carl when they are passed, on a deserted country road, by a convoy of ‘carnival types’, who, by mischief or accident, cause Carl to swerve off the road. With rage descending Carl gets into heated exchange with the travellers. Taking an enforced stop hours later, in a small layby, the family are again affronted as their stationary vehicle is rammed by an unseen assailant in a large truck. Dazed by the impact they wake, bound and gagged, within the dreary confines of an abandoned roadside diner, with, seemingly, the same carnival types now their abductors and antagonists. As the gang demeans, insults, and tortures each of their captives in turn, it falls to Carl to free his family from their predicament. But not everything is as it seems, their environment not as tortuous as they imagined, and Carl not all that he would have us believe. http://www.oceanstormfilms.com/hs/home.html

Details

Year

2012

Type of film

Features

Running Time

85 mins

Format

35mm

Director

Nicholas David Lean 1st Feature

Producer

Nicholas David Lean, Gabrielle Whyte-Hart, Mark Booth

Executive Producer

Mark Booth, Alan Booth, Caroline Whyte- Buchler

Editor

Derek Burgess

Screenwriter

Nicholas David Lean

Director of Photography

Steven Priovolos

Production Designer

Claudia Brewster

Sound

John Quinn

Music

Patrick Savage, Holeg Spies

Principal Cast

Wil Johnson, Jamie Foreman, Jon Campling

Associate Producer

Steven Simmons

SFX & MU Supervisor

Mike Peel

Genre

• Action / Thriller

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 2nd October 2012