Puffball (2007)

Country of Origin: UK / Ireland / Canada
Year of Production:
Running Times: 120 mins
Length:
Format:
Colour Format: colour
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Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Amérique Film / Dan Films / Grand Pictures / Tall Stories
Funding: Bórd Scannán na hÉireann / N.I.F.T.C. / UK Film Council
NIFTC Head of Production: Andrew Reid
UK Production Executive: Tishna Molla, Jonathan Taylor
Produced by: Julie Baines, Michael Garland, Peter Measroch, Martin Paul-Hus, Dan Weldon, Ben Woolford

SCRIPT
Written by: Dan Weldon
Novel: Fay Weldon

DIRECTION
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Second Unit Director: Dan Weldon
First Assistant Director: Barbara Mulcahy
Second Assistant Director: Susan Drennan
Third Assistant Director: Owen Magee

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Nigel Willoughby
Grip: Ian Buckley
Lighting: ARRI Lighting Rental Limited
Camera Equipment Provided By: Production Depot

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Tony Palmer
Assistant Editor: Paul Berry
Post-Production Facilities: The Offline Editing Company

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Mike Shoring
Boom Operators: Paul Maines, Steve McLaughlin
Sound Assistant: Gerry Tracey
Re-Recording Mixers: Stéphane Bergeron, Gavin Fernandes
Supervising Sound Editor: Raymond Vermette
ADR Supervisor: Raymond Vermette
ADR Recordist: Nick Foley
ADR Mixer: Ted Swanscott

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Lorna Marie Mugan
Chief Make Up and Hair Designer: Valerie Butler

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Team FX Ltd.

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Anna Rackard
Assistant Art Director: Francis Taaffe
Property Master: Alan Harvey
Stand-By Property Masters: Gerard Lanigan, Andy Walkington

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Accountant: Suzanne McAuley
Unit Publicist: Pete Daly
Legal Services: Joe Sisto

LOCATIONS
Locations: County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK; County Monaghan, Ireland
Location Managers: Paddy McCarney, Chris Patterson
Location Services: Shoot NI

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks (Music): Matt Biffa
Thanks: Aisha Bicknell

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinators: Donal O'Farrell, Philippe Zone

CASTING
ADR Voice Casting: Louis Elman

CAST
Kelly Reilly (Liffey)
Miranda Richardson (Mabs Tucker)
Rita Tushingham (Molly)
Oscar Pearce (Richard)
Donald Sutherland (Lars)
Leona Igoe (Audrey)
Tina Kellegher (Carol)
Pat Deery (Dr.Holmes)
Ronald Daniels (Molly's husband)
William Houston (Tucker)
Suzanne McAuley (radiologist)
Caoimhe McErlean (nurse)
Declan Reynolds (estate agent)
Ronald Daniels (real name: Dan Weldon) (Molly's husband)

PLOT SUMMARY

Architect Liffey becomes pregnant after moving to an isolated valley to build a house. But the superstitious neighbours believe that the unborn child is evil and soon Liffey is fighting to save her own life and that of her baby.

AVAILABILITY

UK
DVD Distributors: Verve Pictures

TIMELINE

2007
May
Day Unknown: France - shown at the Cannes Film Market

June
3: Romania - shown at the Transilvania International Film Festival

July
14: Ireland - shown at the Galway Film Fleadh

KEYWORDS

architects, pregnancy, the supernatural

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008