The Sight [2000]

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 10 September 2000
Number of Seasons: N/A
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times:
Format: colour
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Impact Pictures / Fox Television Studios / Sky
Executive Producers: Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt
Executive For Sky: Mark Freeland, Julia Webb
Producer: Chris Symes
Unit Production Manager: Adam Goodman
Production Co-Ordinator: Sam Mill

SCRIPT
Script: Paul W.S. Anderson

DIRECTION
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
1st Assistant Director: Chris Dando
2nd Assistant Director: Paul Morris

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: David Johnson
Gaffer: Gavin Walters
Key Grip: Colin Strachan
Camera Equipment: Panavision
Lighting Equipment: Lee Lighting
Film Processing: Soho Images
Final Colour Grading: The Mill

EDITING
Editor: David Gamble
Assistant Editor: Joanna Garrard

MUSIC
Music: Jocelyn Pook

SOUND
Supervising Sound Editor: Simon Gershon
Re-Recording Mix: Tim Alban
Post-Production Sound: Videosonics
Video Post-Production: Todd-AO UK

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up / Hair: Pamela Haddock
Costume Designer: Verity Hawkes

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Digital Post-Production: Cinesite [Europe] Ltd

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Richard Bridgland
Art Director: Andrew Munro
Set Decorator: Penny Crawford
Prop Master: Ray Perry
Colourist: Paul Harrison

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Sharon Mansfield
Production Accountant: Trevor Stanley

LOCATIONS
Locations: St Pancras Station, London, UK
Location Manager: Annabel Cannings Knight

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Lee Sheward
Stunts: Helen Caldwell, Marc Cass, Gary Connery, Ben Dimmock, sarah Franzl, Richard Hawwatt, Paul Heasman, Crispin Layfield, Tony Lucken

CASTING
Casting: Linda Lowy, John Brace, Suzanne M. Smith
Extra Casting: The Casting Collective Ltd

CAST
Andrew McCarthy [Michael Lewis]
Kevin Tighe [Jake]
Amanda Redman [Detective SErgeant Pryce]
Jessica Oyelowo
Clabe Hartley
Maurice Roeves
David Roper
Honor Blackman [Margaret Smith]
Alexander Armstrong
Julian Firth [tourist in New York]
Helene Patarot [Mrs Fong]
Michaela Dicker [Alice Collins]
Tom Knight [suit 1]
Gregg Prentice [cute kid]
Jason Barnett [security guard]
Vinta Morgan [policeman 1]
Charlie Watts [young man]
Kumari Simmons [friend]
Eamon Geoghegan [priest]
Helena Lyons [World War II ghost]
Ian Peck [construction worker]
Andrew Westfield [site manager]
Nick Bartlett [hospital orderly]
Jordon Long [prison warder]
Oliver Darley [Andrew Norrington]
Charles Simon [Mr Douglas]
Jeffry Wickham [English doctor]
Jonathan Linsley [van policeman 1]

American architect Michael Smith arrives in London and business and is haunted by visions of a young girl. Things get even weirder when he accidentally kills an elderly woman, Margaret Smith, in a traffic accident - Margaret returns to him as a ghost and tells Michael that he has "the sight", the ability to see restless spirits that have yet to fully cross over. Michael must use his powers to help the police catch a child murdering maniac who was responsible for killing the young girl whose ghost he keeps seeing.

Paul Anderson's hit-and-miss career got a huge boost with this fabulous ghost story. Anderson's script is witty and concise and his direction is spot on, just the right blend of flashy camera tricks and moody ambience. The great cast bring it all to life perfectly and one can only hope that commissioning broadcasters Sky Television do the right thing and opt for a full series.

UK
Television Distributor: Sky One

2000
September
10: UK - TV broadcast

Shadows - early title

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KEYWORDS

ghosts; hotels; london; children; child murderers; world war ii; blitz