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16 Years of Alcohol (Original title)Sixteen Years of Alcohol (Help search title)
Date: 30 July 2004 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, Netherlands

Director: Richard Jobson

Synopsis: Based on Richard Jobson's own short story written in 1986. Follows the life of a young man from adolescence to adulthood, growing up as a Catholic on a Protestant estate in Scotland, whose life is traumatised by the effects of alcohol.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Religion, Alcoholism
Releases
Date: 2003not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: High-Definition Video - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9101 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 30 July 2004Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 101 mins 8 secs - Length: 9101 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Tartan Films

Credits (73)
Production Company: Tartan Works, Production Company: Scottish Screen, Production Company: Fortissimo Film Sales, [UK distributor]: Metro Tartan Distributors, [International sales]: Fortissimo Film Sales, Executive Producer: Steve McIntyre, Executive Producer: Wouter Barendrecht, Executive Producer: Michael J. Werner, Produced by: Hamish Mcalpine, Produced by: Richard Jobson, Mark Burton, Line Producer: Chris Atkins, Line Producer: Angela Murray, Assistant Production Manager: Oliver Allgrove, Production Supervisor for Fortissimo: Ashley Lake, Production Co-ordinator: Dee Edmonds, Production Auditor: Steve Joberns, Production Accountant: Neil Cairns, Location Manager: Naomi Liston, Post-production Supervisor: Chris Atkins, Assistant Director (1st): Tim Franklin, Assistant Director (2nd): James Higgins, Assistant Director (3rd): Derek Ritchie, Script Supervisor: Richard Dilks, Casting Director: Sarah Crowe, Additional Casting: Kahleen Crawford, Written by: Richard Jobson, [Based on the novel by]: Richard Jobson, Director of Photography: John Rhodes, Steadicam Operator: Jan Pester, Steadicam Operator: Chris Smith, Focus Puller: Jaspreet Bal, Gaffer: Robert Allan, Electrician: Robert Walton, Electrician: Chris Batchelor, Grip: Lucien Grieve, Grip: Kirk Thornton, Stills Photographer: Ewan McNichol, Editor: Ioannis Chalkiadakis, On-line Editor: George Fry, High Definition On-line: Films at 59 (Bristol), Production Designer: Adam Squires, Art Director: Mike McLoughlin, Storyboard Artist: Ewan McNichol, Storyboard Artist: Simon Shiel, Production Buyer: Ussal Smithers, Costume Design: Francesca Oddi, Costume Design: Kim Hunt, Flora Clarke, Costume Supervisor: Louise Noble, Costume Supervisor: Carole Millar, Co-makeup Designer: Laura Hill, Julie Mckay, Colourist: Aidan Farrell, Stills Colourist: Ewan McNichol, 35mm Blow-up: Digital Film Lab, Music Composer: Keith Atack, Strings Composed/Arranged by: Malcom Lindsay, Additional Strings/Incidental Music: Malcom Lindsay, Music Supervisor: Liz Divine, Sound Design: Vincent Watts, Production Sound Mixer: Malcolm Davies, Boom Operator: Simon Tomlinson, Boom Operator: Oliver Kenny, Dubbing Mixer: Tony Anscombe, Matt Knights, Dialogue Editor: Vincent Watts, Fight Co-ordinator: Carter Ferguson, Armourer: Perry Costello, Armourer: Andy Johnston, Unit Publicity: Roz Kidd, Paul Smith
Cast (29)
Kevin McKidd (Frankie Mac, teenager & man), Laura Fraser (Helen), Susan Lynch (Mary), Jim Carter (director), Ewen Bremner (Jake), Elaine C. Smith (AA meeting woman), Kate Robbins (fighting couple woman), Marcia Rose (female actor), Lewis Macleod (Frankie's father), Lisa May Cooper (Frankie's mother), Gerald Lepkowski (male actor), Iain De Caestecker (Frankie, boy), Stuart Sinclair Blyth (Miller), Russell Anderson (Kill), Michael Moreland (Budgie), Jim Cunningham (fighting couple man), Allison McKenzie (dad's lover), Naoufal Ousellam (rival gang boy 1), Nabi Stuart (rival gang boy 2), John Comerford (barman), Colvin Cruikshank (record shop assistant), Louise Irwin (brewery woman 1), Pauline Goldsmith (brewery woman 2), Carole O'Brien (clothes shop assistant), David Gallagher (art critic), Anne Downie (art critic's friend), John Yule (referee), Tony Strachan (parent's friend), Jenny Hogarth (Helen's friend)