Among Giants (Original title)
Date: 11 June 1999 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Sam Miller
Synopsis: Set in Sheffield, Yorkshire. A team of men, including Steve and Ray, find work painting pylons. When a young Australian hitchhiker joins the team Ray falls in love with her, precipitating jealousy in Steve who is also attracted to her.Synopsis: Romantic comedy set in Yorkshire, about a middle-aged, hire-wire electrical tower painter, who is caught off-balance when he falls in love with a much younger, mountain-climbing Australian hiker. He and his gang have just three months in which to paint 15 miles of electricity pylons stretching across the Yorkshire moors.
Genres: Drama, Romance
Subjects: Sheffield, Pylons
Releases
Date: 1998not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 94 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 11 June 1999 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Sam Miller
Synopsis: Set in Sheffield, Yorkshire. A team of men, including Steve and Ray, find work painting pylons. When a young Australian hitchhiker joins the team Ray falls in love with her, precipitating jealousy in Steve who is also attracted to her.Synopsis: Romantic comedy set in Yorkshire, about a middle-aged, hire-wire electrical tower painter, who is caught off-balance when he falls in love with a much younger, mountain-climbing Australian hiker. He and his gang have just three months in which to paint 15 miles of electricity pylons stretching across the Yorkshire moors.
Genres: Drama, Romance
Subjects: Sheffield, Pylons
Releases
Date: 1998not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 94 mins Dialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Among Giants Ltd, Production Company: Kudos Productions, Production Company: British Screen, Production Company: Arts Council of England, Production Company: BBC Films, In association with: Capitol Films, Production Company: Yorkshire Media Production Agency, Supported by: National Lottery through the Arts Council of England, Executive Producer: Jana Edelbaum, Co-executive Producer: David M. Thompson, Co-executive Producer: Jane Barclay, Sharon Harel, Producer: Stephen Garrett, Line Producer: Joy Spink, Associate Producer: Lou Spain, Production Location Manager: Christine Llewellyn Reeve, Production Co-ordinator: Bettina Lyster, Production Accountant: Martin Cook, Post-production Accountant: Nigel Wood, George Wong, Pre-production Accountant: Kate Dain, Location Manager: Mark Herbert, Assistant Location Manager: Lucan Webster, Location Assistant/Eakring: Alison Pitman, Trainee Location Assistant: Andrew Maxwell, Post-production Supervisor: Steve Barker, Post-production Facilities: Goldcrest Post Production Facilities, Production Assistant: Fran Hilbert, Production Runner: Brett Wilson, Production Secretary: Lisa Coley-Hulse, Assistant Director (1st): Pip Short, Assistant Director (2nd): Trevor Kaye, Assistant Director (3rd): John Withers, Assistant Director (Trainee 3rd): Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Script Supervisor: Elizabeth West, Script Supervisor: Emma Thomas, Script Supervisor: Grace McCarthy, Casting Director: Di Carling, Assistant Casting Director: Anji Carrol, Extras Casting: Jocelyn Cammak, Written by: Simon Beaufoy, Director of Photography: Witold Stok, Camera Operator: Alan Stewart, Focus Puller: Dean Thompson, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): Ray Cooper, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): Ros Naylor, Harry Bower, Clapper Loader: Tammo Van Hoorn, Jackie Oudney, Clapper Loader (2nd Unit): Camille Griffin, Gaffer Electrician: Brian Beaumont, Best Boy: Tony Haslam, Electrician: Ian Jackson, Electrician: David Taylor, Grip: Mickey Patten, Assistant Grip: John Breedon, Camera Trainee: Celine Sabben, Stills Photographer: Joss Barratt, Digital Effects: Inc Cinesite, Special Effects Facilities: Emergency House, Film Editor: Elen Pierce Lewis, Paul Green, Assistant Editor: Elaine Thomas, Assistant Editor: Jamie Pearson, Christine Campbell, Production Designer: Luana Hanson, Art Director: David Hindle, Assistant Art Director: Rebecca Holmes, Set Dresser/Prop Hands: Chris Cutler, John Smith, Art Department Assistant: Julie Ann Horan, Storyboard Artist: John Challis, Production Buyer: Jon Beales, Property Master: Nigel Salter, Noel Cowell, Prop Dresser: Chris Bowling, Sam Stokes, Costume Designer: Stephanie Collie, Assistant Costume Designer: Lisa Shanely, Costume Assistant: Georgina Gunner, Costume Trainee: Jenny Snape, Make-up (Design): Christina Baker, Make-up (Artist): Joanna Casserley, Assistant Make-up Artist: Rebecca Walker, Title Sequence: Kemistry, Kemistry (Titles Director): Graham McCallum, Kemistry (Titles Producer): Richard Churchill, Kemistry (Titles Editor): Christine Campbell, Film Laboratory: Rank Film Laboratories, Opticals: General Screen Enterprises, Music: Tim Atack, County & Western Band: Big Sky, Big Sky (Bass/Vocals): Clive Johns, Big Sky (Guitar/Vocals): Phil Johns, Big Sky (Keyboard/Vocals): Wayne Clark, Big Sky (Percussion): Steve Mitchell, Big Sky (Manager): David Moffitt, Additional Fiddle Player: Patrick Walker, Guitars: Keith Atack, Female Vocalist: Janine Wood, Pylon Singing Recorded @: Soul II Soul Studios, Line Dancing Instructor: Anne Marie Davis, Sound Design: Movietrack Ltd, Sound Recordist: Rosie Straker, Sound Maintenance Engineer: Gary Dodkin, John Coates, Playback Operator: John Avery, Sound Trainee: Llinos Owen, Re-recording Mixer (Goldcrest): Robert Farr, Supervising Sound Editor: Tim Lewiston, Dialogue Editor: Elaine Thomas, Foley Artist: Jack Stew, Foley Artist: Andrea King, Foley Editor: Vicky Brazier, Stunt Arranger: David Cronnelly, Stunt Performer: Richard Bradshaw, Stunt Performer: Gabe Cronnelly, Stunt Performer: Richard Hammatt, Stunt Performer: Sy Hollands, Stunt Performer: Ian Jay, Stunt Performer: Vincent Keane, Stunt Performer: Mark Newman, Séon Rogers, Pylon Painting Double: Ian Barry, Pylon Painting Double: Philip Boswell, Pylon Painting Double: Anthony Murray, Pylon Painting Double: Robert Price, Pylon Painting Double: David Leslie, Pylon Painting Double: James Scott, Pylon Painting Double: Darren Jennings, Pylon Painting Double: Noel Gallagher, Dylan Speight, Climbing Double: Gavin Ellis, EPK Director: Grant Gee, Dialect Coach: Andrew Jack, Im Memory of: Tony Haslam, Unit Publicist: Barbie Holloway
Cast
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Pete Postlethwaite (Ray), Rachel Griffiths (Gerry), James Thornton (Steve), Lennie James (Shovel), Andy Serkis (Bob), Rob Jarvis (Weasel), Alan Williams (Frank), Emma Cunniffe (barmaid), Steve Huison (Derek), Sharon Bower (Lyn), David Webber (Billy), Alvin Blossom (Steve's dad), Sam Wilkinson (Ray's son), Jo Wilkinson (Ray's daughter)