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Young Adam (Original title)
Dates: 2002 (Copyright), 26 September 2003 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, France

Director: David Mackenzie

Synopsis: In Glasgow in the early 1950s, Joe, a young drifter, is engaged to work on a barge travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh. One afternoon they discover the corpse of a young woman floating in the water. It becomes apparent during the police investigation that Joe knew the dead woman well. Meanwhile he is irrestibly drawn to Ella, wife of the barge owner, Les.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 2003not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 98 mins Length: 8785 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (120)
©: Young Adam Productions Limited, StudioCanal, Presented by: Recorded Picture Company, Presented by: HanWay Films Ltd, Presented by: Film Council, Presented by: Scottish Screen, Sveno Media, Made with the support of: National Lottery through the Film Council, Made with the support of: National Lottery through Scottish Screen, UK Film Council Premiere Fund, Developed in association with: Sigma Films, [International sales]: HanWay Films Ltd, Executive Producer (For FC's PremFund): Robert Jones, Producer: Jeremy Thomas, Co-producer: Alexandra Stone, Co-producer: Nick O'Hagan, Co-producer: Jim Reeve, Associate Producer: Peter Watson, Associate Producer: Stephan Mallmann, Associate Producer: Gillian Berrie, Production Executive (For FC's PremFund): Brock Norman Brock, Luke Morris, For Scottish Screen: Steve McIntyre, For the Glasgow Film Office: Lenny Crooks, Unit Manager: Michael Campbell, Beverley Syme, Production Manager: Janet S. Riddoch, Production Co-ordinator: Julie Connor, Production Accountant: Guy Barker, Location Manager: Stephen Burt, Post-production Supervisor: Clare Maclean, Assistant Director (1st): Mike Elliott, Assistant Director (2nd): Anthony Wilcox, Assistant Director (3rd): Ben Johnson, Assistant Director (2nd 2nd): Paul Smythe, Script Supervisor: Dot Connolley, Script Supervisor: Avril Watt, Casting: Des Hamilton, Written by: David Mackenzie, Based on the novel by: Alexander Trocchi, Director of Photography: Giles Nuttgens, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Steven Hall, Underwater Cameraman: Mike Valentine, Focus Puller: Lewis Buchan, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): John Harper, Clapper Loader: Lilia Sellami, Clapper Loader (2nd Unit): Derrick Peters, Stills Photographer: Neil Davidson, Film Editor: Colin Monie, Production Designer: Laurence Dorman, Art Director: Stuart Rose, Set Decorator: Judy Farr, Storyboard Artist: Derek Gray, Costume Designer: Jacqueline Durran, Assistant Costume Designer: Sara Meek, Make-up/Hair Designer: Meg Speirs, Make-up/Hair Artist: Candice Banks, Tony Lilley, Digital Effects/Titles: Men-from-Mars, MfM (Visual Effects Supervision): Phil Attfield, Simon Carr, MfM (Digital Artist): Robin Beard, Titles: Ciara Parkes, MfM (Digital Artist): Tom Hocking, Gruff Owen, MfM (Digital Imaging): Mark Dollery, Rostrum End Roller: Frameline, Music: David Byrne, Guitar for 'Rio Grande': Johnny Mcglynn, Musician: Barry Burns, Musician: Johnny Quinn, Musician: Una Mcglone, Musician: Richard Colburn, Musician: Gregor Philp, Musician: John Somerville, Musician: Caroline Barber, Musician: Alasdair Roberts, Musician: Greg Lawson, Musician: Lisa Aferiat, Musician: Fiona Stephen, Musician: Robert Irvine, Musician: Donald Gillan, Musician: Georgia Boyd, The Hung Drawn Quartet, HDQ (Musician): Raymond Macdonald, HDQ (Musician): Graeme Wilson, HDQ (Musician): Keith Edwards, HDQ (Musician): Allan Beauvoisin, HDQ (Musician): Stuart Brown, George Lyle, Music Supervisor: Janice Ginsberg, Music Mixer: Tony Doogan, Specialist Folk Music Consultant: Dick Gaughan, Music Tutor: Ken Mcluskey, Sound Recordist: Colin Nicolson, Additional Recordist: Louis Kramer, Boom Operator: Tony Cook, Boom Operator: Sandy Miller, Dubbing Mixer: Tim Alban, Supervising Sound Editor: Jeremy Price, Dialogue Editor: Rory Farnan, ADR Recordist: Barnaby Smyth, ADR Recordist: Edward Bulman, ADR (Glasgow Recordist): Micheal MacKinnon, Chris Sinclair, ADR Editor: Rory Farnan, Foley Artist: Melissa Lake, Foley Artist: Lionel Selwyn, Foley (Recordist/Editor): Edward Bulman, Stunt Co-ordinator: Gareth Milne, Stunts: Lyndal Smith, Stunts: Nina Armstrong, Stunts: Rowley Irlam, Stunts: Kelly Dent, Marine Co-ordinator: David Davidson, Marine Consultant: Stuart Macdonald, Voice & Dialect Coach: Jo Cameron Brown, Unit Publicist: David Mackenzie, Clair Dobbs
Cast (33)
Ewan McGregor (Joe Taylor), Tilda Swinton (Ella Gault), Peter Mullan (Les Gault), Emily Mortimer (Cathie Dimley), Jack Mcelhone (James 'Jim' Gault), Therese Bradley (Gwen), Ewan Stewart (Daniel Gordon), Stuart McQuarrie (Bill), Pauline Turner (Connie), Alan Cooke (Bob M'bussi), Rory McCann (Sam), Ian Hanmore (freight supervisor), Andrew Neil (barman), Arnold Brown (bowler hat man), Meg Fraser (stall woman), Stuart Bowman, Wullie Brennan, Rony Bridges, John Kazek, Duncan McHardy (Black Street pub man), Stewart Porter, Malcolm Shields (Black Street Pub man), Tam Dean Burn (Black Street barman), Michael Carter (prosecutor), Struan Rodger (judge), Matthew Zajac (forensics expert), Mhairi Steenbock (Cathie's flatmate), John Comerford (jury foreman), Anne Marie Timoney (Mrs Gordon), John Yule (clerk of the court), Sandy Neilson (defence counsel), Desmond Hamilton (witness), Eddie Dahlstrom (blind man)