credits

twenty-six takes on life without allen
TITLE SEQUENCE:
an optimist film by
sebastian michael

director of photography 
miles conder

sound
richard leney

edited by
miles conder and
sebastian michael


charlotte bicknell
matt emery


twenty-six
takes
on life
without
allen

CREDIT SEQUENCE:
cathy  charlotte bicknell

danny  matt emery

anna  laura fitzpatrick

jeannine  josune garcia-yanguas

fred  matt rocksborough-smith

george (jeannine's husband)  tim booth

susie (cathy's friend)  maggie nightingale

allen  david peto




waiter valentine stockdale
in the café  samuel sharpe  ellen moriarty
girl skipping in the park zoe nightingale
bike rider marcus stephenson
and as herself rap the cat 



specialist lighting design
mike robertson

first assistant director
valentine stockdale
second assistant director
mafalda luis

production manager hattie harper
production assistant samuel sharpe
continuity bart harris
camera assistant matthew sheehan
runners
ellen moriarty  faisal uddin



big optimist thanks to

claudia spahr for sparking it all off
daniel sturgeon and ruthless media
for equipment stock edit suite and all-round support
hind and everybody at the ah bar for the ah bar
liz gregg & nigel for help with finding the sea
liz stone for help with getting to it
marcus stephenson for creative advice
pascal verdosci for advice on the script
richard stemp for being a guinea pig
robin farquhar for cathy's wheels
sarah knibbs for being there at the beginning
tim booth for use of the 'old bakery'
tim hilborne for help with the auditions
plus
icu at chelsea & westminster hospital
jedd hamilton at whitelight
jill lawrie and the film office
sarah mason and wandsworth filming office
simon peevers and the circus space
the guys at visual impact
and
all the good spirits 
that have accompanied this project 


soundtrack

opening
some kind of wonderful
words & music john ellison
performed by joss stone
courtesy of virgin records

title sequence
autumn leaves
music joseph kosma  words johnny mercer
performed by charlotte bicknell
piano david harrod  drums dominic goldberg
with permission from emi publishing

in the morning
the graveyard shift
composed & performed by michael berk
courtesy of the artist and nervous tension music

danny's famous get-well dance
that's got magical powers (westside)
you sexy thing
words & music  errol brown & anthony wilson
performed by
hot chocolate
courtesy of rak publishing / emi records

danny's prayer and lunch with anna
water music - adagio
composed by georg friedrich händel
arranged by jacques loussier
performed by jacques loussier trio
courtesy of telarc international corporation

in the car
wait & see
music / produced by alexander friedrich
words karen hanssen
performed by her majesty's sound
courtesy of the artists and 
levrec a label of sonic content ltd

in cathy's imagination
drowning
written & produced by  chad hobson / colin peel
performed by the butterfly effect
courtesy of the artists

emergency coffee and
half anniversary in lala-land with tequila
tonight we are free
words & music  michael heath
performed by the voltaires
courtesy of the artists

the morning after in cathy's office
ganymed
words johann wolfgang von goethe 
music franz schubert
performed by 
philip collin piano  sally bradshaw  soprano  
courtesy of the artists and songful records

credit sequence
lovely to see you
words & music  ben hampshire / rich kent
performed by
mortimer
courtesy of the artists



shot on location in 
brixton battersea central london and herne bay
on digital video (dvcam)

made without funding but with
tons of commitment energy and goodwill from
everybody involved
so

thank you all
love you all



twenty-six takes
on life
without
allen



an optimist film

written directed & produced by
 

sebastian michael


© 2004 optimist creations
   

www.optimistcreations.com