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RUNTIME
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Tight 13-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
What Where
2000 0h 13m EN
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6.2
MID
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7.2
IMDB
★6.2TMDB · 5★7.2IMDB · 151
DramaScience Fiction
Synopsis
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There are five survivors in a futuristic library. Bam is their supreme dictator, and has the others interrogated and tortured, believing them to have said where. What Bam means is unclear, but he distrusts all.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Sean McGinley
Bam
Gary Lewis
Bom / Bim / Bem
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Damien O'Donnell
- Writers
- Samuel Beckett
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- Ireland
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Damien O'Donnell directs. Harry Purdue behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Ireland. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 13-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Damien O'Donnell, shot by Harry Purdue. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Sean McGinley and Gary Lewis carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0266042 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Harry Purdue
- Runtime
- 13 min · 0h 13m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB rating
- 7.2/10 · 151 votes
Also by
Damien O'Donnell
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- short film
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2000-09-08
Also known as
International titles
- Beckett on Film - What WhereIE
- Beckett on Film - What WhereGB
