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Tight 48-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Brian's Story
2001 0h 48m EN
Documentary
Synopsis
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Once a successful advertising journalist and published author, Brian Davis is now homeless and penniless, living on the streets of London while struggling with alcoholism and mental illness. Determined to rebuild his career, he sets himself a seemingly improbable goal: raising enough money to travel to France for a pre-arranged interview with Roman Polanski.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Brian Davis
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- David Nath
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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The take
David Nath directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 48-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 48 min · 0h 48m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
David Nath
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Production companies
Who made it
LWT
GB
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV2001-05-08
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