· United Kingdom · 2002 · 30m

Staying Up

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Director

Cast

Stephen Tompkinson as Billy Gowland Elizabeth Carling as Carol Gowland Christopher Fulford as Sgt. Hawke Johnny Vegas as Frank O'Hanlon David MacCreedy as Craig Craig Heaney as Omar Watson

Crew

Harry Pearson — Writer Derek Wax — Producer

Synopsis

Set in 1990 on an Air Force base in the mid-Atlantic. Billy is desperate to listen to his team Middlesborough, play Newcastle United. But Billy's quest for diversion masks an unspoken trauma in his past which he is forced to confront.

Mood & Themes

gulf war football (soccer)

Key Collaborators

Michael Wadding Director Harry Pearson Writer Derek Wax Producer

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