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THE LAST BUS

by Gillies MacKinnon

synopsis

Heart-warming tale of an old man (Timothy Spall) whose wife (Phyllis Logan) has just passed away- and with his free local bus pass travels to the other end of the UK- to where they originally moved from- using only local buses, on a nostalgic trip but also carrying his wife’s ashes in a small suitcase, ‘taking her back’ and in doing so he meets local people, and by the end of his trip he’s a celebrity.

international title: The Last Bus
original title: The Last Bus
country: United Kingdom
sales agent: Celsius Entertainment Ltd.
year: 2021
genre: fiction
directed by: Gillies MacKinnon
film run: 86'
release date: ES 18/06/2021, UK 27/08/2021
screenplay: Joe Ainsworth
cast: Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Grace Calder, Brian Pettifer, Colin McCredie, Celyn Jones, Garry Sweeney, Kevin Mains, Iain Robertson, Marianne McIvor
cinematography by: George Geddes
film editing: Anne Sopel
art director: Andy Harris
costumes designer: Gill Horn
music: Nick Lloyd Webber
producer: Roy Boulter, Sol Papadopoulos
executive producer: Jennifer Armitage, James Atherton, Peter Hampden, Phil Hunt, Norman Merry, Jan Pace, Compton Ross, Thierry Wase-Bailey, Henriette Wollmann
associate producer: Tom Harberd, Elliot Ross, Fenella Ross
line producer: Steve Newton, Patricia Rybarczyk
production: Hurricane Films Ltd
distributor: DeAPlaneta, Parkland Entertainment

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