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| Productions :: 1998 :: Fatal Extraction |
| Writer: |
Malachy Martin |
| Producer: |
Margo Harkin |
| Director: |
Colin McKeown |
| Additional Location Directors: |
Michael Hewitt, Dearbhla Walsh |
| Co-Producer: |
Fionnuala Sweeney |
| First TX on RTE: |
BBC Northern Ireland 22nd July 1999 & on RTE as part of the Debut Series of short films on 11th Aug. 1999 |
| Broadcasters: |
BBCNI & RTE |
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‘Fatal Extraction’ is an 8-minute short drama produced on location in Armagh Gaol in March 1998. The local cast features Stuart Graham, Walter McMonagle and Eleanor Methven.
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| Synopsis |
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In Belfast City Gaol, Dunleavy paces his cell like a caged animal. His anger and frustration are driving him dangerously close to the edge. His gaolers can do nothing more with him; he is beyond their control. Someone is going to get hurt. In another part of the city, Mr. Goodwin, a professional man, an expert in his field, dines with his wife. They are content. They have a pleasant evening and retire to bed. It is the middle of the night. Back in the gaol, the prison officer reluctantly decides that the Dunleavy situation has to be dealt with quickly. He needs a professional, an expert in his field.
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Fatal Extraction has appeared in over thirty short film festivals worldwide and received a SPECIAL MENTION at Festival Mondial du Cinema de Courts Metrages, Huy, Belgium, 1998. It also reached the long `short list’ for the Best Short Film Bafta awards 1998. The film was recently re-transmitted on BBC network Northern Lights strand in April 2004.
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