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NORTH v SOUTH FINALISTS 1996
The North v South Competition Final is between five entries from the south of Britain and five from the north. The competition was originally founded by the late John Wright, FACI. The Set Theme for 1996 was 'Cover Up'.
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| 1. | THE LADY IN WHITE Circle Eight (Surrey) We see a middle-aged woman (Carol Day) getting dressed in a long white flowing dress, white hat with veil, long lacy gloves and a white umbrella, to take a walk along the nearby beach, where she is a well-known figure. Directed by Jenny Grove from her own idea. |
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| 2. | FRANK Medway Camcorder Club Dad, Dave (Chas Adler), Mum, Julie (Shirley Wenham) are lumbered with Uncle Frank (Frank Waslin), a serious and difficult bore, for the weekend. Unfortunately, Saturday night is when Dave's boss and party are coming to dinner to discuss a big business project. So, what to do with Uncle Frank ... ? Director Mick Plant, producer Barry Jorden. |
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| 3. | THE 30 MINUTE ALIBI Portsdown Camcorder Club Two inefficient bank-robbers, Bert and Fred, plan their next 'scam' while in prison(!). But some people are born losers ... ! |
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| 4. | INCOMMUNICADO? Medway Camcorder Club Three business associates - Bill (Paul Tomkies), Andy (Simon Watson) and Jerry (Geoff Down) - are discussing a feasibility plan for a new project - and all of them are into modern technological devices ... ! Directed by Jeff Friend. |
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| 5. | THE ANASTASIA STAR Orpington Video & Film Makers Jim Miller (Malcolm Mountjoy), an international jewel dealer, wakes up one morning in a Brighton hotel with a massive hangover and loss of memory. He discovers from a TV newscast that he is wanted in connection with the loss of the 'Anastasia Star', a diamond cluster which is part of the Russian State jewellery collection. He immediately reports to the police - who don't believe his story. But what did happen ... ? Screenplay, from ideas by Mike Turner and Derek Allen, by Reg Lancaster, who also photographed and edited. |
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| 6. | MOUSE TRAP Altrincham Cine and Video Club Paul (Bob Da Costa) and bossy wife Sarah (Jackie Richardson), are due to go to a fancy dress party with their friends Mike (Peter Richardson) and Liz (Ann Barber), who have their costumes. What shall Paul and Sarah go as ... ? Produced and directed by Brian and Moira Roberts. |
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| 7. | DECEPTION ECVS (Edinburgh) Jane (Barbara Maguire) and Bill (Gavin Booth) are about to celebrate their Silver Wedding anniversary. Jane wonders sometimes about Bill's behaviour but her friend Carol (Barbara Anderson) tells her it's probably only nerves due to the imminent party ... |
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| 8. | JUMPING JUPITER Pan Video Productions (Preston) 12-year-old Mark (Simon Hopkinson) is knocked off his bike while returning from his paper-round. He is taken to hospital, where his injuries simply disappear! His mother takes him home, but when he gets to his bedroom he hears an alien voice, although no one is visible. What is going on ... ? |
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| 9. | SCARECROW Stoke Cine and Video Society A Granddad (Keith Noble) tells his two grandsons of how two lads, Martin (Matthew Watkins) and Danny (Richard Banbury), make a scarecrow, and what happens when it comes to life ... Nicely atmospheric. Written and directed by Nigel Peever. |
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| 10. | S.E.T.I. Stoke Cine and Video Society These letters stand for Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligent Life, and a team of workers, Stephanie (Alison Walters), Doyle (Nigel Peever) and Martin (Tyrone Williams), is employed at a tracking station 'to eavesdrop on millions of star systems, hoping to detect radio signals of an artificial origin' ... Written and directed by Michael Walters. Donated by the competition organisers. |
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PLEASE NOTE - DUE TO VARIOUS SOURCES, SOUND LEVELS VARY
Total running time 127 mins.
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