Downtime (film)

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Downtime
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Directed by Bharat Nalluri
Written by Caspar Berry
Produced by Richard L. Johns
Starring Paul McGann
Susan Lynch
Edited by Neil Marshall
Music by Simon Boswell
Distributed by FilmFour Distributors
Release date
  • 13 February 1997 (1997-02-13)(UK)
[1]
Running time
90 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Box office£28,135 (UK) [1]

Downtime is a 1997 British film directed by Bharat Nalluri and produced by Richard L. Johns. It stars Paul McGann and Susan Lynch.

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Plot

Former police psychologist Rob helps to save a young woman, Chrissy, when she is about to commit suicide by jumping off a 21st-storey balcony with her 4-year-old son, Jake. When he persuades her to go on a date, they are trapped with Jake and a neighbour called Pat in a lift because a drunken gang crashed into its engine room.

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References

  1. 1 2 "British biz at the box office". Variety . December 14, 1997. p. 72.