The Midnight Drives

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The Midnight Drives
Directed by Mark Jenkin
Written by Mark Jenkin
Produced bySimon Harvey
StarringColin Holt
Alex Reid
Mary Woodvine
John Woodvine
CinematographySteve Tanner
Edited by Mark Jenkin
Music by Alcatraz Swim Team
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£50,000

The Midnight Drives is a 2007 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Mark Jenkin, which revolves around a divorcee who takes his bored children on a series of mystical, dream-like excursions through the Cornish country-side after initially failing to connect with them.

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Cast

Production

The film was made by independent film company O-Region and had Pippa Best on board as producer. It was filmed at various locations around Cornwall including Land's End, Marazion and Penzance.

Release

The Midnight Drives premiered in the United Kingdom at the Cornwall Film Festival in October 2007 to a packed house and was subsequently selected for the London Film Focus and Ecran Britanniques festivals as well as the Celtic Media.

Critical reception

Derek Malcolm, film critic for The Evening Standard commented on it as "A moving film about parentage with an exceptional performance from Colin Holt at its centre". [1]

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References

  1. "Nighttime screening of the Midnight Drives | This is Cornwall". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2010.