JOHNNY WAS
by Mark Hammond
synopsis
A former Republican paramilitary now lying low in north London, is forceably coerced into sheltering a pair of erstwhile colleagues who’ve escaped from HMP Brixton. His anything-but-safe house also accommodates a yardie crack dealer and a pirate reggae station. It’s time Johnny faced up to reality...
| international title: | Johnny Was |
| original title: | Johnny Was |
| country: | United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, United States |
| sales agent: | Nordisk Film International Sales |
| year: | 2006 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Mark Hammond |
| film run: | 90’ |
| screenplay: | Brendan Foley |
| cast: | Mark Asante, Vinnie Jones, Patrick Bergin, Samantha Mumba, Roger Daltrey, Laurence Kinlan, Eriq La Salle, Lennox Lewis |
| cinematography by: | Mark Moriarty |
| film editing: | Leif Axel Kjeldsen, Anne Østerud |
| art director: | Ashleigh Jeffers |
| music: | Adrian Sherwood |
| producer: | Lars Hermann, Brendan Foley, Paul Largan, Tom Maguire, Patrick FitzSymons, Ira Besserman, Paul W. Hughes |
| production: | Borderline Productions, Nordisk Film Production A/S, Ben Katz Productions (US) |
| backing: | Irish Film Board, NIFTC, Equation, AV Pictures, Revolver Film |
