"THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS YOU'RE AFRAID"
"The Only One Who Knows You're Afraid" is the fourth professional production and second feature film produced by DeCantillon Films with Gaffer Tape Productions, in association with North Yorkshire County Council and Harrogate Youth Council, with the assistance of La Commune de Mesquer-Quimiac and the Parc Naturel Regional de Briere.
The film is a World War Two drama directed by Timothy Reynard and produced by Harvey Ascott and Reynard with Alistair Hall and the Mann Family and written by Reynard and Oliver Welsh. The production's working title was Love Equals War.
Michael Chaplin ("Monarch of the Glen", "Foyle's War", "Robin Hood") worked on the project as Special Guest Script Consultant alongside Historical Adviser, James G. Dorrian who recently worked as Jeremy Clarkson's consultant on his documentary about the Saint Nazaire Raid. Major General Corran Purdon and Colonel Tom Sherman helped with the screenwriters as consultants having been two of the men who actually fought in the Raid.
The film will be premiere at the ODEON Harrogate cinema on 6th September 2011.
SYNOPSIS:
Five commandos escaped the clutches of the Germans after the Raid of Saint Nazaire in March 1942. This drama is the tale of two of those brave men who were taken in and protected by a couple in the French Resistance after their escape. Timothy Reynard presents a fictionalised account of a stunning true story from the Second World War.
CAST:
AUSTIN HARDIMAN... Sgt. Don Greenwood
EDDIE USHER... L/Cpl. Fred Osbourne
SIMON 'BAZ' BARRETT... Christophe DuPont
WILLEM VAN HEEMSTRA... Lt. Hans Bauer
STEPHAN AMMOUR... Matteo Cantillon
MARGARET LANCASTER... Madeleine DuPont
CAITE GRIFFITHS... Isabelle Rousseau
YVES LE GOFF... Michele Cantillon
LUCIAN COLLIER... German Gunner
British Commandos...
EDDY PETERS, MATTHEW ANSON, DANNY BEECROFT, THOMAS BURTON, KYLE FLETCHER, JORDAN GOULD, MATTHEW JOHNSON, MICHAEL LIBURD, PAUL MACDONALD, MIKE SMITH, STEPHEN TURNBULL
CREW:
Directed by... TIMOTHY REYNARD
Produced by... HARVEY ASCOTT and TIMOTHY REYNARD with ALISTAIR HALL and the MANN FAMILY
Written by... TIMOTHY REYNARD and OLIVER WELSH
Special Guest Script Consultant... MICHAEL CHAPLIN
Historical Adviser... JAMES G. DORRIAN
Music by... TBC with the HARROGATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Edited by... DANIEL WEBB
Director of Photography... LIAM BRACEY
Production Designer... LESLEY MANN
Sound by... TOM WILKIN
1st Assistant Directors... FILIPPO GASPARINI and CHRIS THOMAS
Additional Assistant Directors... ED McCLARAN and SARA AUTY
French Translation by... SEAN VAN WERT, KALIE RICHARDSON and NATASHA KABANI
Dialogue Coach... CLIFFORD DE SPENSER
Executive Producers... SIMON KIRK, JULIE SPINK and SIMON BARRETT
Location Managers... PETER and EILEEN MANN and STEPHAN AMMOUR
Hair, Make-up and Prosthetics by... LESLEY MANN and DARCY BLAKEY
Camera Assistants... THEO GILBERT, OLIVER WELSH, JACK SARGENT and BEN CUSSONS
Head of Finance and Transportation... NICK ANDRALOJC
Stills Photographer.. SARAH SCOTT
Catering by.. ALISTAIR HALL, DEBBIE CHITTOCK and PHILIPPA MANN
Set Mother... CAITE GRIFFITHS
Production Assistants... KATIE GOLDSBROUGH, AGNES MERCIER, SAMANTHA FOGARTY and LEE GRAY
Production Poet and Disc-Jockey... THOMAS CARR
Saint Nazaire Raid Consultants... MAJ. GEN. CORRAN PURDON and COL. TOM SHERMAN
Additional Historical Consultants... JOHN SESSIONS, STEPHEN COBDEN, ROBERT HABENS, SIMON ROBERTS and HUBERT CHEMEREAU
Uniforms and Weapons by... B-AUTHENTIC and COMMANDO D LIVING HISTORY GROUP

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