The Sugar Factory (1999)
With his distinctive voice and unusual view of life, Harris takes us through his story: a harrowing journey of humour, grief, resolution and redemption. Harris, as a child of five, sits underneath his house amongst the cobwebs making 'sugar' by pounding sandstone rocks into fine grains and wrapping them into bags. Harris at 17 falls in love with Helen and when a tragic accident leads to a breakdown he ends up at 'The Cottage'... Thrust up against the lives of other innocent victims, Harris begins to make sense of his own guilt, grief and the secret of his past.
Director: Robert Carter
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Matt Day as Harris Berne |
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Rhondda Findleton as Helen MacMillan |
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Anthony Hayes as Marlo |
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John Waters as Sam Lejeune |
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Niki Owen as Nurse |
| Camera | Nick Watt | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Simon Cardwell | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Donovan Norgard | Assistant Grip |
| Writing | Robert Carter | Writer |
| Camera | Adrian Rose | Assistant Grip |
| Directing | Jamie Crooks | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Robin Morgan | Key Grip |
| Camera | Andrew Lesnie | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Colin Deane | Focus Puller |
| Directing | James McTeigue | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Noni Roy | Third Assistant Director |
| Editing | Wayne LeClos | Editor |
| Directing | Lynn-Maree Danzey | Continuity |
| Visual Effects | Roger Cowland | Visual Effects |
| Editing | Phil Messerer | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Spike Cherrie | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Nash Edgerton | Stunt Double |
| Directing | Robert Carter | Director |