The Trick (2021)
The Trick tells the story of world-renowned Professor Philip Jones; Director of Climate Research at the University of East Anglia, who back in 2009 found himself at the eye of an international media storm and the victim of cyberterrorism. With time running out against an unseen enemy, The Trick looks at the potentially devastating consequences to humanity from climate change denial; how a media storm undermined public confidence in the science and how the concept of ‘truth’ took a back seat causing us to lose a decade of action.
Director: Pip Broughton
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Jason Watkins as Phil Jones |
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Victoria Hamilton as Ruth Jones |
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George MacKay as Sam Bowen |
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Jerome Flynn as Neil Wallis |
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David Calder as Sir David King |
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Adrian Edmondson as Edward Acton |
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Pooky Quesnel as Stella Acton |
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Rhashan Stone as Gareth Ellmann |
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Justin Salinger as DSI Julian Gregory |
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Andrew Dunn as Graham Stringer |
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Anwyn Sheers as Young Lily Jones |
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Kevin McCurdy as Conference Host |
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Story Addiscott as Baby Rose Bowen |
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Aneirin Hughes as Trevor Davies |
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Tara Divina as DS Anita Suppiah |
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Dan Emrys-Thomas as Bill Harvey |
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Chris Larkin as Chris Sear |
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Richard Elfyn as Richard Girling |
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Amber Rose Revah as Lisa Tremble |
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Pınar Öğün as Copenhagen Reporter |
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Stuart Milligan as Senator James Inhofe |
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Maria Pride as CS Rebecca Weeks |
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Billy Hartman as Select Committee Chairman |
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Elizabeth Bennett as Teenage Lily Jones |
| Directing | Pip Broughton | Director |
| Writing | Owen Sheers | Writer |
| Production | Adrian Bate | Producer |
| Production | Ben Irving | Executive Producer |
| Production | Llyr Morus | Line Producer |
| Production | Owen Sheers | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Laurence Love Greed | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Rory Taylor | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Kevin Jones | Editor |
| Production | Sam Jones | Casting |
| Art | Stephen Nicholas | Production Design |
| Art | Katie Harman | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah-Jane Perez | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Caroline Edwards Mua | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Noble | Makeup Trainee |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alyn Waterman | Makeup Designer |
| Directing | Michael Curtis | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Emma Butt | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Agustín Casola | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Matt Coster | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Robert Edwards | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Freyja Elsy | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Helen Faulkner | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Paul McFadden | Sound |
| Sound | Steve Miller | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Patrick O'Boyle | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Martín Scaglia | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Doug Sinclair | Sound |
| Sound | Ian Tapp | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Shane Tremlin | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Hugh Tieppo-Brunt | Orchestrator |
| Editing | Matt Mullins | Colorist |
| Production | Shelley Rees | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Richard Price | Production Assistant |
| Production | Lili Smith | Production Runner |
| Art | Ben Stather | Runner Art Department |