SCI-FI BETTY: FACT SHEET

ORIGINAL TITLE: Sci-Fi Betty

CATEGORY: Short Film - Drama

YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2000

COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: New Zealand

RUNNING TIME: 18.30 mins

FORMAT: 35mm 1:1:85

SOUND: Digital Dolby

LANGUAGE OF DIALOGUE: English.

SHORT SYNOPSIS: The mystery of a missing pin-up legend unfolds against a background of fantastic lingerie.

LONGER SYNOPSIS:

• New York 1956 – Struggling Pin-Up Queen Betty makes her last film before mysteriously disappearing… a disappearance which catapults her into cult fame.

• Auckland 1996 - a New Zealand performance artist begins to recreate Betty’s work…

• As the final film is recreated… a pin-up legend reappears.

DIRECTOR:

Gillian Ashurst

Email: gillian@cowgirl.co.nz

This is the director’s second short film.

PRODUCER:

Vanessa Sheldrick

Email: vanessa@cowgirl.co.nz

Cowgirl Productions

www.cowgirl.co.nz

KEY CAST AND CREW:

50s Betty: Lulu Alach

90s Betty: Polly Baigent

Old Betty: Margaret Hicks

50s support cast: Asa Lindh, Darian Tackle

90s support cast: Marcus Lush, Meighan Desmond, Honey Nougat

Director of Photography: Sharon Hawke

Production Designer: Ant Summich

Costume Designer: Katrina Hodge

Makeup Supervisor: Vanessa Hurley

Location Sound: Dave Hurley

Editing: Scott Flyger

Sound Design: Dave Whitehead

Post Production Lab: The Film Unit

Special Effects: Honeycom and Synthetic

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