Gone Fishing
35 mm film
10 minutes

Gone Fishing is the touching story of a boy and an old man coming to terms with bereavement through their shared love of fishing, and the legend of Goliath, the biggest pike ever caught!

Production:

Shooting took place over three days at Ealing Studios and a further six days on location at Bury Hill Fisheries, a family run commercial fishing lake south west of London. The crew worked tirelessly to get the movie in the can, with location shooting around water proving a particular challenge. Often, real fishermen would wander up and watch in amazement at just how slowly a film shoot moves, one fisherman commenting: “Fishing moves faster than this!”

Cast
Bill Paterson
Devon Murray
James Wilson
Lin Blakley
Ruth Gemmell
Eric Bailey
Lucy Joyce

Written and Directed by
Chris Jones

Produced by
Ivan Francis Clements

Director of Photography
Vernon Layton

Edited by
Eddie Hamilton