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Budget of 500K? Is that true?


Anyone know? I read that the budget was anywhere from 500 - 750K but definitely below a million. This was in an article from a Scottish based newspaper where the film was shot. They had it in pounds (300K - 500K pounds).

If that is true, that's a REALLY low budget.

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I too initially thought it was two or three times that but I believe you are right.

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Budget was half a mill. This was said a few times on the festival circuit.

For sure it was under a million. I just think they wanted the movie to stand up on its own and didn't want to market it as 'hey look what we did for so little money.'

It may have helped if people knew how tiny the budget was.

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well most of the movie takes place inside one single room, the set for begining of movie really shouldnt have been expensive either. just proves that you dont need 100 millions to make a good movie.

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The original budget was going to be around $40k, but the director wrote a personal letter to Idris. He then decided he really wanted to work on the film & signed on against recommendations from his agents (they obviously wanted him to get paid). His name drew money & more talent. i definitely see why he did the film though, the range of emotion he got to display was extremely noteworthy.

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