Orphans
Are YOUR parents a burden?
1998 | 101m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Peter Mullan |
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| Writer: | Peter Mullan |
| Staring: |
| A group of four siblings reunite in Glasgow on the eve of their mother's funeral, and the children mourn their mother's passing in a variety of ways—sometimes heartfelt, sometimes bizarre. As a potential thunderstorm threatens to damage the city, the situation compounds itself. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 03, 1998 |
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| Director: | Peter Mullan |
| Writer: | Peter Mullan |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | scotland, funeral, church, drive by shooting, double barreled shotgun, destroyed church |
| Production Companies | The Glasgow Film Fund, National Lottery, Film4 Productions, Antoinine Green Bridge, The Scottish Arts Council, British Screen Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $49,501
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Peter Mullan | Writer, Director |
| Grant Cameron | Director of Photography |
| Colin Monie | Editor |
| Craig Armstrong | Original Music Composer |
| Campbell Gordon | Production Design |
| Frances Connell | Art Direction |
| Lynn Aitken | Costume Design |
| Mike Prestwood Smith | Sound, ADR Mixer |
| Doreen Jones | Casting |
| Anastasia Shirley | Makeup Designer |
| Lenny Mullan | Casting Assistant |
| Mark Goddard | First Assistant Director |
| Guy Heeley | Second Assistant Director |
| Michael Queen | Third Assistant Director |
| Janis Watt | Script Supervisor |
| Gillian Berrie | Production Coordinator |
| John Booth | Location Manager |
| Michael Higson | Location Assistant |
| Robert Etherson | Location Assistant |
| Louise Coulter | Production Accountant |
| John McKain | Assistant Accountant |
| Margie Fortune | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Carole K. Millar | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Sara Kramer | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Claire Davies | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Peter Brill | Sound Recordist |
| Peter Murphy | Boom Operator |
| Jonathan Sykes | Focus Puller |
| Francis Todd | Focus Puller |
| Kirstin McMahon | Clapper Loader |
| Joe Gormley | Camera Trainee |
| John Ward | Steadicam Operator |
| Eddie Burt | Grip |
| Stuart Bunting | Grip |
| Mark Ritchie | Gaffer |
| Paul McGeachan | Best Boy Electric |
| John Adamson | Electrician |
| Fraser Campbell | Electrician |
| Garry Thomson | Generator Operator |
| Cliona Harkin | Assistant Art Director |
| Caroline Grebbell | Art Department Assistant |
| Alan Reid | Storyboard Artist |
| David Reilly | Property Master |
| Jim Davers | Props |
| Scott Keery | Props |
| Tony Sheridan | Props |
| Danny Sumsion | Construction Manager |
| David Gibson | First Assistant Editor |
| Lorraine Keiller | Dialogue Editor, Assistant Editor |
| Giles Burgess | Assistant Editor |
| Hilary Wyatt | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Pat Hayes | Sound Mixer |
| John Fitzgerald | Sound Mixer |
| Ted Swanscott | Foley Recordist |
| Lionel Selwyn | Foley Artist |
| Felicity Cottrell | Foley Artist |
| Stuart Brisdon | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Nick Powell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Danielle da Costa | Stunts |
| Nrinder Dhudwar | Stunts |
| Ray Nicholas | Stunts |
| Nick Wilkinson | Stunts |
| Bernard Shepherd | Armorer |
| Alan Wylie | Still Photographer |
| Shirley Whiteside | Unit Publicist |
| Sylvia Wheeler | Negative Cutter |
| Sandy Dworniak | Music Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Frances Higson | Producer |
| Paddy Higson | Executive Producer |
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