THE LAST BUS
synopsis
Heart-warming tale of an old man (Timothy Spall) whose wife (Phyllis Logan) has just passed away- and with his free local bus pass travels to the other end of the UK- to where they originally moved from- using only local buses, on a nostalgic trip but also carrying his wife’s ashes in a small suitcase, ‘taking her back’ and in doing so he meets local people, and by the end of his trip he’s a celebrity.
| international title: | The Last Bus |
| original title: | The Last Bus |
| country: | United Kingdom |
| sales agent: | Celsius Entertainment Ltd. |
| year: | 2021 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Gillies MacKinnon |
| film run: | 86' |
| release date: | ES 18/06/2021, UK 27/08/2021 |
| screenplay: | Joe Ainsworth |
| cast: | Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Grace Calder, Brian Pettifer, Colin McCredie, Celyn Jones, Garry Sweeney, Kevin Mains, Iain Robertson, Marianne McIvor |
| cinematography by: | George Geddes |
| film editing: | Anne Sopel |
| art director: | Andy Harris |
| costumes designer: | Gill Horn |
| music: | Nick Lloyd Webber |
| producer: | Roy Boulter, Sol Papadopoulos |
| executive producer: | Jennifer Armitage, James Atherton, Peter Hampden, Phil Hunt, Norman Merry, Jan Pace, Compton Ross, Thierry Wase-Bailey, Henriette Wollmann |
| associate producer: | Tom Harberd, Elliot Ross, Fenella Ross |
| line producer: | Steve Newton, Patricia Rybarczyk |
| production: | Hurricane Films Ltd |
| distributor: | DeAPlaneta, Parkland Entertainment |
















