Calling The Shots DVD (1994)
A well-remembered and incredibly tense mini-series set in the media.
Lynn Redgrave plays tough television reporter Maggie Donnelly , threatened by office politics and a terrifying sequence of events in her private life - but at the root of the threat is the fact that her life does not seem to be private at all.
This thriller by Laura Lamson, who adapted The Men's Room and more recently Against All Odds, orchestrates all the technological tools of Donnelly's professional life - cameras and videotapes, telephones and answering machines - to intrude in an ever more frightening way, reflecting the fact that invasion of privacy is at the heart of her work.
Never commercially released, transferred from VHS to DVD
Very good quality 8 / 10 - Excellent production
Directed by
Ross Devenish
Written by
Laura Lamson
Cast
Lynn Redgrave ... Maggie Donnelly
Cyril Nri ... Paul
Jack Shepherd ... Nick
Stephen Oxley ... Ben
Rita Wolf ... Atima
John Benfield ... Charlie
Peter Aubrey ... Danny
Mark Carey ... Kevin
Adie Allen ... Angela
James Purefoy ... Brian Summers
Greer Gaffney ... Jennifer
Jonathan Cullen ... Michael
Sidney Livingstone ... George
Nigel Hastings ... Jeremy
Duncan Duff ... Matt
Kelly Clark ... Caroline
Liz Kettle ... Anna
Alessia Gwyther ... Young Maggie
Richard Albrecht ... Larry
Clive Panto ... Stuart
Anne Lambton ... Pony Woman
Donald Douglas ... Tom
Jonathan Donne ... David
Jon Cartwright ... Lawyer
Cassandra Holliday ... Rape Victim
David MacReedy ... Rapist
Frank Lazarus ... Male Expert
William Waghorn ... Man in Supermarket
Corinne Skinner-Carter ... Rachel
Andrew Seear ... Consultant
Lala Lloyd ... First Old Woman
Kay Lyell ... Second Old Woman
Roberta De Arguitar ... Maria
Edward Clayton ... Jenkins
Julie Hewlett ... Receptionist
Russell Richardson ... Security Guard
Steve Hervieu ... Studio Director
Judith Blakstad ... Young Mrs. Donnelly
Gabrielle Blunt ... Old Mrs. Donnelly
Luke Williams ... First Policeman
David Michaels ... Second Policeman
