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Directed by | Harley Cokliss |
Produced by | Mark Forstater |
Written by | Michael Abrams, Howard Thompson, Harley Cokliss |
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Cinematography | Alan Hall |
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1977 (UK) |
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55 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Glitterball is a 1977 British Sci Fi children's film made by Mark Forstater Productions for the Children's Film Foundation. It was directed by Harley Cokeliss, credited under his birth name of Harley Cokliss. The film was screened at the 2010 Edinburgh Film Festival as part of a retrospective of 16 "rarely seen" British films made between 1967 and 1979, "rediscovered" after a year of detective work by event staff. In 1979, Methuen Publishing released the children's novel by the same name, written by screenwriters Howard Thompson and Harley Cokliss. .
Two boys befriend a stranded alien in the shape of a little silver ball and help it to return home.