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  1. Movies
  2. The Beauty of the Common Tool

The Beauty of the Common Tool

1996
8m

Status

Released

Release

1996

Runtime

8m

Storyline

Time and again a man will stand before a hardware store window eyeing the tools arrayed behind the glass; his mouth will water; he will go in and hand over $2.65 for a perfectly special kind of wrench; and probably he will never, never, use it for anything. -Walker Evans

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
8m
Aug 18, 1996
Director
Owen Thomas
Production
Scottish Screen
Scottish Screen
British Screen
British Screen
Scottish Television (STV)
Scottish Television (STV)
The Scottish Arts Council
The Scottish Arts Council
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Top Cast

3 Cast Members

Phil McCall

Davie McKay

James Martin

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