Moo-Man comes to Tyneside Cinema
An extra-ordinary tale of British independent moo-vie making (or how one farmer and his cows went to Sundance!) A special screening of the most talked about British documentary of the year with Scottish filmmaker Andy Heathcote at TYNESIDE CINEMA, NEWCASTLE T he filmmaker who led a cast of dairy cows to surprise stardom comes to Newcastle this week with a special showing of hit indie documentary The Moo Man (97 mins, U). Described as the “number one movie of the Sundance 2013 Film Festival” The Moo Man follows a year in the life of farmer Steve Hook and his unruly 55-strong herd as they battle to keep their family farm afloat. Director and cameraman Andy Heathcote took four years to make the movie, most of them spent flat on his stomach in a damp field, trying to keep the shot steady while half a tonne of dairy cow nibbled at his sleeve. Andy will be at Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle on Thursday August 22 to lead a qu...