Film
Long Shot
1978 · 1h 24m · Comedy
A FILM ABOUT FILMMAKING
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Overview
Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance as they hunt for cash, cast and ‘name director’ Sam Fuller to shoot their Aberdeen-set oil-boom adventure ‘Gulf and Western’. Along the way, they encounter a plethora of filmmaking luminaries including Wim Wenders, Stephen Frears, John Boorman, Bill Forsyth and Alan Bennett.
Cast
Charles Gormley
Charlie
Neville Smith
Neville
Anne Zelda
Anne
David Stone
A Distributor
Suzanne Danielle
Sue
Ron Taylor
American Director
Wim Wenders
Another Director
Stephen Frears
Biscuit Man
Jim Haines
Professor of Sexual Politics
Maurice Bulbulian
French-Canadian Director
William Forsythe
Bille
Alan Bennett
Neville's Doctor
Richard Demarco
Gallery Owner
Sarah Boston
TV Producer
Mel Calman
Cartoonist
Susannah York
An Actress
Crew
- Maurice HattonDirector · Writer
- Eoin McCannWriter
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 17, 1978
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Comedy
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