Long Shot
A FILM ABOUT FILMMAKING
1978
1h 24m
Comedy
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.
Director
Maurice Hatton
Top Cast
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Charles Gormley
Charlie
Neville Smith
Neville
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Anne Zelda
Anne
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David Stone
A Distributor
Suzanne Danielle
Sue
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Ron Taylor
American Director
Wim Wenders
Another Director
Stephen Frears
Biscuit Man
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Jim Haines
Professor of Sexual Politics
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Maurice Bulbulian
French-Canadian Director
