Long Shot
A FILM ABOUT FILMMAKING
9
1 votes
November 17, 1978
1h 24m
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.
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Cast
Charles Gormley
Charlie
Neville Smith
NevilleAnne Zelda
AnneDavid Stone
A Distributor
Suzanne Danielle
SueRon Taylor
American Director
Wim Wenders
Another Director
Stephen Frears
Biscuit ManJim Haines
Professor of Sexual PoliticsMaurice Bulbulian
French-Canadian Director
William Forsythe
Bille
Alan Bennett
Neville's DoctorRichard Demarco
Gallery OwnerSarah Boston
TV ProducerMel Calman
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