Long Shot (1978)
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.
- Released
- 1978-11-17
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Maurice Hatton
- TMDB rating
- 9.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Charles Gormley as Charlie
- Neville Smith as Neville
- Anne Zelda as Anne
- David Stone as A Distributor
- Suzanne Danielle as Sue
- Ron Taylor as American Director
- Wim Wenders as Another Director
- Stephen Frears as Biscuit Man
- Jim Haines as Professor of Sexual Politics
- Maurice Bulbulian as French-Canadian Director
- William Forsythe as Bille
- Alan Bennett as Neville's Doctor
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