Long Shot
movie
A FILM ABOUT FILMMAKING
Released November 17, 1978
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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
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Charles Gormley
as
Charlie
Neville Smith
as
Neville
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Anne Zelda
as
Anne
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David Stone
as
A Distributor
Suzanne Danielle
as
Sue
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Ron Taylor
as
American Director
Wim Wenders
as
Another Director
Stephen Frears
as
Biscuit Man
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Jim Haines
as
Professor of Sexual Politics
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Maurice Bulbulian
as
French-Canadian Director
William Forsythe
as
Bille
Alan Bennett
as
Neville's Doctor