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Long Shot (1978)
Directed by Maurice Hatton
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.
Length 84 minutes
Actors
Charles Gormley | Neville Smith | Anne Zelda | David Stone | Suzanne Danielle | Ron Taylor | Wim Wenders | Stephen Frears | Jim Haines | Maurice Bulbulian | William Forsythe | Alan Bennett | Richard Demarco | Sarah Boston | Mel Calman | Susannah York | Dennis Selinger | Sanford Lieberson | John Boorman | Jill Beck | Mary Maddox