Long Shot (1978)
A FILM ABOUT FILMMAKING
A budding Scottish film producer tries to get his ambitious Aberdeen-set western financed, and while he attracts some major stars and directors to the film he finds that with their support come more and more script changes... Filmed around the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, Long Shot is a deadpan satire about the trials and tribulations of British independent filmmaking, with terrific cameos from Wim Wenders, Susannah York, Stephen Frears, Alan Bennett and John Boorman.
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Charles GormleyCharlie
Neville SmithNevilleAnne ZeldaAnneAnn ZeldaAnneDavid StoneA Distributor
Suzanne DanielleSueRon TaylorAmerican Director
Wim WendersAnother Director
Stephen FrearsBiscuit ManJim HainesProfessor of Sexual PoliticsMaurice BulbulianFrench-Canadian Director
William ForsytheBilleKeywords
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What is Long Shot about?
A budding Scottish film producer tries to get his ambitious Aberdeen-set western financed, and while he attracts some major stars and directors to the film he finds that with their support come more and more script changes... Filmed around the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, Long Shot is a deadpan satire about the trials and tribulations of British independent filmmaking, with terrific cameos from Wim Wenders, Susannah York, Stephen Frears, Alan Bennett and John Boorman.
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Long Shot has a runtime of 85 minutes.
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