Long Shot

Long Shot

Long Shot

A FILM ABOUT FILMMAKING

1978

1h 24m

Comedy

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.

Top Cast

C

Charles Gormley

Charlie

Neville Smith

Neville Smith

Neville

A

Anne Zelda

Anne

D

David Stone

A Distributor

Suzanne Danielle

Suzanne Danielle

Sue

R

Ron Taylor

American Director

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Another Director

Stephen Frears

Stephen Frears

Biscuit Man

J

Jim Haines

Professor of Sexual Politics

M

Maurice Bulbulian

French-Canadian Director