Long Shot
- Released on
- Runtime
- 84 mins
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.
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
- 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
Director
- Maurice Hatton
