

Long Shot
1 hour 24 minutes1978-11-17
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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
Charlie

Neville Smith
Neville

Anne Zelda
Anne

David Stone
A Distributor

Suzanne Danielle
Sue

Ron Taylor
American Director

Wim Wenders
Another Director

Stephen Frears
Biscuit Man

Jim Haines
Professor of Sexual Politics

Maurice Bulbulian
French-Canadian Director

William Forsythe
Bille

Alan Bennett
Neville's Doctor

Richard Demarco
Gallery Owner

Sarah Boston
TV Producer

Mel Calman
Cartoonist

Susannah York
An Actress

Dennis Selinger
An Agent

Sanford Lieberson
A Film Executive

John Boorman
The Director

Jill Beck
Director 'Scripts Ltd'
