Long Shot

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.

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  Maurice Hatton

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  Charles Gormley
  Charlie
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  Neville Smith
  Neville
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  Anne Zelda
  Anne
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  David Stone
  A Distributor
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  Suzanne Danielle
  Sue
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  Ron Taylor
  American Director
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  Wim Wenders
  Another Director
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  Stephen Frears
  Biscuit Man
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  Jim Haines
  Professor of Sexual Politics
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  Maurice Bulbulian
  French-Canadian Director
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  William Forsythe
  Bille
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  Alan Bennett
  Neville's Doctor
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  Richard Demarco
  Gallery Owner
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  Sarah Boston
  TV Producer
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  Mel Calman
  Cartoonist
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  Susannah York
  An Actress
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  Dennis Selinger
  An Agent
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  Sanford Lieberson
  A Film Executive
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  John Boorman
  The Director
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  Jill Beck
  Director 'Scripts Ltd'
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  Mary Maddox
  Margo (voice)