Long shot : A film about filmmaking / Maurice Hatton.
Series: Publication details: London : BFI Flipside ; 2017. Description: 1 DVD + Blu-ray (84 min.)Subject(s): 1977 | film production -- Drama | film direction -- Drama | hunt for funding -- Drama -- 1977 -- Edinburgh | A film by Maurice Hatton | black and white films -- Blu-rayLOC classification: DVD: | LONG| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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London Global Gateway Library DVD | DVD: LONG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | V000983 |
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Two low budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance in this brilliantly barbed movie-biz satire played out against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival. Shot for next to nothing on short-end scraps of black-and-white stock, this deadpan verité-style comedy drama follows director Charlie (Charles Gormley) and scriptwriter Neville (Neville Smith) on the 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 Wem Wenders, Stephen Frears, John Boorman, Bill Forsyth and Alan Bennett.
System requirements: DVD; PAL; region 2.