Rent Long Shot (1978)
3.1 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 24min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- 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 Eilm Festival. Shot for next to nothing on short-end scraps of black-and-white stock, this deadpan verite-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 Wim Wenders, Stephen Frears, John Boorman, Bill Forsyth and Alan Bennett.
- Actors:
- Charles Gormley, Neville Smith, Ann Zelda, David Stone, Suzanne Danielle, Ron Taylor, Wim Wenders, Stephen Frears, Jim Haines, Maurice Bulbulian, William Forsythe, Richard Demarco, Alan Bennett, Sarah Boston, Mel Calman, Susannah York, Dennis Selinger, Sanford Lieberson, John Boorman, Jill Beck
- Directors:
- Maurice Hatton
- Producers:
- Maurice Hatton
- Voiced By:
- Mary Maddox
- Writers:
- Maurice Hatton, Eoin McCann
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- History of US Presidents in Cinema: Part 2, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Stephen Frears, The Instant Expert's Guide to: Wim Wenders
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/06/2017
- Run Time:
- 84 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Scene Nun, Take One (Maurice Hatton, 1964, 26 mins): Comedy short starring Susannah York Hooray for Holyrood (Ross Wilson, 1986, 38 mins): Scottish Television film celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Edinburgh Film Festival, presented by Robbie Coltrane
- Sean Connery's Edinburgh (1982, 28 mins): Promotional film starring the iconic actor
