The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
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| The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film | |
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| Directed by | Richard Lester Peter Sellers |
| Produced by | Peter Sellers |
| Written by | Richard Lester Spike Milligan Peter Sellers |
| Starring | Peter Sellers Spike Milligan |
| Music by | Richard Lester |
| Cinematography | Richard Lester |
| Editing by | Richard Lester Peter Sellers |
| Release date(s) | 1960 |
| Running time | 11 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £70 |
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film is a short (eleven minute) film directed by Richard Lester and Peter Sellers, in collaboration with Bruce Lacey. The film was released in 1960.
It was filmed over two Sundays in 1959, at a cost of around £70 (including £5 for the rental of a field).[1]
It was nominated for an Academy Award, but did not win. A favourite of the Beatles', which led to Lester being hired to direct A Hard Day's Night and then Help!, in which Lacey makes a guest appearance as George Harrison's gardener in the opening sequence.
The short film is available on the first DVD release of A Hard Day's Night. It is also featured in The Unknown Peter Sellers.
[edit] Cast
- Mario Fabrizi
- Bruce Lacey
- Richard Lester
- David Lodge
- Leo McKern
- Spike Milligan
- Peter Sellers
- Graham Stark
[edit] References
- ^ "Running Jumping & Standing Still...". A Short History of The Telegoons.... The Goon Show Preservation Society. http://telegoons.org/history_4_running_jumping.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
[edit] External links
- The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film at the Internet Movie Database
- The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film at AllRovi
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