The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
| The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 |
| Edited by |
Richard Lester Peter Sellers |
Production company |
Peter Sellers Productions |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
Release dates | November 1959 |
Running time | 11 minutes |
| 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 1959.
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. It was 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 has been made available as a special feature on several home video releases of A Hard Day's Night. It is also featured in The Unknown Peter Sellers and a BFI released collection of rarely-seen films from Bruce Lacey's career entitled The Lacey Rituals.
Cast
- Richard Lester
- Peter Sellers
- Spike Milligan
- Mario Fabrizi
- Bruce Lacey
- David Lodge
- Leo McKern
- Norman Rossington
- Graham Stark
References
- ↑ "Running Jumping & Standing Still...". A Short History of The Telegoons... The Goon Show Preservation Society. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
External links
- The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film at the Internet Movie Database
- The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film at AllMovie