The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
1959 British film by Richard Lester / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film is a 1959 British sketch comedy short film directed by Richard Lester and Peter Sellers, in collaboration with Bruce Lacey.[2]
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The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film | |
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Directed by | Dick Lester Peter Sellers |
Screenplay by | Spike Milligan Peter Sellers Mario Fabrizi Dick Lester |
Story by | Peter Sellers |
Produced by | Peter Sellers |
Starring | Peter Sellers Spike Milligan |
Cinematography | Dick Lester |
Edited by | Dick Lester Peter Sellers |
Music by | Dick Lester |
Production company | Peter Sellers Productions |
Distributed by | British Lion Films |
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Running time | 11 minutes[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £70 |
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It was filmed over two Sundays in 1959, at a cost of around £70 (equivalent to £2,057 in 2023) (including £5 for the rental of a field).[3]
It was a favourite of The Beatles, which led to Lester being hired to direct A Hard Day's Night (1964) and then Help! (1965), in which Lacey makes a guest appearance as George Harrison's gardener in the sequence where the group arrive at their "home".[4]