The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1960)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Directors:

Richard Lester
Peter Sellers

Writers:

Richard Lester (writer)
Spike Milligan (writer)

Release Date:

April 1960 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

There is no plot as such. This is a slapstick comedy. It shows a lots of gags. |

Plot Keywords:

Tent | Punch | Surrealism | Kukri Dagger | Portrait

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win

Cast

Richard Lester	...	Painter (as Dick Lester)
Peter Sellers	...	Photographer
Spike Milligan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mario Fabrizi
David Lodge
Leo McKern
Graham Stark

Runtime:

11 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:U

Company:

Peter Sellers Productions

Trivia:

According to Richard Lester, it was a series of mistakes (which he cannot say) that got this film nominated for "Best Short Film".

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Unknown Peter Sellers (2000) (TV)

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film was an interesting early work of director Richard Lester

Just watched this early Richard Lester short starring Peter Sellers on YouTube. It's basically a silent one with a music score and speeded-up images done for humorous effect. Sellers is both a photographer and a hunter here. I also noticed Graham Stark-who I've seen in the Pink Panther movies with Sellers-in this film. There were a few comic touches-like that man using a horn with a needle running around a tree stump as that needle touches a record on the stump or duel of two men with one carrying a sword and the other carrying a gun with another guy with a horn in his ear in between them-that I thought was highly amusing while others-like a woman "washing" on the grass-was a little lame. Still, since The Beatles hired Lester to helm A Hard Days Night because of this short, I'd at least recommend The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film for historical purposes.