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A Running Jump

  • 6.1 /10

  • 15

Plot

Gary attempts to buy a second-hand car. What should be a straightforward task is turned into something of a quest by various people, including dodgy East End car dealer Perry, Perry's taxi-driver dad, a garage owner called Derek, Perry's wife Debbie and couple of twins.

Cast

Eddie Marsan as Perry
Eddie Marsan

as Perry

Sam Kelly as Grandad
Sam Kelly

as Grandad

Samantha Spiro as Debbie
Samantha Spiro

as Debbie

Lee Ingleby as Gary
Lee Ingleby

as Gary

Nichole Bird as Hayley
Nichole Bird

as Hayley

Danielle Bird as Jody
Danielle Bird

as Jody

Jade Anouka as Jody's Friend
Jade Anouka

as Jody's Friend

Robert Putt as Derek
Robert Putt

as Derek

Ben Batt as Footballer #1
Ben Batt

as Footballer #1

Jonny Leigh-Wright as Footballer #2
Jonny Leigh-Wright

as Footballer #2

Movie Facts

Rated

  • N/A

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • June 24, 2012

Production Companies

  • Thin Man Films

  • Film4 Productions

  • BBC Film

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 0.58 hrs

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Reviews

Some short films are whole and complete the way they are. Others come to an end leaving things, real or implied, hanging in the air. They make me ask the question, “Why didn’t they make this a full-length film and tell the entire story?” This is one of the latter type, in my opinion. I know Mike Leigh is great at making full-length films and this should have been one of them. I like Eddie Mars…