This film, directed by richard lester, was shot over two. The running, jumping and standing still film bbc two. A short film without any direct action designed more as an experiment, with disjointed comic scenes with no common thread. The running, jumping and standing still film, itself entirely shot in a field, can be viewed as an extension of these inserts. The original lineup, which evidently lasted only a couple of months, was completed by bassist rick dalton expink finks and drummer ian robinson. We will retain information submitted to us for possible future use, to help fill in gaps in the data and to help us bring the bbcs broadcast history to life, but we will not. Directed by richard lester 1959 united kingdom this film, directed by richard lester, was shot over two sundays in 1959 for a cost of about seventy pounds.
The eye rolling bad totally unfunny complete waste of time film honestly would have been funnier if it was just 11 minutes of people running, jumping and standing still. This year, running jumping standing still popped back up to the frontal lobes. The running, jumping and standing still film 1959 dvd. Running jumping standing still 1966 diddy wah diddy. I used to drink beer at the triangle with john and willie in the triangle in 196970. Nominated for an oscar for best liveaction short, it features lester, spike milligan, peter sellers, graham stark, and bruce lacey.
With richard lester, peter sellers, dick bentley, mario fabrizi. A series of events in a field during the space of a day. The running, jumping and standing still film by sellers, peter, 19251980. The cast included lester, sellers, and sellerss partner from radiothegoonshow, creatorspikemilligan, who also cowrote the script. Music is just a bunch of notes 1972 running, jumping, standing still is an album by blues artists spider john koerner and willie murphy, released in 1969. The cast included lester, sellers, and sellerss partner from the goon show, spike milligan, who also cowrote the script. Nominated for an oscar for best liveaction short, it features lester, spike milligan, peter. Directors richard lester,peter sellers cast includes richard lester, peter sellers, spike milligan, leo mckern. The running, jumping and standing still film was shot over two days, with milligan only in attendance for one of these days.
At present this site reflects the contents of the published radio times bbc listings. Supposedly one of his first films, the running jumping is basically one sight gag after another, cleverly crafted yet somewhat rudimentary. Topaze is actually based off a play by the french writer, marcel pagnol. Lester later acknowledged that even some of the sketches were variations on those filmed for the television series. This film, directed by richard lester, was shot over two sundays in 1959 for a cost of about seventy pounds. The album is often credited in koerners solo discography. History for filmtherunningjumpingandstandingstillfilm. Almost as soon as sydneys fabled missing links were finished, around august 1966, guitarist doug ford and singer andy james decided to try their luck in melbourne, where they formed the running jumping standing still. The goons appeared in a number of movies together, but not all contained typical goon humour. Reel mccoy film society presents bimonthly film screenings of classic cinema. At 27 he was already a veteran television director. I was just a young high school english teacher trying to find some roots, and those were good times. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. He had previously codirected with richard lester, the zany cult classic short comedy the running, jumping, standing still film 1959 also included on this bfi release as an extra.
Not to be confused with running jumping standing still band, a project of british songwriter john carter, who issued the 1969 single ayeohwhy be blue under this name. American director, from television, in britain whose initially zany style could give way to genuine suspense and emotion. Diddy wah diddy running jumping standing still 1967. It was then edited by lester and sellers in a bedroom at the actors home. The running, jumping and standing still film alternative. This film got richard lester recognised and paved the way for him to direct the first beatles film.