Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance as they hunt for cash, cast and ‘name director’ Sam Fuller to shoot their Aberdeen-set oil-boom adventure ‘Gulf and Western’. Along the way, they encounter a plethora of filmmaking luminaries including Wim Wenders, Stephen Frears, John Boorman, Bill Forsyth and Alan Bennett.

Charles Gormley
as Charlie

Neville Smith
as Neville

Anne Zelda
as Anne

David Stone
as A Distributor

Suzanne Danielle
as Sue

Ron Taylor
as American Director

Wim Wenders
as Another Director

Stephen Frears
as Biscuit Man

Jim Haines
as Professor of Sexual Politics

Maurice Bulbulian
as French-Canadian Director