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The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

15 Minutes or Less • 11m

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. Nominated for an Oscar for best live-action short, it features Lester, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Graham Stark, and Bruce Lacey.

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