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Release Date:
November 11, 2022
Original Title:
A Bunch of Amateurs
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
BFI
Labor of Love Films
Screen Yorkshire
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
GB: 12A
Runtime: 94
A bunch of British working class amateur filmmakers with nothing left to lose tackle one of Hollywood's greatest musicals in order to save their beloved Club. Britain’s oldest amateur filmmaking club struggles to survive, as its members grow old amid flickering memories and hardships. In the northern industrial town of Bradford, England, a handful of diehard amateur filmmakers desperately cling to their dreams, and to each other, in this warm and funny look at shared artistic folly that speaks to the delusional dreamer in us all.
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Co-Executive Producer:
John Archer
Director:
Kim Hopkins
Director of Photography:
Kim Hopkins
Editor:
Leah Marino
Executive Producer:
Lisa Marie-Rosso
Caroline Cooper Charles
Simon Beaufoy
Capella Fahoome
Megan Gelstein
Original Music Composer:
Terence Dunn
Producer:
Margaréta Szabó
Kim Hopkins
Writer:
Kim Hopkins
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