The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
| The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film | |
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| Directed by | Dick Lester Peter Sellers |
| Screenplay by | Spike Milligan Peter Sellers Mario Fabrizi Dick Lester |
| Story by | Peter Sellers |
| Produced by | Peter Sellers |
| Starring | Peter Sellers Spike Milligan |
| Cinematography | Dick Lester |
| Edited by | Dick Lester Peter Sellers |
| Music by | Dick Lester |
Production company | Peter Sellers Productions |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £70 |
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film is a 1959 British experimental sketch comedy short film directed by Richard Lester and Peter Sellers, in collaboration with Bruce Lacey.
It was filmed over two Sundays in 1959, at a cost of around £70 (equivalent to £2,057 in 2023) (including £5 for the rental of a field).
It was a favourite of The Beatles, especially John Lennon, which led to Lester being hired to direct A Hard Day's Night (1964), Help! (1965), and How I Won The War (1966), which starred Lennon. In Help!, Lacey makes a guest appearance as George Harrison's gardener in the sequence where the group arrive at their "home".