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Long Shot

Q: What does the AI analysis say about Long Shot?

WatchMind AI scores Long Shot as Comedy with funny tone and steady pacing (90% on TMDb). Long Shot is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.

“A FILM ABOUT FILMMAKING”

Released

1978-11-17

Rating

90%

Type

Movie

Runtime

1h 24m

Comedy

AI Analysis

Long Shot (1978) — AI movie analysis

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WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Long Shot (1978) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.

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Story & themes: 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 includin… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.

Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~84 min).

Community signal: TMDb members rate Long Shot 90% (1 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.

AI verdict

Long Shot is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.

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Synopsis

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.

Quick facts

Type: Movie
Status: Released
Release date: 1978-11-17
Runtime: 1h 24m
TMDB rating: 9.0
TMDB ID: 396042

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