A Running Jump | |
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Written by | Mike Leigh |
Directed by | Mike Leigh |
Starring | Eddie Marsan Samantha Spiro Sam Kelly |
Music by | Gary Yershon |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Georgina Lowe Ruth Mackenzie |
Cinematography | Dick Pope |
Editor | Jon Gregory |
Running time | 35 minutes |
Production companies | BBC Films Film4 |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 23 July 2012 |
A Running Jump is a 2012 short film written and directed by Mike Leigh.[1][2] It was commissioned for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad[3] and shown on both Channel 4 on Monday 23 July[4] and BBC Two on Thursday 26 July 2012.[5] Leigh describes it as "a film reflecting on sport in everyday life – not to mention taxis and dodgy second-hand cars."[6][7][8]