A Bunch of Amateurs

Nov 11, 2022

1h 34m

★ 5.8

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

BFI

Screen Yorkshire

Labor of Love Films

Doc Society

A Bunch of Amateurs Trailers

Cast

Self

Colin Egglestone

Self

Harry Nicholls

Self

Joe Ogden

Self

Jeanette Wilson

Self

Phil Wainman

Self

Ian Egglestone

Self (as Ted)

Andrew Cockerill

Self

Marie McCahery

Self

Judith Simpson

Self

Ian J. Simpson

Self

Keith Wilcock

Self

Edmund Davies

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