The Running Jumping and Standing Still Film (1960)

The Running Jumping Standing Still Film is a short (eleven minute) film directed by Richard Lester and Peter Sellers, in collaboration with Bruce Lacey. The film was released in 1960. It was filmed over two Sundays in 1959, at a cost of around 70 (including 5 for the rental of a field). It was nominated for an Academy Award, but did not win. A favourite of the Beatles, which led to Lester being hired to direct A Hard Day s Night and then Help , in which Lacey makes a guest appearance as George Harrison