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Title: LAST WEEKEND, the

Reference number: 6435

Date: 1980 c

Director: filmed by Jim Hastings

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 10.00 minsc

Description: Amateur short film about a hotel manager who finds himself performing all roles - from receptionist to barmaid - in the hotel. At the end he has had enough and leaves.

Credits: w. & d. Jim Hastings
manager John Brownlee
receptionist Jeanette Miller
porter David Thomson
maid Peggy Laing
barman Sandy Sievwright
Hotel guests - Mr & Mrs Smith Jim Hastings, Moira Todd
Bert Young, Evelyn Young, Pauline Mitchell
cam. Les Knott
asst. Jim Johnston
This film is dedicated to managers like Bill Forsyth who deal with similar situations as part of their job - J.H.

Shotlist: Pan busy road, cars passing. Ext. Maybury House Hotel. Credits and title. C/u sign 'Welcome to the Maybury. Resident Manager Bill Forsyth'. Man in tuxedo (manager?) walking in hotel foyer, passes a note to waiter. He opens it, to find money. Waiter passes money around, to receptionist, chambermaid and barman. Ext. hotel, taxi pulls up and collects 4 guests. Int. hotel, manager on telephone. Manager hoovering foyer, 2 guests arrive. Manager takes their luggage upstairs. Manager performing several roles, chef swigging wine, barman, gardener. Ext. hotel, guests leave, several guests more arrive on coach. Manager changes sign to 'The Do It Yourself Hotel'. The End. Manager leaving hotel quickly, with suitcase. Ecs.