The Dollar Bottom

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The Dollar Bottom
Directed by Roger Christian
Written by James Kennaway
Shane Connaughton
Produced by Lloyd Phillips
Ian Scorer
Neil Vine-Miller
Starring Robert Urquhart
Rikki Fulton
CinematographyRoger Pratt
Edited byRichard Trevor
Music by Trevor Jones
Distributed by Cinema International Corporation
Release date
  • 1981 (1981)
Running time
33 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Dollar Bottom is a 1981 British short film directed by Roger Christian. It won an Oscar at the 53rd Academy Awards in 1981 for Best Short Subject. [1]

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Plot

Schoolboys at a private school in Edinburgh set up an insurance scheme against being caned by the teachers. The scheme proves so successful that they float the company on the stock market.

Cast

References

  1. "The-Dollar-Bottom - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2015.