The Long Weekend | |
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Directed by | Pat Holden |
Written by | Tad Safran |
Produced by | Shawn Williamson Paul Brooks |
Starring | Chris Klein Brendan Fehr Chelan Simmons Paul Campbell Chandra West Cobie Smulders |
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Distributed by | Gold Circle Films |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Countries | Canada United Kingdom [1] |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,200,000 [2] |
Box office | $3,540,754 [3] |
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