The Dollar Bottom

The Dollar Bottom
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
Cinematography	Roger Pratt
Edited by	Richard Trevor
Music by	Trevor Jones
Distributed by	Cinema International Corporation
Release date	1981;
Running time	33 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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]

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

Robert Urquhart as Headmaster
Rikki Fulton as Karl
Jonathan McNeil as Taylor 2
Angus Reid as Graham
Iain Andrew as Browne
David Bullion as Macadam
Martin Thom as Macbeth
Neil Crossan as Knox
John Field as Hepburn
Peter Adair as Moncrieff
David Mowat as Porter
Ruth Munroe as Mrs. Maclaren
Alexander Bell as Schoolboy
Robin Gow as Schoolboy
Bruce Barrons as Schoolboy
Gareth Williams as Schoolboy

References

^ "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.

External links

The Dollar Bottom at IMDb

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[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.

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