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The First Film
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Starring
David Wilkinson
Tom Courtenay
Katharine Round
Director
David Wilkinson
Writers
Irfan Shah
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1 hr 46 min
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Plot
Leeds born filmmaker David Nicholas Wilkinson's thirty three year quest to prove that the worlds film industry started in Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1888.
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Original Language:
English
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Guerilla Docs, Guerilla Films (leprince)
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David Wilkinson
as Himself
T
Tom Courtenay
as Himself
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Katharine Round
as Herself
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Tony Pierce-Roberts
as Himself
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Ronald Harwood
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Joe Eszterhas
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David Wilkinson
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Irfan Shah
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David Wilkinson
Writer
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David Wilkinson
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Christopher Barnett
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David Hughes
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