British Comedy Guide
A Long Way Down. Image shows from L to R: J.J. (Aaron Paul), Jess Crichton (Imogen Poots), Maureen (Toni Collette), Martin Sharp (Pierce Brosnan)
A Long Way Down

A Long Way Down

  • 2014 film

Comedy about four very different people who meet at the top of a skyscraper, each about to throw themselves over the edge. Stars Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, Sam Neill and Rosamund Pike

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A Long Way Down. Image shows from L to R: Martin Sharp (Pierce Brosnan), Maureen (Toni Collette), Jess Crichton (Imogen Poots), J.J. (Aaron Paul)

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2014
Stars
Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, Sam Neill and Rosamund Pike
Writers
Nick Hornby and Jack Thorne
Director
Pascal Chaumeil
Producers
Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Christine Langan, Dario Suter, Christoph Daniel, Marc Schmidheiny, Thorsten Schumacher, Zygi Kamasa and Nick Hornby

New Year's Eve on the top of a London skyscraper. Martin is literally on the edge. A once-beloved TV personality, he's now desperate to jump. But he's not alone. Single mother Maureen, sassy teen Jess, and musician turned pizza-delivery boy JJ, have all turned up on the same roof with the same plan.

Instead of jumping, these complete strangers make a pact to stay alive and stay together until Valentine's Day at least.

Both funny and poignant, A Long Way Down follows this unlikely group of friends as they try to pull back from the brink.

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Additional details

Tagline
Life is looking up
UK certificate
15
Duration
96 minutes
UK release
Friday 21st March 2014
Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

All previous repeats
  • Sunday 17th July 2016 at 10:00pm on BBC2

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