Staying Up (2002)

Name: Staying Up
Director: Michael Wadding
Released: 2002-05-07
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Stephen Tompkinson, Elizabeth Carling, Christopher Fulford, Johnny Vegas

Director: Michael Wadding

Cast: Stephen Tompkinson, Elizabeth Carling, Christopher Fulford, Johnny Vegas

Runtime30 min

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Set in 1990 on an Air Force base in the mid-Atlantic. Billy is desperate to listen to his team Middlesborough, play Newcastle United. But Billy's quest for diversion masks an unspoken trauma in his past which he is forced to confront.

Critical Reception & Ratings

Staying Up (2002), directed by Michael Wadding, is a little-known film that has received a mixed critical reception. The film is set on an Air Force base in the 1990s and follows a man's quest to listen to a football match, which masks an unspoken trauma in his past. While details about the film's awards recognition and public reception are not readily available, it appears to be an understated character study that has not achieved widespread popularity.

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"Staying Up" is a song by Norwegian DJ and record producer Matoma and British pop rock band The Vamps. The song was released as a digital download on 31 August 2017 through Parlophone and FFRR. This marks the second collaboration between Matoma and the band, the first being "All Night".