''Hanging Around'' (originally titled ''Is Mr Death In?'', an anagram of the name of its director) is a 1996 film directed by

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, which was made for The

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's ''Spellbound'' exhibition. The exhibition opened 100 years to the day (21 February 1896) the Lumiere Brothers brought their newly invented

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to a London audience. The film has only been seen at this exhibition, and once on

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in the UK at 23:50 on 30 November 1996.

Cast

The cast included Keith Allen,

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, Maia Norman and Connor Hirst.BFI.org
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References

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* 1996 films British short films 1996 comedy films 1990s English-language films {{short-comedy-film-stub