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Many scenes stick in the mind, most of them tinged with a strange comedy. There’s the master who rides a bike into class; the headmaster who opens a drawer to reveal a teacher; Travis’s wrestle with a waitress at a local café… But these more surreal scenes aside, the film’s ...
It will present new research on familiar comedy cycles such as the Ealing Comedies and Carry On films as well as the largely undocumented silent period along with the rise of television spin offs from the 1970s and the development of animated comedy from 1915 to the present. Films covered ...
Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson has been a staple in the UK comedy scene for years. From her time with the Cambridge Footlights to roles in films such as Much Ado About Nothing and Nanny McPhee, her ability to make audiences laugh remains undiminished. Birthplace: Paddington, London...
and Dudley Moore became something of a Hollywood star in the eighties, but many of my personal comedy heroes never really excelled in feature films. Moreover, even a comedy legend, no matter how well loved, is only as good as his material, and the material Lowe. Corbett and the others ...
They may have involved British producers/directors/actors/writers, or the stories may have been set (at least in part) in Britain. The films cover the period since the 1930s. If you click on the links you can read some reviews and, if you wish, can purchase the DVD....
Four Lionsdeserves a place up there withThe Life Of Brianin the contentious comedy hall of fame. Sure, the somewhat inevitable ending wouldn't be found in most 'how-to-make-a-money-spinning-comedy' handbooks, but in Morris's masterful hands, you're guaranteed hysteric giggle fits as well...
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Saucy!: Secrets of the British Sex Comedy: Con Oliver Tobias, Estella Tincknell, Willy Roe, Michael Armstrong. L'esauriente analisi del regista Simon Sheridan sui film britannici di sfruttamento, realizzati negli anni '60 e '70, quando il cinema locale l
The Carry On films were the most commercially successful and most popular long-running series of low-budget comedy films that were ever released in the UK. They were directed by Gerald Thomas, produced by Peter Rogers and made at Pinewood Studios. There was no Star of the series, the ...