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May 26, 2008
A House in the Country, An Ensemble Cast
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While it's not exactly an ensemble cast, I have to represent Withnail and I as my favorite "weekend in the countryside" movie.
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Patrick @ May 27, 2008 12:39 PM
Patrick @ May 27, 2008 12:39 PM
How could I have forgotten that? I love that movie. the Camberwell carrot and the chicken scene, and the wellingtons made out of plastic bags.
Why did Richard E. Grant never achieve tremendous fame?
& Another one I forgot (vaguely in the Withnail ilk): Cold Comfort Farm.
Why did Richard E. Grant never achieve tremendous fame?
& Another one I forgot (vaguely in the Withnail ilk): Cold Comfort Farm.
Add me to the chorus of "Withnail and I" fans.
And in case you missed it, the great Richard E. Grant wrote and directed a fine film called "Wah-Wah" a couple of years ago - a somewhat autobiographical story set in Swaziland in the late 60s as it was achieving independence from Britain. With Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, and Nicholas Hoult (the "boy" in About A Boy (with the other Grant)) as the young Richard E.
And in case you missed it, the great Richard E. Grant wrote and directed a fine film called "Wah-Wah" a couple of years ago - a somewhat autobiographical story set in Swaziland in the late 60s as it was achieving independence from Britain. With Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, and Nicholas Hoult (the "boy" in About A Boy (with the other Grant)) as the young Richard E.
Oh, DEFINITELY Withnail.
But a lovely list, Emily. May I suggest an Australian addition that is not terribly well known, but is a version of Uncle Vanya, called Country Life and starring Sam Neill and Greta Scacchi, along with John Hargreaves and Kerry Fox. Very fine, if you ever get hold of a copy over there.
But a lovely list, Emily. May I suggest an Australian addition that is not terribly well known, but is a version of Uncle Vanya, called Country Life and starring Sam Neill and Greta Scacchi, along with John Hargreaves and Kerry Fox. Very fine, if you ever get hold of a copy over there.
Your link to "Coming Home" led to a 1978 Jane Fonda post-Vietnam movie of the same name. I'd be interested in finding the film you mentioned.
Sorry about the dud link: I don't know where you're writing from, but I rented it from Netflix, but Amazon also sells Coming Home. Look under Rosamund Pilcher's Coming Home 1998, released by Acorn Media.
And as for Wah-Wah--indeed, I did see it. Great cast. Fennella Woolgar too--she was great in Stephen Fry's movie "Bright Young Things"--another shining ensemble piece.
And as for Wah-Wah--indeed, I did see it. Great cast. Fennella Woolgar too--she was great in Stephen Fry's movie "Bright Young Things"--another shining ensemble piece.
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