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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0644827223824
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Movies Unlimited
Manufacturer: Movies Unlimited
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Movies Unlimited
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 84 unknown-units
Sales Rank: 55480
Studio: Movies Unlimited
Theatrical Release Date: 1949
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This, the first of England's Ealing Studios comedies, has become a minor classic. A London neighborhood declares itself independent from England after an unearthed ancient document indicates they actually belong to Burgundy. Margaret Rutherford, Stanley Holloway and Hermione Baddeley star. 84 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; scene access.
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A classic post-war Ealing film that is worth buying and watching over and over. Believe me it improves with every viewing. Previous reviewers have already outlined the plot so I'm not going to repeat that. What I will say is that this is a highly original, well-scripted and marvellously well directed film that has many laugh out-loud moments. Look out for a young Michael Horden who has a small role.
This really is a political satire long before the word satire came into popular use ... Read More
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Fine satirical social comedy from Ealing Studios about the controversial consequences due to the accidental discovery of an ancient buried document that certifies Pimplico, a little district of London, as part of an old Dukedom . The Whitehall bureaucracy alerted of the " terrible " situation that this supposes for their pockets won't skimp efforts to damage the recent independent district cutting off its pipes and bribing the press. Very recommendable antiestablishment satire focused in the England ... Read More
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I was reminded of this little comedy through something I had read and recently obtained it for family viewing. Although very dated it is an amusing work in the great British tradition of fighting bureaucracy and government in general and poking fun at ourselves too.
There are a few barriers to overcome first, for instance, living in the land of the plenty and instant gratification, as I currently do, it is hard to explain the concept of wartime rationing to children, or why it was that ... Read More
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