No worries, and yes I suspect so, because no offence intended, but 'Up Pompeii', and such like (TBH, most of the 'golden oldies' you love), do nothing for me in a comedy sense:)
Marco.
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No worries, and yes I suspect so, because no offence intended, but 'Up Pompeii', and such like (TBH, most of the 'golden oldies' you love), do nothing for me in a comedy sense:)
Marco.
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Originally Posted by Marco
Hee-hee... Frankie Howard used to get right on my tits, lol, as did Kenneth Williams, for similar reasons (their rather 'affected' mannerisms and 'overt Englishness') - just not my bag, soz... My parents also felt the same, along with Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and other programmes of that ilk, hence why they were rarely on. Couldn't stand 'Yes Minister' either.
None of us really 'got' that type of British humour. But we always laughed at all the Scottish comedies, going right back to Stanley Baxter and Rikki Fulton - two true comedy geniuses, IMO!:)
Marco.
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Shaun of the Dead. 2004.
British Film Noir now.. The Acclaimed John Boulting film version(1948) of Gaham Greene's novel Brighton Rock written 10 years earlier...
Stars Richard Attenborough as Pinky Brown..
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Just looked up the description:
"Pinky, a small time gangster, becomes the leader of a gang on the English seaside of the Brighton town. His guilt for murdering a rival, leads him on a path of self-destructions."
Like the sound of that one, Grant:)
'Film noir', as a genre, regardless of the age of the film, is something I usually enjoy.
Marco.
its an old british classic, and there were calls for it to be banned here when it was shown... tbh its not that horrific now but in 48 on film... well it was .. the ending was changed to be less cold hearted than the book, probably to get passed the censor
Never heard of it before, mate. However, censorship like that simply adds to the intrigue!:D
I'll defo be watching it now....
Marco.
It's also one of Richard Attenborough finest roles (the other is his portrayal of Christie in '10 Rillington Place'; an equally dark film)
A classic of British cinema.
Some more House of Cards 1990.
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