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Stiff Upper Lips
Gary Sinyor
(1997)
91min
15 Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
David McGillivray
A parody (long overdue, some might feel) of the "white flannel" school of British film-making that produced the likes of
Brideshead Revisited
,
Chariots of Fire
and
Gandhi
, which are all amusingly ridiculed here by Gary Sinyor, one of the directors of
Leon the Pig Farmer
. Prunella Scales is delightful as the aristocratic Aunt Agnes, who takes her soppy family on a grand tour, on which many awful mishaps occur. A genuinely witty script, and locations in Italy and India, make one forget that the joke could have been made in a three-minute television sketch. A marvellous cast does not include producer Ismail Merchant, who refused a part - as a merchant.
Summary
An Edwardian upper-class twit plots to marry off his sister to his equally dim friend, but she is far more interested in the family's working-class gamekeeper. The siblings' eccentric aunt tries to resolve the crisis by leading the whole family on a tour of Italy and India in the misguided hope that romance will blossom. Comedy, starring Peter Ustinov, Prunella Scales, Sean Pertwee, Georgina Cates and Samuel West.
Cast & Crew
Horace
Peter Ustinov
Aunt Agnes Ivory
Prunella Scales
Emily Ivory
Georgina Cates
Edward Ivory
Samuel West
George
Sean Pertwee
Eric
Brian Glover
Hudson Junior
Frank Finlay
Cedric Trilling
Robert Portal
Hurdler
Kevin Furlong
Station master
Jon Croft
Hudson senior
Charles Simon
Rosie
Anna Livia Ryan
His Butler's voice
Geoffrey Palmer
Dr Henry
David Ashton
Mr Tweeb
Richard Braine
American husband
Mac McDonald
American wife
Kate Harper
Director
Gary Sinyor
see more
Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Rank Film Dists Ltd
Available on:
video
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