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The Englishman Who Went up a Hill, but Came down a Mountain

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The Englishman Who Went up a Hill, but Came down a Mountain

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Summary

Romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant and Tara FitzGerald. South Wales, 1917: two English cartographers cause a stir in the village of Ffynnon Garw when they decree that the local summit is not high enough to qualify as a mountain.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

John Ferguson

After his egomaniacal role in An Awfully Big Adventure, Hugh Grant returned to the persona he does best - mildly bumbling Englishness - for this engaging slice of whimsy, which harks back (a little optimistically, it must be said) to the Ealing comedies of old. Grant plays a cartographer who is called upon to rule on whether a Welsh village's beloved landmark is a hill or a mountain; the canny locals are determined it's the latter and proceed to run rings around the hapless Grant. The plot is about as slight as the slope in question, but the talented playing of the cast (Tara FitzGerald, Colm Meaney, Ian Hart) makes it a modest treat.

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6.6/10

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Cast

rolenameReginald AnsonHugh GrantBetty of CardiffTara FitzGeraldMorgan the GoatColm MeaneyJohnny ShellshockedIan HartReverend JonesKenneth GriffithGeorge GarradIan McNeiceIvor the GrocerRobert BlytheWilliams the PetroleumRobert PughBlodLisa PalfreyDavies the SchoolGarfield MorganGrandfatherJack WaltersThomas the TrainsHowell EvansThomas TwpTudor Vaughn

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rolenameDirectorChristopher Monger

Details

Theatrical distributor

Buena Vista International UK

Released on

1995-08-04

Languages

English | Welsh

Guidance

Some swearing.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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