主演:麗塔·塔欣厄姆 拉爾夫·理查德森 彼得·庫(kù)克
導(dǎo)演:理查德·萊斯特
簡(jiǎn)介:這是RichardLester最好的一個(gè)片eee Anabsurdistclassic ThisisawonderfulsurrealcomedybasedontheplaybySpikeMilliganandJohnAntrobus.Youknowthatitisgoingtobeanoddfilmrightatthebeginning,whentheopeningcreditslistthecastinorderoftheirheight.ThefilmbeginswiththeBBC(FrankThornton)tellingusthroughthefacadeofanoldtelevisionthatthisisthethird,orisitthefourth?,anniversaryoftheshortestwarinhistory,lasting2hoursand28minutes.Englandisnowabarrenlandscape,litteredwithderelictcarsandbuildings,hillsofoldboots,brokencrockery,andotherdebris.Fortymillionpeopleperishedandthereareonly20knownsurvivors.TheQueendidnotsurvive,andofthe20knownsurvivorsthenextinlineforthethroneisaMrsEthelSchroakeof393aHighStreet,Leytonstone.AmongtheothersurvivorsareRalphRichardson(OLuckyMan!)asLordFortnumofAlamein,whoisn'tlookingforwardtohisimpendingmutationintoabedsittingroom.MichaelHordernisBulesMartin,whowearsa18-caratHovisbreadring.SpikeMilliganisapostmanwhowandersaroundanddeliverssomememorabledialogue,forexample:"Andincomethethreebears-thedaddybearsaid,'Who'sbeensleepinginmyporridge?'-andthemummybearsaid,'that'snoporridge,thatwasmywife'".ArthurLoweisslowlyturningintoaparrot(whichistheneatenbySpikeMilligan),whilehiswife,theownerofherowndeathcertificate,turnsintoawardrobe.Hisdaughterispregnantwithastrangecreature,whichshehasheldinsideherforseventeenmonths.PeterCookandDudleyMooreareapairofpolicemenwhoperpetuallytelltheothersto"keepmoving!".Mooregrowlsalotandturnsintoadogattheend.MartyFeldmanisawellington-boot-wearingnurse.It'sahilarious,absurdisttreat,andoneofmytreasuredfilmicpleasures.