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Your Favourite British Films Name your favourite British film or make a case for an underrated classic.


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Old 26-11-2007, 10:44 AM
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I have assumed, and I may well be wrong, that his performance in GP was an intentional 'gag' or joke performance in parody on old fashion country house murder mystery.
You may well be right Windy, but for me the performance was totally out of place and the 'joke' didn't work. It was IMHO as irritating as his old mate Tony Slattery's in Peter's Friends.

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You may well be right Windy, but for me the performance was totally out of place and the 'joke' didn't work. It was IMHO as irritating as his old mate Tony Slattery's in Peter's Friends.

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No argument about TS in PF though I thought KB photofinished him with his drunk scene
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I saw Kenneth Cranham play the Inspector in Daldry's London production at the Aldwych in 1993. It's probably the same production that your family saw. Julian Glover and Judy Parfitt were the parents. I thought Cranham was very earthy, whereas Sim seemed supernatural. Both great interpretations.
I caught that production but with Richard Pasco and Barbara Leigh-Hunt as the Birlings. I thought Cranham's 'earthy' performance was necessary given the highly stylised nature of the production and the Daliesque set.

As for casting a film version now

Finney or Woodward for Birling (or even Gambon)

Patrick Stewart could do the Inspector justice I think
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Patrick Stewart could do the Inspector justice I think
I'd go along with that .... also, Robert Powell always struck me as being a good candidate for the role.

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....His performance is true to the original and yet in the most sentimental of stories he manages to convey sentiment without sentimentality. The 'humbug' aspect is never overplayed, he is not a Gradgrind but a good man gone wrong and good men are always the source of optimism for a better world in Dickens. And there is an ineffable innocence in his joyous rebirth at the end as he regresses to the man he was before he became 'Scrooge'. For Sim, who almost specialised in the slyly knowing, this is an indication of his range as an actor.
Very well said. He does indeed cut through the syrup and bring the power of the story to life.

I have seen some fine portrayals of Scrooge, but Sim transcends them all. I think you make an excellent point about the connection between the reborn Scrooge and the younger man. He manages to portray a man of genuinely good character on the screen without excessive emotion. I think that is one of the most difficult accomplishments. I think Peter O'Toole did the same thing in the musical version of Goodbye, Mr. Chips - a rather poor film worth watching for an outstanding performance.
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I saw Kenneth Cranham play the Inspector in Daldry's London production at the Aldwych in 1993. It's probably the same production that your family saw. Julian Glover and Judy Parfitt were the parents. I thought Cranham was very earthy, whereas Sim seemed supernatural. Both great interpretations.
Yes - that's the one. I remember getting a letter about it from my sister. She is a fan of the film and was skeptical about a production without Alistair Sim, but she was very impressed.
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