Английская Википедия:Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher
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Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher is a 1968 British comedy film directed by John Krish and starring Robin Phillips, Geneviève Page and Donald Wolfit.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1928 novel Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh.
The film was made with a budget of $1,970,000.[2] It was the final film role for Wolfit, who died on February 17, 1968.
Plot summary
Шаблон:Expand section Paul Pennyfeather is an Oxford divinity student who finds himself sent down after a group of drunken undergraduates remove his trousers and he is accused of exposing himself. Forced to look for work, he seeks the services of an employment agency who secure for him a position at a sleazy Welsh boys' boarding school, presided over by the colourful Dr. Fagan. The school's staff are an assortment of eccentric characters: Mr Prendergast, a withdrawn former clergyman; Captain Grimes, a one-legged philanderer with his eye on Fagan's daughter; and Solomon Philbrick, an undercover criminal posing as Fagan's butler. Paul, who tutors Peter Beste-Chetwynde, is enchanted at the school’s annual sports by the boy’s rich mother. Peter thinks Paul her perfect husband so invites him to vacation at their country home. The two are taken with each other but on the day of their wedding, Paul lands in prison for his inadvertent role in her tawdry business deals. There he runs across everyone from his school days, only to be sprung and sent back into the world by the powerful husband she’s married in his absence.
Cast
- Robin Phillips as Paul Pennyfeather
- Donald Wolfit as Doctor Augustus Fagan
- Geneviève Page as Margot Beste-Chetwynde
- Colin Blakely as Solomon Philbrick
- Felix Aylmer as Judge
- Robert Harris as Prendergast
- Leo McKern as Captain Grimes
- Patrick Magee as Maniac
- Donald Sinden as Prison Governor
- Griffith Jones as Sir Humphrey Maltravers
- Paul Rogers as Chief Warder
- Rodney Bewes as Arthur Potts
- Patience Collier as Flossie Fagan
- Kenneth Griffith as Mr Church
- Joan Sterndale-Bennett as Lady Circumference
Box office
According to Fox records the film required $3,100,000 in rentals to break even and by 11 December 1970 had made $1,475,000 so made a loss to the studio.[3]
References
External links
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. Шаблон:ISBN. p255
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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- British musical comedy films
- 1960s musical comedy films
- Films directed by John Krish
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on works by Evelyn Waugh
- Films scored by Ron Goodwin
- 1969 comedy films
- 1969 films
- 1968 comedy films
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- 1960s British films
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