| The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain |
Promotional movie poster for the film |
| Directed by |
Christopher Monger |
| Produced by |
Bob Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein
Sarah Curtis
Sally Hibbin
Robert Jones
Scott Maitland
Paul Sarony |
| Written by |
Ivor Monger |
| Starring |
Hugh Grant
Ian McNeice
Tara Fitzgerald
Colm Meaney
Kenneth Griffith |
| Music by |
Stephen Endelman |
| Cinematography |
Vernon Layton |
| Editing by |
David Martin |
| Distributed by |
Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) |
May, 1995 (Cannes Film Festival)
May 12, 1995
August 4, 1995
October 26, 1995
January 11, 1996
May 11, 1996 |
| Running time |
99 min. |
| Country |
UK |
| Language |
English |
| All Movie Guide profile |
| IMDb profile |
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain is a 1995 movie written by Ivor Monger and directed by Christopher Monger.
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Contents
- 1 Details
- 2 Plot
- 3 Cast
- 4 Excerpt
- 5 External link
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Details
The movie is based on a story heard by Christopher Monger from his grandfather about the real village of Taff's Well (Ffynnon Taf in Welsh), Cardiff, Wales and its neighbouring Garth Mountain. Due to 20th century urbanisation of the area, it was filmed in the more rural Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant in mid Wales.
Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The movie is set in 1917 (with World War I in the background) and revolves around two English cartographers, the pompous Garrad and his junior Anson, who arrive at the fictional Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw (Rough Fountain in Welsh) to measure its "mountain" - only to cause outrage when they conclude that it is only a hill because it is slightly short of the required 1000 feet. The villagers, aided and abetted by the wily Morgan the Goat and Reverend Jones (who after initially opposing the scheme, grasps its symbolism in restoring the community's war-damaged self-esteem), conspire with Anson to delay the cartographers' departure while they build an earth cairn on top of the hill to make it high enough to be considered a mountain.
In regard to its humorous and affectionate description of the locals, the movie has often been compared with Waking Ned Devine, an Irish comedy film written and directed by Kirk Jones.
Cast
- Hugh Grant as Reginald Anson
- Ian McNeice as George Garrad
- Tara Fitzgerald as Betty
- Colm Meaney as Morgan the Goat
- Kenneth Griffith as Reverend Robert Jones
Excerpt
One of the most obscure jokes in the film occurs when a mechanic is asked about a nondescript broken part he has removed from a car, and replies "I don't know what you call it in English, but in Welsh we call it a bechingalw". Bechingalw means "whatjumacallit".
External link
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- The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain at the Internet Movie Database
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- See also review of movie by a surveyor at http://www.surveyhistory.org/englishman_who_went_up_a_hill.htm [[1]]
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