The Best of British

[Catchpole]

over the next few weeks cinema's around the UK will be showing for one night only iconic British Films.

Last night was the first showing of the updated Goldfinger, bloody marvelous it was too on the big screen.

Brief Encounter, next Tuesday, followed by Billy Liar, Henry V, The Wicker Man, The Dam Busters, Withnail and I.

More can be seen here.  http://www.myfilms.com/home.asp

chances like this don't come up often to see these reworked classics on the big screen.

[Fran]

Its being shown at the Cornerhouse in Manchester.  I am particularly looking forward to Billy Liar. 

F

[Catchpole]

why do you enjoy that film in particular Fran?

[Fran]

why do you enjoy that film in particular Fran?

Firstly, I love all the old b&w, northern grimness of it (and various other kitchen sinkers from the same era).  Great cast Tom Courtney, Julie Christie and many others.....

Secondly, its the only one I havent seen in big screen before.

Henry V might be good to see again, can never quite decide if Larry Olivier is an absolute ham (my view) or a great actor (critics'  and movie buffs' view). 

Would have liked to see The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner again too, saw it on telly a long time ago.

The Cornerhouse up here is pretty good for showing non mainstream film.  There is a Sunday breakfast club that shows a lot of the classics. 

F

[Leftie]

Hell Drivers is the box tonite at 23.50 on Beeb 2.

A great film with Stanley Baker.

[Fran]

Ohh is that the one with the lorry drivers on piece work?   I love that one (if its the one I think it is)!!!!

F

[Lazy B'stard]

Hell Drivers is the box tonite at 23.50 on Beeb 2. A great film with Stanley Baker.

Also a very young pre- Prisoner Patrick McGoohan, pre Bond Connery and Syd James if my memory serves of well. Good film.

[Bob U]

why do you enjoy that film in particular Fran?

Firstly, I love all the old b&w, northern grimness of it

Old? I thought it was still like that up there.

[Fran]

why do you enjoy that film in particular Fran?

Firstly, I love all the old b&w, northern grimness of it

Old? I thought it was still like that up there.

Nah - we have colour n everything up here now tha knows.

 

[Bob U]

Maybe, but I bet you still have dinner at lunch time and tea at dinner time.

It's a shame they don't do updates on the Ealing Comedys. Passport to Pimlico, Hue & Cry and such like. A great picture of post war/early 50s Britain. I remember watchiing them on tv when I was a kid, can't think of one thats not a classic.

[Catchpole]

Bob, Ealing comedies were fine, you don't see the Will Hay comedies much nowadays, they always good for a laugh.

[Andy Zarse]

Its being shown at the Cornerhouse in Manchester.  I am particularly looking forward to Billy Liar. 

F

WTF!  It's always on the bloody telly is that one! What a stupid tale, a working class lad becoming a bloody ballet dancer during the miner's strike. Load of old crap!

[Kpy]

WTF!  It's always on the bloody telly is that one! What a stupid tale, a working class lad becoming a bloody ballet dancer during the miner's strike. Load of old crap!

Errrm.....................
Wrong film Andy.
Billy Liar is a 1963 film based on Keith Waterhouse's novel, directed by John Schlesinger. Stars Tom Courtenay.
The film you are thinking of is Billy Elliot.

[Lancs Se7en]

 
Great film and the later version aint bad either


But I also enjoyed Billy Elliot as well

[Catchpole]

oh dear, started a fluster on a simple thread like films!  Anyway, sticking with black and white gritty northern films like Billy Liar, not the noncey ballet dancer version, how about This Sporting Life.