Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, The (1995)

A romantic comedy about a town that wouldn't give up.A man who couldn't get out.And the mountain that brought them together.

Original Title :	Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, The
Director :	Christopher Monger
Writer :	Ivor Monger Christopher Monger
Genre :	Comedy
	Romance
Country :	UK
Language :	English
Producer :	Sarah Curtis , Sally Hibbin , Robert Jones , Paul Sarony , Bob Weinstein , Harvey Weinstein
Music :	Stephen Endelman
Photography :	Vernon Layton
MPAA Rating :	Rated PG for mild language.
IMDB ID :	0112966
Official site :	http://www.miramax.com/pls/front_con/mp.entryPoint?action=2&midStr=348
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Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, The (1995) - Christopher Monger

Starring

Hugh Grant		Reginald Anson
Tara Fitzgerald		Betty
Colm Meaney		Morgan the Goat
Ian McNeice		George Garrad
Ian Hart		Johnny Shellshocked (Jones
Kenneth Griffith		Rev. Robert Jones
Tudor Vaughan		Thomas Twp
Hugh Vaughan		Thomas Twp Too
Robert Pugh		Williams the Petroleum
Robert Blythe		Ivor the Grocer
Garfield Morgan		Davies the School
Lisa Palfrey		Blod Jones
Dafydd Wyn Roberts		Tommy Twostrokes
Ieuan Rhys		Sgt. Thomas
Anwen Williams		Mavis
David Lloyd Meredith		Jones the JP
Fraser Cains		Evans the End of the World
Jack Walters		Grandfather
Harry Kretchmer		Young boy
Howell Evans		Thomas the Trains
Maisie McNeice		Girl in classroom
Nicholas McGaughey .... Opening and Closing Narration		voice

Plot

Two English cartographers visit the small South Wales village of Ffynnon Garw, to measure what is claimed to be the "first mountain inside of Wales". It's 1917, and the war in Europe continues. The villagers are very proud of their "mountain", and are understandably dissapointed and furious to find that it is in fact a "hill". Not to be outwitted by a rule (and the Englishmen who enforce it), the villagers set out to make their hill into a mountain, but to do so they must keep the English from leaving, before the job is done.

Comments

a little known gem of a comedy Most people I've asked about this movie have never heard about it and I think it's a real shame. Set against picturesque background of Welsh countryside and leisurely paced this movie totally won me over with its gentle humor and its colorful and beautifully developed characters. I'm not a big fan of Hugh Grant but here he performs quite well. Besides he is not what makes this movie work. I just love all the supporting characters - ThomasTwp and Tara Fitzgerald as Betty and of course the pair of local archnemesis Rev. Jones and Morgan the Goat. I've seen Colm Meany in a few movies and on TV (I think he plays in one of the Star Treck series) and I've never thought much about him as an actor but he is simply hilarious as Morgan. So what is this movie about? There isn't much of a plot so without giving anything away I'll just say that it's about asleepy Welsh village coming together for a noble cause. What's the cause and would you find it noble? Watch the movie and judge for yourself.

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