Films - Best of British

[Stumpy Tim]

Also, 4 Weddings & a Funeral started the round of excellent light comedies that included Brassed Off, Notting Hill etc

 

[Withdean and I]

Withnail and I (of course!!!)
Four Weddings and a Funeral

 

[Dave the OAP]

American Werewolf in London....Jenny Agguter in the shower....mmmmmm


gareth

Right that is it....outside now!

Regards

Dave the always right gaffer

 

[Brixtaan]

By far and away:Lawrence of Arabia.

Epic beyond all comparison.

"Engleeeeeeeeeeeesh, ENGLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH!!!!!!!!!!"

 

[zefarelly]

in no particular order

Get Carter
The Italian Job
Withnail and I
The Life of Brian
Quadrophenia
carry on Cabbie (just for the cars and miniskirt clad lady drivers )

and not a film . . .but Smashie and Nicey and of an era cracks me up everytime

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Alfie has got to be one of my favourties.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Carry on up the Khyber. Top comedy.

I liked Sexy Beast as well (don't we all).

 

[Albion Dan]

Confessions of a window cleaner




Gangster no 1 is good.
Clockwork Orange
The Long Good Friday
Zulu
The Madness of King George
The Dambusters!!!!!

 

[Albion Dan]

Oh, and saw the Wicker Man for the first time on DVD last week, that has to be up there!!!

 

[BrightonBird]

Billy Elliott is fantastic - one of my top 5 films of all time.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Wicker Man is superb, I've got that video. The scene with Britt Ekland dancing aganst the wall, quite outstanding. Very disappointed to learn a 'stunt arse' was used in that sequence, but still a haunting image.

 

[zefarelly]

How could I forget Alfie . . .awsome film, classic lines

'mind me shirt you'll ruckle me sleeve'

'she's got this funny little moustache, but I find Im quite prepared to overlook the odd blemish in a woman provided she's got summink to make up for it'

top drawer

 

[The Large One]

Sexy Beast - "Shut up, and eat your sausage"

Up The Junction - "I was 'aving with two brothers in the back of an artic. I 'ad to keep me knickers on for a bit. Foreign they was. It was bleedin' cold outside so they kept the engine running. Ooh, the vibrations, and the 'eat they was producing..."

Brassed Off - "No-one gives a monkeys about us miners. If we were all seals, the whole country would be up in arms..."

The Italian Job - "But supposing the Professor's not bent." "Dear boy, everybody in the world is bent."

The Long Good Friday - "Shut up, you paralytic streak of piss."

Get Carter - "You won't phone the police, I know that you wear purple underwear" "You're a big man, but you're out of shape. For me, it's a full time occupation. Behave yourself."

BTW: Re-made American 'Get Carter'. Total shite.

 

[The Large One]

British movie Quiz Question: Who wrote the music for the soundtrack to The Italian Job? (No, don't look it up).

Supplementary question: Who sang the song 'On Days Like These" at the beginning of the film?

 

[zefarelly]

qUINCY jONES . . ..Fantastic sounds

 

[zefarelly]

was it Don Black ? or did he write it, . . .. .Matt Monroe, just remembered.

 

[WATFORD O]

Trainspotting

or

Leyton Orient - Yours for a fiver.

 

[The Large One]

Zefarelly, you're a clever bonce with some brains. Well done indeed.





















Smart arse.

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Wicker Man
Withnail and I
Brighton Rock
Ice Cold in Alex
Lawrence of Arabia
The Ladykillers
Get Carter

Pet hate - British 'mockney' gangster films, they are all shite.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Logan's Run


another extremely good film


anyone catching the Jenny Agutter theme?