Classic Ealing comedy about the mayhem that ensues when a Scotch - laden ship runs aground off the coast of the Outer Hebrides.
We had
classic Ealing / Alec Guinness comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets recently, and now here comes The Ladykillers, possibly my favorite Ealing / Guinness comedy, playing on TCM on Monday.
Their misguided remake of
the classic Ealing comedy The Ladykillers left many feeling a bit dry, Intolerable Cruelty had its fans and haters (I'm one of the former), and Burn After Reading once again split critics.
Not exact matches
Rebecca Hall has joined the cast of
Ealing Studios» Dorian Gray, their retelling of Oscar Wilde's
classic novel, The Picture Of Dorian Gray.
Four the films are
Ealing Studio
classics.
Charles Crichton was a comedy legend who directed the first of the famed
Ealing comedies (Hue And Cry), and followed it with other
classics: The Titfield Thunderbolt, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Battle Of The Sexes.
Their friend and former cinematographer, Barry Sonnenfeld, had a deal with Disney to relaunch the
classic 1955
Ealing Studios comedy The Ladykillers, and he asked the Coens to write the script.
Presented by the BFI, filmmaker Terence Davies sat down in February to discuss two
Ealing Studios
classics — The Ladykillers (1955) and Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949).
Scottish filmmaker Gillies MacKinnon (Hideous Kinky) remakes the 1949
Ealing comedy
classic, although it's difficult...
Makoto Shinkai's body - swap anime has a charm likely to elude a forthcoming remake, while a revived
Ealing classic lacks kick
Gillies MacKinnon (Small Faces) remakes the 1949
Ealing classic about Scottish islanders plundering a stranded cargo vessel laden with whisky.
In the
classic 1949
Ealing comedy Passport to Pimlico, a small part of London (Pimlico) declares itself independent from the rest of the UK on the basis that the residents discover an old manuscript that reveals that where they live is actually part of the Duchy of Burgundy.