Sentences with word «manservant»

«There's one scene,» he says, about his starring role as a lifelong White House manservant in «The Butler,» «where I don't know what I was thinking.

This is how Manservant got his name.

The plot can be described in one sentence: Mortdecai learns that a famous painting has been stolen and he goes to great lengths, with his bodyguard and loyal manservant Jock (played by Paul Bettany) to get it back.

It's not as pronounced, and the biggest improvement is Wong's character going from manservant to equal partner, but there is an undeniable Orientalist streak that none of the obvious tweaks can overcome.

Published in the 1970s, the books chronicle the amoral antics of aristocratic British art dealer Lord Charlie Mortdecai (Depp), who is aided on his drink - sodden adventures by his thuggish but resourceful manservant Jock Strapp (Paul Bettany).

That's «Mojo,» the 1995 debut play by Jez Butterworth («Jerusalem») now revived with a headline - grabbing cast including Brendan Coyle (stoic manservant Bates from «Downton Abbey,») and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley from «Harry Potter»).

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And then we went home carefully, where Manservant had pleasant dreams.

He is not the assistant manservant.

That's «Mojo,» the 1995 debut play by Jez Butterworth («Jerusalem») now revived with a headline - grabbing cast including Brendan Coyle (stoic manservant Bates from «Downton Abbey,») and Rupert Grint (Ron -LSB-...]

Manservant hates kale so I only buy the baby kale.

I will tell you though, that manservant always «saves» his salad to the end of the meal.

I think it was the croutons that caught their eye, but as they got older Manservant quickly convinced Alex that the anchovies were the best part.

This salad came about because I go so tired of watching Manservant open a can of beans and pour them over spinach and top them with a fried egg.

Manservant loved it, but he did ask for one more egg on his, which was easily accomplished.

Let's just say that Manservant did eat this for breakfast.

Lately Manservant has been really into the 4 Hour Body.

After meeting Manservant I was introduced to real TexMex and life has never been the same since.

But manservant likes protein and that is his problem.

And manservant kept thinking it was coated in butter but it was all that good olive oil.

Last Christmas, «Lord» Quentin Letts and his faithful manservant Kevin McGuire were living in a council flat poor, but happy.

Anyone who hasn't at times wanted to be as smart and as cool as PG Wodehouse's most famous manservant either has an inflated idea of their own abilities or a total lack of imagination.

The project's overall haplessness is given away early with the tiresome, over-the-top performance of Ignazio Oliva as a buffoonish manservant Harlequin, who represents everything that one dreads about «classical» theatre.

Some of his best characters include Manservant Hecubus, Bruno Puntz Jones, and the insane Jerry Sizzler.

Colin Farrell plays «Jean,» a lowly manservant reaching up for the stars.

She finds herself in maniacal lust with a handsome new manservant (Dave Franco) at the convent, and initiates a method of seducing that borders on terrorizing (it involves using blood as make - up).

«I'm certainly not going to be the tea - making manservant.

Even small, throwaway moments, like the suggestion in the epilogue that Henry has turned into a «noble» witch - hunter, carries with it the nincompoop - sting that Father Solomon's surviving Negro manservant and yellow - man are now gamely following another white guy because that's just what they fucking do.

Sir Robert is met at the station by the baron's manservant Krull (Oscar Homolka), a one - eyed factotum with a disconcerting fondness for leeches and impromptu surgical procedures.

Living a fairly closed off life, we meet Turner (Timothy Spall) as he lives with his father (Paul Jesson), acting as the ultimate manservant for his son.

Kubrick also insisted that Vitali maintain much of the director's Hertfordshire manor house, once even demanding that his sleep - deprived manservant (two hours a night was, apparently, not unusual) install CCTV cameras in every room, so that the whereabouts of an ageing family cat could be monitored.

There's a lot of great throwaway jokes; Darwin's monkey manservant is a hoot, communicating through silent - movie - style title cards.

The setting seems more glum than celebratory, however, as both Robert and household manservant Alfred Bridges (Herbert Mundin) will soon go off to South Africa to fight in the Boer War.

Counting on the help of her burly manservant Kronk (Patrick Warburton)-- who isn't the brightest light on the marquee — Yzma is furious when Kronk, distracted by his gourmet creations, messes up the potion and turns the unsuspecting Kuzco into a llama.

I was going to leave Wong out of the movie at first; he was an Asian sidekick manservant, what was I supposed to do with that?

Goldsmith's creativity flowed with noticeable enthusiasm for these soundtracks where he could show off his devilishly clever humor and emotional resonance, whether accompanying an orangutan manservant or a mystical albino.

The story takes Mortdecai and his faithful, womanizing manservant Jock (Paul Bettany, who also retains an ounce of dignity in spite of his character) through a series of weirdos, played by actors with different silly accents and other grotesque facial tics, from London to Moscow to Los Angeles.

It's a little depressing to see Cleavon Little, the man who once whipped it out in «Blazing Saddles,» billed fourth and stuck playing Hutton's gay manservant, but the fact that the film contains one of the rare restrained Jim Carrey performance almost makes up for it.

But as we've learned previously, Wong has been upgraded from a racial stereotype manservant / sidekick to a Kamar - Taj master.

«It was not until the fourth installment, where he introduced the character of Sam Weller, the very charming manservant, and people loved it,» she said.

Only once this female trio was in place would the first manservant be employed, usually with indoor and outdoor responsibilities, such as waiting and valeting and care of the horse and carriage.

The first instalment of a planned series, Episode 1 sees self - proclaimed leading explorator Bertram Fiddle and his trusty manservant Gavin hunting down a serial killer called Geoff the Murderer.

'' No time to lose with repartee, my loyal manservant!»

In an interview with Slash Film, he insisted that Wong won't be just another «assistant manservant.»