Movies for an English State of Mind
My last question for books reaped untold riches. So now....how about some movie suggestions to set the scene for England? No need to suggest Rick's - we've seen them all several times over.)
Kay
Vancouver, WA USA 1/5/13
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Rebecca, thanks for the info on "Secrets of the Manor House". I didn't know about it and really appreciate you posting it.
D.D., oh my gosh yes, love Foyle's War...
"Truly,Madly,Deeply" Starring Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman, directed by the late director Anthony Minghella...he was the originator of Doc Martin. Also "Love Actually" and "Nottinghill". These all let you feel like you live in London.
Definitely Love Actually and Shadowlands. Or a few mystery and cop series such as Judge John Deed, George Gentley, MI-5, Waking The Dead, Blue Murder and Murphy's Law.
What a great answers have come forth from this posting. I thank all of you - and all those who provided answers to similar questions previously (I checked the archives!).
I forgot the obvious answer - any of the Wallace & Gromit programmes.
Gosh, I have so many favourites. In addition to most of those already mentioned there is Doc Martin:The Movies, Murder in Suburbia, Blowdry, The Full Monty, & Brassed off. Maybe Iron Lady. TV series I also like Vera, Whitechaple, Pie in the Sky, Cloud Street and there is nothing quite like AbFab or Little Britain. Have you watched The Islands of Britain..Martin Clunes presenting.
also Gavin & Stacy
Someone has probably already mentioned this but it bears repeating since this film came out in 2012 and is highly regarded: The Deep Blue Sea. It depicts England during its post World War II period when things have still not gotten back to normal. Ebert's highly positive review of this film mentions how he visited London in the early 1960s and there were still bombed areas that had not undergone reconstruction. Fortunately that has changed.
My list keeps growing and growing and growing. Wallace and Gromit is such a good suggestion for anyone taking kids (not that adults don't enjoy the show). I visited their website and just an FYI...60 giant Gromits will be unleashed in the town of Bristol beginning July 1. The fibreglass mutts will be decorated by artists and left on display for 10 weeks.
Cranford on PBS with Judi Dench
I have often wondered where certain scenes were filmed and there is a site called Internet Movie Data Base which will give you that information. You have to go to Movies-Advanced Search-Title-drop down box to Filming Locations. Lots of fun.
The great hit from 20 some years ago, "Piece of Cake'. A mini-series and melodrama that was a reminder of how perilously close a nation came to ruin, but for a collection of teenagers,often class based dilletantes, angry refugees and so on that made up "The Few" in the RAF during the Battle of Britain.
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