Britannia hospital is a wonderfully wellwritten and tightly crafted comedy. Most popular french revolution movies and tv shows imdb. Documentary 1982 elmer cloud howe tv series 1982 dite peat 3 episodes, 1982 britannia hospital 1982 biles. The health service is an election battleground, but on screen it has long united the nation through film and televisions ongoing love affair with the nhs britannia hospital was not a hit. Representations of france and the french in english satirical. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the lindsay andersondirected movie via subscription can be. Toby ziegler the genesis speech freud museum london. Robespierre and the french revolution tv movie 2009 couthon the fairy queen tv movie 2009 snug collision. To find out more about us, please see statement of purpose. The film does not work quite as well as if and o lucky man, both of which are masterpieces, in my estimation. Robespierre and the french revolution couthon 2009. Redirected from list of films dealing with anarchism this article is for films both fictional and nonfictional which focus on anarchism, anarchist movements andor anarchist characters as a theme. It was entered into the 1982 cannes film festival and fantasporto britannia hospital is the final part of andersons trilogy of films, written by david sherwin, that follow the adventures of mick travis portrayed by malcolm.
Britannia hospital 2002stream and watch online moviefone. British filming locations for the movie britannia hospital 1982 including maps, screenshots, and other nearby film locations. Unfortunately, the hospital asnation metaphor seems almost as unwieldy and pretentious here as it was in lindsay andersons topheavy satire britannia hospital 1982, and periodic aerial shots. Finally, i will discuss britannia hospital 1982, the last feature film that anderson made in. The third work, britannia hospital 1982, was andersons film about the nation state being torn apart by margaret thatchers private enterprise culture paul sutton in his introduction. But when investigative reporter mick travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, and african cannibal dictator and sinister human experiments. Britannia hospital itself shares certain features with the fletcher memorial home. Britannia hospital 1982 directed by lindsay anderson. Calling britannia hospital andersons playtime oversells the film, unfortunately. Administration turning year tales tv series 1979 boy 1 episode, 1979 return of the saint.
The modern english, french, breton and gallo names for the area, all derive from. Britannia hospital feels like it ought to be a masterpiece. Jonathan coe admires lindsay anderson film the guardian. In the 1970s, he was regarded as intelligent but indulgent, with o lucky man.
Using trickery to break free from their shackles, both perilously partake in the. Vhs trailer for the 1982 satire britannia hospital, directed by lindsay. Want to watch britannia hospital on your tv or mobile device at home. Britannia has been used in several different senses, but is best known as a national. The entire film is literally jammed with memorable characters played with great finesse. The britain depicted in britannia hospital is a country which is deeply fractured, being torn apart by violence, injustice, inequality and the threat of revolution.
We aim to import british standards, norms, etc into our practice, thus bringing high medical standards to local health care. Britannia hospital is a 1982 british black comedy film, directed by lindsay anderson, which targets the national health service and contemporary british society. Britannia hospital, an esteemed english institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the queen mother herself. Shot in his old school, cheltenham college, from a. Britannia hospital is a modern hospital located in the prestigious lekki peninsula phase1.
It targets the national health service and, by extension, contemporary britain. Britannia hospital uk, 1982 directed by lindsay anderson starring leonard rossiter, graham crowden, joan plowright, malcolm mcdowell in the 1950s and 1960s lindsay anderson was hailed as a visionary, with if receiving the palme dor and widespread critical acclaim. The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highestgrossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil mick travis takes place at an old established private school in england. Movies locations people blog articles site info contact donate.
This was in the context of the effect of the french revolution on politics in. It is modelled after standard private hospitals in the united kingdom. However, those two movies do not follow the same continuity of the first film, and have little in common other than the main character of. Released in 1982, the film was a grand slab of british oddity from director lindsay anderson, arriving after the boarding school revolt of if and businessland romp o lucky man. An upperclassman at a british boarding school leads a revolution, complete with guns.
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