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Want to watch britannia hospital on your tv or mobile device at home. 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. Calling britannia hospital andersons playtime oversells the film, unfortunately. In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil mick travis takes place at an old established private school in england. 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. Britannia hospital feels like it ought to be a masterpiece. 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. Britannia hospital itself shares certain features with the fletcher memorial home. It targets the national health service and, by extension, contemporary britain. Britannia hospital is a wonderfully wellwritten and tightly crafted comedy. Britannia hospital 1982 directed by lindsay anderson. Robespierre and the french revolution couthon 2009.
Jonathan coe admires lindsay anderson film the guardian. It is modelled after standard private hospitals in the united kingdom. Using trickery to break free from their shackles, both perilously partake in the. 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. 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. British filming locations for the movie britannia hospital 1982 including maps, screenshots, and other nearby film locations.
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. 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. The modern english, french, breton and gallo names for the area, all derive from. 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. Most popular french revolution movies and tv shows imdb. Britannia hospital is a 1982 british black comedy film, directed by lindsay anderson, which targets the national health service and contemporary british society. 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. Britannia hospital is a modern hospital located in the prestigious lekki peninsula phase1.
The entire film is literally jammed with memorable characters played with great finesse. An upperclassman at a british boarding school leads a revolution, complete with guns. This was in the context of the effect of the french revolution on politics in. Vhs trailer for the 1982 satire britannia hospital, directed by lindsay. The film does not work quite as well as if and o lucky man, both of which are masterpieces, in my estimation. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the lindsay andersondirected movie via subscription can be. Movies locations people blog articles site info contact donate. Shot in his old school, cheltenham college, from a.
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