Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
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- TriviaEvelyn Waugh disowned this movie of his famous novella, and tried unsuccessfully to get his name taken off of the credits. Three days after the movie's London opening, he died unexpectedly at his house in Somerset. It is thought that he had not seen it.
- GoofsHenry's voice says "Will", whereas his mouth appears to say "Jack".
- Quotes
Dennis Barlow: They told me, Francis Hinsley, they told me you were hung. With red protruding eyeballs and black protruding tongue.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Homo Promo (1991)
- SoundtracksPomp and Circumstance
Composed by Edward Elgar
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top-10 comedy
As a follow-up to the hugely popular "Tom Jones" the iconoclastic director Tony Richardson chose a modern Evelyn Waugh darkly satiric novel that was ostensibly about the funeral business but in Richardson's (& Terry Southern's) hands became a savagely funny commentary on Hollywood and America as well. The cast is awesome--even disregarding some of the cameos like Milton Berle, Liberace, and Tab Hunter--particularly good are Gielgud, Jonathan Winters in a fabulous dual role, Rod Steiger as the immortal Joyboy, and Roddy McDowell. Hilarious! The leads are strangely effective: Bobby Morse doing the knowing nebbish character that he perfected in the mid-60s, and Anjanette Comer as the aptly-named Amy Thanatogenis. One of my alltime favorite comedies, I've seen it close to 20 times since 1965...For anyone who ever had to save up for "Mom's big tub." Increpitable!
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- Tod in Hollywood
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- Harold Lloyd's Greenacres Estate - 1740 Green Acres Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA(Whispering Glen exteriors)
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- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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