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Very Naughty Boys [EBK]

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by Robert Sellers


  Smith, Kate 276, 299, 317

  Smith, Maggie 144, 186, 188, 200, 281, 283

  Spikings, Barry 22-24

  Starr, Ringo 195, 262

  Stewart, Dave 280

  Stockwood, Mervyn 35

  Sweet Angel Mine 327

  Tattoo 129

  Taylor, Derek 54, 128

  “Tenpole Tudor” Tudor-Pole, Eddie 249

  Travelling Men 179, 206

  Travelling Wilburys, The 293, 315, 316

  Turturro, John 274

  TVP 280

  Twentieth Century Fox 307, 308

  Tyson, Cathy 217-219, 224

  Vaughn, Peter 67

  Venom 113, 129, 130, 131

  Vere Nicol, Marc 176

  Virgin Films 215, 283

  Wacks, Jonathan 285-288

  Warner Brothers 32, 55, 128, 273, 283, 287, 291, 292, 303, 304

  Warner, David 68

  Warnock, Craig 64

  White, Diz 166, 170

  Whitehouse, Mary 30, 31, 33

  Wieringa, Jan 285, 286

  Wimbury, David 196, 215, 252, 258, 261, 266

  Woolley, Stephen 124, 212-220, 222-226, 228, 267, 271, 294, 307, 309, 335

  Working Title 299

  Wrong Guy, The 327

  Yellowbeard 141, 155

  Zetterling, Mai 132, 134, 137

  HANDMADE FILMS

  Bellman and True 276-278

  Bullshot 166-174, 178, 181, 193, 203, 205, 244, 297, 334

  Checking Out 291-293

  Cold Dog Soup 131, 301-304, 308

  Five Corners 273-275, 289

  How to Get Ahead in Advertising 289, 290

  Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, The 281-284

  Long Good Friday, The 79-83, 87-90, 92-95, 139, 179, 207, 214, 215, 226, 276, 331, 332, 340, 341

  Missionary, The 141-143, 146, 147, 149-153, 174, 183, 186, 187, 205, 276, 296, 303

  Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl 105, 106

  Monty Python’s Life of Brian 15, 17-22, 24, 26-38, 40, 41, 46-49, 53, 55, 56, 59, 74, 75, 77-79, 82, 105, 111, 115, 119, 120, 122, 128, 141, 142, 163, 174, 200, 296, 302, 319, 328-330, 333, 339, 341

  Nuns on the Run 304-310, 322

  Powwow Highway 285, 287, 289, 306

  Private Function, A 142, 179, 180, 182-184, 186, 188, 191-193, 195, 196, 198-203, 271, 297, 333

  Privates on Parade 153, 155, 160, 162-166, 169, 174, 192, 244

  Raggedy Rawney, The 131, 284, 285

  Scrubbers 131, 132, 135-139, 150, 238

  Shanghai Surprise 131, 229, 230, 236, 241-246, 271, 276, 292, 317

  Time Bandits 23, 56, 59-61, 65, 67, 68, 70-77, 79, 94, 111, 120, 124, 128, 129, 131, 136, 142, 168, 174, 175, 199, 200, 271, 319, 326, 330, 332, 333, 339

  Water 179-181, 191-193, 195, 196, 199, 203-205, 215, 296

  Withnail and I 200, 250-252, 258, 260, 261, 264, 266-271, 289, 290, 332, 333, 337, 341

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Film journalist and author Robert Sellers has written several books on popular culture, including the bestselling Hellraisers, Oliver Reed: What Fresh Lunacy Is This? and the controversial Battle for Bond, which for a time was banned by the family of Ian Fleming. He lives in Harpenden.

  The Long Good Friday, a troubled production that was saved by HandMade. © HandMade Films

  Bob Hoskins’ blistering performance as London gangster Harold Shand made him a star. With Helen Mirren. © HandMade Films.

  Sean Connery as King Agamemnon in Terry Gilliam’s fantasy classic Time Bandits. © HandMade Films.

  In its day, Time Bandits was the highest grossing British comedy film ever made. © HandMade Films.

  The Missionary, Michael Palin’s delightful dig at the hypocrisy and social prejudice of Edwardian England. © HandMade Films.

  John Cleese in Privates on Parade, the film adaptation of Peter Nichols’ critically acclaimed stage play. © HandMade Films.

  Michael Palin, Maggie Smith and pig in the Alan Bennett-penned A Private Function. © HandMade Films.

  According to the British Film Institute, A Private Function ‘was the closest that 1980s British cinema came to recapturing the spirit of the great Ealing comedies.’ © HandMade Films.

  Water, HandMade’s first misfire, this Colonial farce failed to raise either laughs or box office revenue. © HandMade Films.

  Sean Penn, Madonna and George Harrison on location for Shanghai Surprise. The ex-Beatle had to fly in to prevent the film spiralling out of control. © HandMade Films.

  Michael Caine as the chilling Mortwell in Mona Lisa. With Cathy Tyson and Bob Hoskins. © HandMade Films.

  Hoskins’ performance as a naive villain caught up in the seedy underworld of Eighties London earned him a BAFTA and an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. © HandMade Films.

  Withnail and I, voted by Empire magazine in 2012 the 10th best British film ever made. © HandMade Films.

  Paul McGann and Richard E Grant both gave iconic performances in their joint film debuts. © HandMade Films.

  Richard E Grant in Bruce Robinson’s caustic satire on the advertising business, How To Get Ahead In Advertising. © HandMade Films.

  Gary Oldman and Theresa Russell in Nicolas Roeg’s Track 29, written by Dennis Potter. © HandMade Films.

  Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane in HandMade’s final hurrah, Nuns on the Run. © HandMade Films.

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