Bed Sitting Room 1969

The film is an absurdist post apocalyptic satirical black comedy.

Bed sitting room 1969.

1969 absurd surrealist film based on the one act play the bed sitting room also written by director richard lester a hard day s night help superman ii and iii and one spike milligan. With rita tushingham ralph richardson peter cook dudley moore. Set in post nuclear holocaust england where a handful of bizarre characters struggle on with their lives in the ruins amongst endless heaps of ash piles of broken crockery and brick muddy plains and heaps of dentures and old boots. Surreal sometimes morbid sometimes hysterically funny making good use of spike milligan s ability to improvise.

The bed sitting room 1969 stay calm and carry on. Vintage movies and tv. The bedsitting room is a satirical play by spike milligan and john antrobus it began as a one act play which was first produced on 12 february 1962 at the marlowe theatre in canterbury england where it received good local notices. However it made little impact on london s theatrical scene for over a year when it was adapted to a longer play and bernard miles put it on at the mermaid.

I guess someone figured that if it had been such a hit on the stage it couldn t fail as a movie. The bed sitting room 1969. The bed sitting room trailer. It s the only nuclear war comedy i can think of off the top of my head other than.

Directed by richard lester. Bed sitting room the 1969 blu ray product description legendary director richard lester how i won the war juggernaut joins former members of the goon show to create a series of comic sketches about a post nuclear apocalyptic london. Ethel shroake long live mrs. The bed sitting room is a 1969 british comedy film directed by richard lester starring an ensemble cast of british comic actors and based on the play of the same name it was entered into the 19th berlin international film festival.

A girl is 17 months pregnant a father turns into a parrot a man becomes a chest of drawers and another. The bed sitting room is this in spades utterly and totally british and very very twisted. Patriotically singing god save mrs. The bed sitting room 1969.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. The bed sitting room was a big hit as a stage play in london s west end for several years in the 1960s. Furniture designs for dining room sitting room bedroom kitchen and hall including.