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American Friends is a 1991 British comedy film starring Michael Palin as a professor who falls for two American women in Oxford. The film is based on a true story involving Palin's great-grandfather and won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award.
A senior Oxford don falls for an American woman and her adopted daughter while on vacation in the Alps. Based on his grandfather's diaries, Palin directs and stars in this lowkey and sensitive period film.
- (878)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Tristram Powell
- 1993-04
Francis Ashby (Michael Palin) is a Victorian-era Oxford instructor who takes a trip to Switzerland, where he befriends vacationing American Caroline Hartley (Connie Booth) and her teenage...
- (15)
- Tristram Powell
- PG
- Michael Palin
A comedy film about a British don who falls for two American women on vacation in the Alps. They visit him at Oxford, where their presence is frowned upon by the college rules.
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- Tristram Powell
- 95 min
- 11
Francis Ashby (Michael Palin) is a Victorian-era Oxford instructor who takes a trip to Switzerland, where he befriends vacationing American Caroline Hartley (Connie Booth) and her teenage...
- 94 min
- 231.4K
- LionHeart FilmWorks
American Friends. Reverend Francis Ashby, a stuffy professor at St. John's College Oxford, heads for a holiday in Switzerland and meets 2 American women. His life becomes complicated when they show up later just as he is about to be named President of his college. 21 IMDb 6.4 1 h 35 min 1993. X-Ray PG.