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The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain is a 1995 romantic comedy film with a story by Ifor David Monger and Ivor Monger, written and directed by Christopher Monger. It was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival [2] and was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival .
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May 12, 1995 · The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain: Directed by Christopher Monger. With Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Ian McNeice. When an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Christopher Monger
- 1995-05-12
During the days of World War I, a small Welsh town relies on its local mountain as a source of pride. When two English cartographers, Reginald Anson (Hugh Grant) and George Garrad (Ian McNeice...
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- Christopher Monger
- PG
- Hugh Grant
Oct 6, 2016 · Starring: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, and Colm Meaney The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) Official Trailer 1 - Movie When an English...
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May 12, 1995 · "The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain," a title that will inspire amazing abbreviations on theater marquees, begins as two surveyors for the O. S. arrive in a small village in Wales. Their purpose: To measure the local "mountain," which they cannot quite pronounce without sounding as if they are muffling a sneeze.
On a Sunday in 1917, during World War I, two English cartographers from the Ordnance Survey, the pompous George Garrad and his junior, Reginald Anson, arrive at the fictional Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw. Their job is to re-measure certain Welsh mountains, and their first task is to measure Ffynnon Garw.
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain. When an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that. British drama celebrates community, plays into stereotypes.
