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Britannia Hospital (1982) 1982 United Kingdom Directed by Lindsay Anderson Produced by Davina Belling, Clive Parsons Written by David Sherwin Featuring
Britannia Hospital is the final film in the acclaimed Mick Travis trilogy starring McDowell, directed by Anderson and written by David Sherwin. Alan Bates (Women in Love), Robbie Coltrane (Nuns on the Run), Richard Griffiths (Withnail & I), Mark Hamill (Star Wars) and Joan Plowright (Enchanted April) lead an eclectic all-star cast in this ...
Sep 1, 2020 · Britannia Hospital is the final film in the acclaimed Mick Travis trilogy starring McDowell, directed by Anderson and written by David Sherwin. Alan Bates (Women in Love), Robbie Coltrane (Nuns on the Run), Richard Griffiths (Withnail & I), Mark Hamill (Star Wars) and Joan Plowright (Enchanted April) lead an eclectic all-star cast in this ...
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Criminally underrated film! psychorobotape 1 February 2008. That this movie has only achieved a rating of 5.9 out of 10 is appalling! Britannia Hospital brilliantly mixes the macabre, the comic, and the profound with beautiful imagery, wonderful production design, and Lindsay Anderson's astute sense of direction.
All the anarchic fun and vulgarity of the "Carry On" films, with an element of deeper social criticism. The action takes place in an ancient hospital that comes to resemble Britain at its most chaotic. The staff threaten to strike, demonstrators surround the place, a nosey BBC reporter pursues an anxious professor, while a royal visit degenerates into a total shambles. And all this to the ...
6.2 (2,892) Britannia Hospital is a British satirical film, released in 1982, directed by Lindsay Anderson and starring Leonard Rossiter, Malcolm McDowell, and Brian Pettifer. The film presents a bleak and grotesque vision of a society on the brink of collapse. The story takes place on May Day, a time for celebration and protest.
Jan 1, 2001 · Britannia Hospital was the third in director Lindsay Anderson’s trilogy of films set around Malcolm McDowell’s character of Mick Travis – the preceding entries being If…/a> (1968) and O Lucky Man! (1973). The overriding theme of all three films was a blackly scathing indictment of British society, in particular the class system.
