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The Hippopotamus is a 2017 British film, adapted from Stephen Fry's 1994 novel of the same name. Filmed in 2015 under the direction of John Jencks, the film chronicles a failed poet who is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles. Roger Allam and John Jencks at the 2016 Dinard British Film Festival
Aug 1, 2017 · The Hippopotamus: Directed by John Jencks. With Roger Allam, Tim Charles, Rod Glenn, Amanda Holt. Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
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- 2017-08-01
The Hippopotamus (1994) is a comic novel by Stephen Fry. Written in part as an epistolary novel, it is largely narrated by the main character Edward "Ted" Wallace.
The hippopotamus (/ ˌ h ɪ p ə ˈ p ɒ t ə m ə s /; pl.: hippopotamuses or hippopotami), also shortened to hippo (pl.: hippos; Hippopotamus amphibius), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Jan 18, 2017 · Roger Allam plays a whiskey-swilling washed-up poet in 'The Hippopotamus,' a comedy that marks the first screen adaptation of Stephen Fry’s work as a novelist.
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Jan 1, 2001 · Ted Wallace, a failed poet and drama critic, is invited to a country mansion where strange things happen. The book is a mix of humor, mystery and satire, with references to Oscar Wilde and Howard Stern.
Poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
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