Bed Sitting Room Film

With rita tushingham ralph richardson peter cook dudley moore.

Bed sitting room film.

Surreal sometimes morbid sometimes hysterically funny making good use of spike milligan s ability to improvise. 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. The bed sitting room was a big hit as a stage play in london s west end for several years in the 1960s. Surreal sometimes morbid sometimes hysterically funny making good use of spike milligan s ability to improvise.

I guess someone figured that if it had been such a hit on the stage it couldn t fail as a movie. Ethel shroake long live mrs. The film is an absurdist post apocalyptic satirical black comedy. The bed sitting room was a big hit as a stage play in london s west end for several years in the 1960s.

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. Directed by richard lester. Patriotically singing god save mrs. The bed sitting room is a really ramshackle concoction and a bona fide cult film.

Surreal sometimes morbid sometimes hysterically funny making good use of spike milligan s ability to improvise. 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. I guess someone figured that if it had been such a hit on the stage it couldn t fail as a movie. It is absolutely a product of its time and a classic example of a film which simply cannot be re made.

I guess someone figured that if it had been such a hit on the stage it couldn t fail as a movie.