- Format: PAL
- Language English, Spanish
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Disney
- DVD Release Date: 1 Mar 2005
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0006VYEBY
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 15,138 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Two English cartographers visit the small South Wales village of Ffynnon Garw, to measure what is claimed to be the "first mountain inside of Wales". It's 1917, and the war in Europe continues. The villagers are very proud of their "mountain", and are understandably dissapointed and furious to find that it is in fact a "hill". Not to be outwitted by a rule (and the Englishmen who enforce it), the villagers set out to make their hill into a mountain, but to do so they must keep the English from leaving, before the job is done.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I am a little surprised at the negativity of one of the previous reviews of this film, but then each to their own. This is a delightful little film with a wonderful quirky feel to it. The soundtrack is equally eccentric and memorable. The one minor quibble is that for a film that is set firmly in Wales, Kenneth Griffith aside, most the major roles are filled with non-Welsh actors.
Hugh Grant and Ian MacNiece play British Army officers touring South Wales on a topographic mission, measuring hills. It is 1917 and there are many references to the war and the people the village has lost. The locals are hugely proud of their "mountain", frequently informing visitors it is the first in Wales. Their idyll is shattered however when Grant and MacNiece announce the the mountain is, technically, only a hill as it is under 1,000 feet in height. They try and persuade the two Englishmen to measure the hill again, but are turned down. So the locals take matters into their own hands by first sabotaging the topographer's car so they cannot leave and then building on the summit of the hill, desperate to raise the height of their hill up to a mountain.
This is a lovely innocent film, full of gentle humour, but also with some truly moving moments. Hugh Grant and the lovely Tara Fitzgerald make a great couple, Ian Hart deserves a mention for his moving portrayal of a shell shocked soldier back home, and Colm Meaney all but steals the show as lecherous bar owner, Morgan the Goat.
Hugh Grant and Ian MacNiece play British Army officers touring South Wales on a topographic mission, measuring hills. It is 1917 and there are many references to the war and the people the village has lost. The locals are hugely proud of their "mountain", frequently informing visitors it is the first in Wales. Their idyll is shattered however when Grant and MacNiece announce the the mountain is, technically, only a hill as it is under 1,000 feet in height. They try and persuade the two Englishmen to measure the hill again, but are turned down. So the locals take matters into their own hands by first sabotaging the topographer's car so they cannot leave and then building on the summit of the hill, desperate to raise the height of their hill up to a mountain.
This is a lovely innocent film, full of gentle humour, but also with some truly moving moments. Hugh Grant and the lovely Tara Fitzgerald make a great couple, Ian Hart deserves a mention for his moving portrayal of a shell shocked soldier back home, and Colm Meaney all but steals the show as lecherous bar owner, Morgan the Goat.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This movie is a real gem - certainly not your average Hollywood action spectacle but a rather quiet movie about people - full of warmth and a lovely sense of humor - that you'll want to see again and again.
In telling the story of a Welsh village united by their pride and love for their country to overcome their differences and undertake the Herculean effort to raise their hill to officially be a mountain the movie really celebrates the uniqueness of the individual and the undefeatable human spirit in general.
In an age that serves you all those horrible pictures of violence and misery from around the world on a daily basis it's a movie that leaves you hopeful and a little more positive about the human race in general and pretty much in love with the people of Wales in particular.
While the Welsh might be portrayed as quite an odd folk it is done with so much obvious affection shining through every second of the picture that you're left wishing you'd be called a Cymro yourself - as Cymro (the Welsh word for Welsh) means friend...
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a delightful film and should be shown more often on terrestrial TV. A nice change from some of the dreadful Hollywood productions. Casting, storyline, acting and scenery, everything is excellent.
Just a tip, read the book which can be still obtained second hand through Amazon. The trouble is both beggar the question is it true or not. See the film and read the book first and then go to www. pentyrch.net/village/garth and find out...or shall I spoil it and tell you now....
Just a tip, read the book which can be still obtained second hand through Amazon. The trouble is both beggar the question is it true or not. See the film and read the book first and then go to www. pentyrch.net/village/garth and find out...or shall I spoil it and tell you now....
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