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The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain [VHS] [1995]

VHS ~ Hugh Grant
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Ian McNeice, Ian Hart
  • Directors: Christopher Monger
  • Writers: Christopher Monger, Ivor Monger
  • Producers: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Paul Sarony, Robert Jones, Sally Hibbin
  • Format: Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, PAL
  • Language English
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Cinema Club
  • VHS Release Date: 14 Jul 1999
  • Run Time: 96 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CRWA
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,458 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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A mapmaker upsets an entire town when he declares their prized landmark too short to be called a 'mountain'. While the local people rally to defend their 'hill' a young barmaid charms the mapmaker into seeing things their way...

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5.0 out of 5 stars discover your love for Wales NOW!, 31 Jul 2004
By Ulrike Mecker "ulrikemecker" (Hamburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain [DVD] [1995] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (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...

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars To be Welsh is to resist invaders, 6 Mar 2004
By Jacques COULARDEAU "A soul doctor, so to say" (OLLIERGUES France) - See all my reviews
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This film is interesting to understand the pride of the Welsh as regards the English. Proud of their mountains as a refuge, a resistance haven against all invasions, the latest invasion being that of the English. Some English cartographers come one day to measure the « moutain » in the village. But it has to be some one thousand feet high to be listed as a mountain. Unluckily it is some eighteen feet short. So the villagers, preacher first and publican second, or vice versa, decide to detain the Englishmen and to build up the necessary eighteen feet on top of their « mountain » to reach the necessary level and altitude. And they do it. And this endeavour becomes a legend. The preacher will die while taking part in the action. He will be buried up there straight away and a monument will be built on top of this « mountain » – later on. That shows how some purely mental representation can become the strongest incentive to literally move mountains. That’s the Welsh spirit and that’s why they still exist as a proud and independent people, with their language and their culture. They have been able to make their own vision of themselves true, even if they had to change a few things in the landscape to satisfy the arbitrary regulations of the invaders.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars I'm British!, 16 Nov 2003
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Having read the review from Norway on this film I would just like to add that this just may be British humour at its best! As a Welsh person I, personally do not mind being called British or a citizen of the United Kingdom but I do not live in England and am not English any more than a person who lives in Bristol or Canterbury is Scots or Welsh. Yes, the humour is great and the film is just fanastic but the title does let it down a little!
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