Want to see a good movie about the changing movie industry....see "The Smallest Show on Earth"! It's an adorable little movie and stands head & shoulders above this pretentious, Oscar magnet wannabe movie! When Matt Spenser (Bill Travers) and his wife, Jean (Virginia McKenna), inherit a small cinema, the Bijou, from a distant relative, they are shocked to find a decrepit building that comes with a group of aging employees. Matt and Jean try to sell the Bijou to Albert Hardcastle (Francis De Wolff), the owner of a large nearby cinema, but he gives them a lowball offer. Instead, they decide to open the theater, using a few clever marketing schemes to gain viewers at the expense of Hardcastle.
And, may I add, I think British people are getting sick of being portrayed as the only nation capable of racism - historically & today. The UK spent huge resources to end the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The UK opened up its doors to immigrants, from the commonwealth outward, from the 19th, 20th & 21st centuries! The UK is one of the most tolerant nations in the world. Even during its days of empire, it treated its subjects more humanely than the native peoples treated each other. I'm sick of woke activists trying to kick dirt on the UK's reputation. Ask native people from all around the empire & they'll tell you their countries were better off after having been ruled by the British! Women & children especially will tell you that their lot in life improved after the British came!
It’s a brilliant movie, the acting every one, are perfect.
Very excited to see this as my future son in law is an extra in this 😊
18:44 Roger scratching his arse
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Want to see a good movie about the changing movie industry....see "The Smallest Show on Earth"!
It's an adorable little movie and stands head & shoulders above this pretentious, Oscar magnet wannabe movie!
When Matt Spenser (Bill Travers) and his wife, Jean (Virginia McKenna), inherit a small cinema, the Bijou, from a distant relative, they are shocked to find a decrepit building that comes with a group of aging employees. Matt and Jean try to sell the Bijou to Albert Hardcastle (Francis De Wolff), the owner of a large nearby cinema, but he gives them a lowball offer. Instead, they decide to open the theater, using a few clever marketing schemes to gain viewers at the expense of Hardcastle.
And, may I add, I think British people are getting sick of being portrayed as the only nation capable of racism - historically & today.
The UK spent huge resources to end the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
The UK opened up its doors to immigrants, from the commonwealth outward, from the 19th, 20th & 21st centuries! The UK is one of the most tolerant nations in the world. Even during its days of empire, it treated its subjects more humanely than the native peoples treated each other.
I'm sick of woke activists trying to kick dirt on the UK's reputation.
Ask native people from all around the empire & they'll tell you their countries were better off after having been ruled by the British!
Women & children especially will tell you that their lot in life improved after the British came!