Three_Men_in_a_Boat_(1975_film)

<i>Three Men in a Boat</i> (1975 film)

Three Men in a Boat (1975 film)

1975 British TV series


Three Men in a Boat is a 1975 BBC comedy film adapted by Tom Stoppard, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Tim Curry, Michael Palin, and Stephen Moore. It is based on the 1889 novel Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome.

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Michael Palin appeared in this film just as he was establishing his post-Monty Python career, and the film has "glints of Python-like silliness throughout".[1]

Plot

The film is narrated in first-person by Curry playing Jerome. Although the film follows the book's plot faithfully, it ends with an epilogue about the real-world events that shaped it. The narrator talks about the book's original appearance in Home Chimes and the excision of the serious travelogue parts by the magazine's editor. He then goes on to relate that Carl Hentschel ('Harris') was accused of being a German during the First World War (he was actually a Pole), that George Wingrave ('George') went on to become a bank manager, and that he wrote the book after returning from his honeymoon.[2]

Cast


References

  1. Lee, Marc (24 August 2009). "Michael Palin: he's not a Messiah, just a very nice man". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. "Three Men – The Facts". The Jerome K Jerome Society. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2019.



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