The Bed Sitting Room
“The great nuclear misunderstanding lasted 2 minutes and 28 seconds (including the peace treaty)”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 61, rated by 1 admin.
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Survivors of a nuclear catastrophe continue behaving very Britishly while people undergo exceptionally inconvenient transformations. Richard Lester's deliberate absurdism turns the end of civilisation into a drifting procession of social rituals, strange bodies and conversations that have lost their original purpose.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 3.5/10
- Plot
- 8.5/10
- Effects
- 4/10
- Dialogue
- 8/10
- Rewatchability
- 6.5/10
“The apocalypse has failed to cancel polite conversation.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 61
Synopsis and movie facts
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
- Released
- 1969
- Directed by
- Richard Lester
- Running time
- 91 min
Starring
- Ralph Richardson as Lord Fortnum of Alamein
- Rita Tushingham as Penelope
- Michael Hordern as Bules Martin
- Arthur Lowe as Father
- Mona Washbourne as Mother
- Richard Warwick as Alan
- Peter Cook as Inspector
- Dudley Moore as Sergeant
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 26509.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review identifies appealing bizarre humour alongside an intentionally aimless structure.
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