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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain( 1995)

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A romantic comedy about a town that wouldn't give up. A man who couldn't get out. And the mountain that brought them together.

Overview

When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Hugh Grant

      Reginald Anson

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      Tara Fitzgerald

      Betty

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      Colm Meaney

      Morgan the Goat

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      Ian McNeice

      George Garrad

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      Ian Hart

      Johnny Shellshocked

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      Kenneth Griffith

      Reverend Jones

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      Tudor Vaughan

      Thomas Twp

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      Hugh Vaughan

      Thomas Twp Two

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      Robert Pugh

      Williams the Petroleum

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      Robert Blythe

      Ivor

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      Garfield Morgan

      Davies the School

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      Lisa Palfrey

      Blod Jones

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      Dafydd Wyn Roberts

      Tommy Twostroke

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      Ieuan Rhys

      Sergeant Thomas

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      Anwen Williams

      Mavis

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      David Lloyd Meredith

      Jones the JP

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      Howell Evans

      Thomas the Trains

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      Fraser Cains

      Evans the End of the World

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      Jack Walters

      Grandfather

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      Harry Kretchmer

      Young Boy

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      Maisie McNeice

      Girl in classroom

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      Nicholas McGaughey

      Narrator (voice)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Mon Jan 07 2019
    I don't want Ffynnon Garw to be on the map because we begged for it. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain is directed by Christopher Monger and written by Ivor Monger. It stars Hugh Grant, Ian McNeice, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney and Kenneth Griffith. Music is by Stephen Endelman and cinematography by Vernon Layton. Set in 1917, plot finds Grant and McNeice as two English cartographers who arrive in the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw to measure what the locals proudly proclaim to be Wales' first mountain. However, it turns out that the "mountain" is 16 feet below th...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • wales
    • world war i
    • village
    • 1910s
    • cartographer