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Scoop (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Gavin Millar

Written By:
William Boyd
Evelyn Waugh

Actors:
Denholm Elliott ..... Mr. Salter
Michael Hordern ..... Uncle Theodore
Herbert Lom ..... Mr. Baldwin
Nicola Pagett ..... Julia Stitch
Donald Pleasence ..... Lord Copper
Renée Soutendijk ..... Kätchen
Michael Maloney ..... William Boot
Sverre Anker Ousdal ..... Erik Olafsen
Jack Shepherd ..... Corker
Maev Alexander ..... Lady Cockpurse
Tony Alleff ..... Popotakis
William Armstrong ..... Whelper
David Ashford ..... Airline Official
Nicholas Barnes ..... Bateson
Christian Berkel ..... Heinz
Brian Bovell ..... Mr. Raskassa
Burt Caesar ..... Dr. Benito
Robert Eddison ..... Troutbeck
Jeillo Edwards ..... Mrs. Jackson
Roz Freeman-Atwood ..... Dinner Guest (as Rosamond Freeman-Attwood)
Angela Galbraith ..... Lady Metroland
Rosamund Greenwood ..... Nanny Bloggs
John Harding ..... Hitchcock
Victoria Hasted ..... Priscilla Boot
Tony Haygarth ..... Pigge
Ceri Jackson ..... Miss Holloway
Vera Jakob ..... Frau Dressler
Chua Kahjoo ..... Lascar Steward
Nicholas Le Prevost ..... John Boot
Helen Lindsay ..... Mrs. Boot
Clive Mantle ..... Cuthbert
André Maranne ..... Monsieur Roland
Ian Michie ..... Youth
Fernand Monast ..... French Journalist
Gwen Nelson ..... Granny Boot
Reggie Oliver ..... Stitch Butler
Daniel André Pageon ..... French Journalist
Clare Park ..... Secretary
Michael Parkhouse ..... Moke
Fred Pearson ..... Editor
Charles Pemberton ..... Concierge
Matthew Scurfield ..... Shumble
Leon Sinden ..... Uncle Roderick
Lucy Speed ..... Josephine Stitch
Maurice Travail ..... Monsieur Giraud
Martin Wimbush ..... Dinner Guest
Jake Wood ..... Paper Boy

Synopsis:

This 1987 television play, adapted from Evelyn Waugh's barbed comic novel, centres on a naïve young newspaper columnist, William Boot (Michael Maloney), who is caught up in an unfortunate case of mistaken identity. Each week, Boot writes a nature column for the Daily Beast entitled 'Lush Places', featuring detailed observations from the depths of his country estate. All is fine until the paper's foreign editor confuses him with a war reporter, and the bewildered Boot is dispatched to the East African republic of Ishmaelia to cover a major political crisis. Once there, he encounters the manipulative power of the world's press, tangles with big business, and falls hopelessly in love for the first time. Inspired by Evelyn Waugh's own experience as a war reporter, Scoop aims a satirical spear at an array of Fleet Street archetypes. Boasting a venerable cast, the play stars Donald Pleasence as the Beast's opportunistically war-hungry publisher, Lord Copper; Denholm Elliott plays his timorous foreign editor, Salter; and Jack Shepherd is Corker, the roving hack who rarely misses a good story - factual or otherwise. Herbert Lom and Michael Hordern also appear in this excellent drama, which is directed by Gavin Millar (Foyle's War), produced by Sue Birtwistle (Cranford), and scripted by internationally acclaimed writer and journalist William Boyd.

It is 1938. Young writer William Boot is mistaken for novelist John Boot and is forced into accepting the post of special correspondent for the war breaking out in the African country of Ishmaelia. After a long, tiring journey he arrives in the capital Jacksonburg. A chance meeting with an old school friend starts off a chain of events that see him emerging with the 'scoop' of the year!

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 21 May, 2010.