Laughterhouse ( Singleton's Pluck ) ( Laughter house )

Laughterhouse (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Singleton's Pluck
Alternate Title: Laughter house
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Richard Eyre

Written By:
Brian Glover

Actors:
Ian Holm ..... Ben Singleton
Penelope Wilton ..... Alice Singleton
Bill Owen ..... Amos
Richard Hope ..... Hubert
Stephen Moore ..... Howard
Rosemary Martin ..... Sylvia, The Continuity Girl
Patrick Drury ..... David Wolmer
Aran Bell ..... Tristram
Stephanie Tague ..... Emma Singleton
C.J. Allen ..... Len
Dave Atkins ..... Smithfield Poultry Dealers
Gillian Barge ..... Gwen
Barbara Burgess ..... Hubert's Grany
Patrick Connor ..... Policeman
Norman Fisher ..... Derek

Synopsis:

When farmer Ben Singleton (Ian Holm) faces a strike by the Transport and General Workers Union, he decides to walk his 500 plumped up gaggle of geese to the Christmas Smithfield Market in London, just as they did in medieval times. He persuades his wife (Penelope Wilton), daughter, and two loyal workers to undertake the one hundred-mile trek to the Capital which becomes fraught with peril and humour. However by the time Singleton is only halfway there, he has become a national hero, something he has neither sort nor desired, thanks to a film crew who are more content on telling their own story rather than the truth. The screenplay by actor Brian Glover harks back affectionately to the Ealing Comedies of the 1940s and '50s with it's battle of the small man against the stupidity of the bureaucrats and the media.

Singleton (Ian Holm) is a determined British farmer with a gaggle of holiday geese ready for market. It should be a simple task for Singleton to get his honking cargo to town, but it isn't. For starters, his drivers have gone on strike, so Singleton must take the geese himself. The hundred-mile trek to market is fraught with peril and hilarity, and by the time Singleton is halfway there, he's become a national hero. A fond hark back to the Ealing Studios comedies of yore, Singleton's Pluck is a captivating paean to the unquenchability of the human spirit, expertly realized by Ian Holm.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 07 June, 2011.