Misadventures Of Mr. Wilt (1989)

Misadventures Of Mr. Wilt (1989) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

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

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1989 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Michael Tuchner

Written By:
Andrew Marshall
David Renwick

Actors:
Griff Rhys Jones ..... Henry Wilt
Mel Smith ..... Inspector Flint
Alison Steadman ..... Eva Wilt
Diana Quick ..... Sally
Jeremy Clyde ..... Hugh
Roger Allam ..... Dave
David Ryall ..... Rev. Froude
Roger Lloyd-Pack ..... Dr. Pittman
Dermot Crowley ..... Braintree
John Normington ..... Treadaway
Tony Mathews ..... Gladden
Charles Lawson ..... Cranham
Gabrielle Blunt ..... Mrs. Bulstrode
Edward Clayton ..... Mossop
Jeffrey Chiswick ..... Macari (as Geoffrey Chiswick)

Synopsis:

A black comedy based on a Tom Sharpe novel. Henry Wilt regularly fantasises about killing his wife, and after dumping an unwanted inflatable doll in a ditch and when his wife then goes missing the finger of accusation is pointed straight at him. Stars Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman and Diana Quick.

Based on the novel by Tom Sharpe, Wilt reunites the considerable comic talents of Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones in a farcical tale of a missing wife, an overzealous law enforcement officer and a blow-up doll. The titular hero Henry Wilt (Jones) is a liberal-studies lecturer condemned to teaching students on day-release from the local pie factory. As if this wasn't demoralising enough he is regularly emasculated by his bossy wife Eva (Alison Steadman); after a particularly embarrassing party he finds himself in possession of an inflatable playmate, which he unceremoniously dumps at a local building site. Unfortunately, not only is he spotted, but his wife goes missing the same day, leaving a very tenacious Inspector Flint (Smith) determined to catch this suburban criminal. Jones is superb as the henpecked husband and Smith pulls of a fantastically clichéd, but hugely entertaining PC plod. It's a minor British comedy gem from a time when Four Weddings and a Funeral was merely a glint in Richard Curtis' eye.

Produced for London Weekend Television, Wilt is based on the novel of the same name by Tom Sharpe. Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith, stars of the internationally popular TV series Not Necessarily the News, head the cast as Henry Wilt and Inspector Flint. Though master of his own destiny on the lecture circuit, Wilt is a natural-born doormat in his day-to-day life. He also has a bad habit of inadvertently gumming up the various investigations conducted by Inspector Flint. Things come to a head when the hapless Wilt is implicated in a murder, allowing the zealous Flint to persecute -- er, prosecute -- the poor man to the full limit of the law. With its parade of eccentric character and Gilbert & Sullivan-style plot complications, Wilt can't help but raise chuckles.

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