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When an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that.When an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that.When an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that.
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- TriviaWhen Williams the Petroleum breaks a piece of the Englishmen's car and pretends to discover it, he says he doesn't know the English name for it, but in Welsh it's called a "beth-yn-galw." "Beth-yn-galw" translates more or less to "whatchamacallit".
- GoofsBetty asks Reginald why he isn't at the front and he replies that he was, at Verdun. The Battle of Verdun involved the German and French armies, so it is most unlikely that he was there. It is more reasonable to suppose that he was involved in the Battle of the Somme, both of which were fought during 1916.
- Quotes
Rev. Robert Jones: Have you no shame?
Morgan the Goat: No... I can't think where I've left it!
- Crazy credits
- Thomas Twp ........ Tudor Vaughan
- Thomas Twp Too (or the other way round) ........ Hugh Vaughan
- Alternate versionsThe US Home video version runs 96 minutes and has the notice "edited for content" at the beginning. It is rated PG.
- SoundtracksMen of Harlech
The Gwalia Male Voice Choir, London
(sung in Welsh)
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Simply Nice Feel-Good Film
This was a very pleasant surprise, a nice movie with one of the simplest "plots" you'll ever see yet one that was fun to watch develop.
There are no nasty characters. They aren't all goody-goodies, either, but they're all interesting people to watch. The story is simply about a pair of cartographers (map makers) who measure a "hill" in Wales and much to the displeasure of the locals, it isn't tall enough to be considered a mountain, which is what the townsfolk always considered it. So, the locals work together to build it up so it will qualify to be officially labeled a mountain. Sounds simple and even stupid, but it isn't. Along the way, a romance buds between Hugh Grant and Tara Fitzgerald. There also is some nice cinematography in here.
Some might find it boring but I didn't. There was just something about this, a charm that made me feel good as I watched it and had me smiling even more by the end. This is a "sleeper," a movie you might pass up..... but don't.
There are no nasty characters. They aren't all goody-goodies, either, but they're all interesting people to watch. The story is simply about a pair of cartographers (map makers) who measure a "hill" in Wales and much to the displeasure of the locals, it isn't tall enough to be considered a mountain, which is what the townsfolk always considered it. So, the locals work together to build it up so it will qualify to be officially labeled a mountain. Sounds simple and even stupid, but it isn't. Along the way, a romance buds between Hugh Grant and Tara Fitzgerald. There also is some nice cinematography in here.
Some might find it boring but I didn't. There was just something about this, a charm that made me feel good as I watched it and had me smiling even more by the end. This is a "sleeper," a movie you might pass up..... but don't.
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- Also known as
- The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain
- Filming locations
- Gyrn Moelfre, Powys, Wales, UK(Ffynnon Garw hill/mountain)
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,997,769 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $10,904,930
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,811,355
- May 14, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $10,904,930
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By what name was The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) officially released in India in English?
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