Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)The very eccentric English peer Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts, with the help of his mad family & servants, to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert. Director:Steve Roberts |
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Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)The very eccentric English peer Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts, with the help of his mad family & servants, to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert. Director:Steve Roberts |
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Patrick Magee | ... |
Reverend Slodden
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Denise Coffey | ... |
Mrs. E.
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J.G. Devlin | ... |
Old Scrotum
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Harry Fowler | ... |
Buller Bullethead
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Sheila Reid | ... |
Lady Florrie Rawlinson
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Vivian Stanshall | ... |
Hubert Rawlinson /
Narrator
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Suzanne Danielle | ... |
Candice Rawlinson
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| Daniel Gerroll | ... |
Ralph Rawlinson
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Ben Aris | ... |
Lord Tarquin of Staines
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Liz Smith | ... |
Lady Phillipa of Staines
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Jeremy Child | ... |
Peregrine Maynard
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Susan Porrett | ... |
Porcelain
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Gary Waldhorn | ... |
Max
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Joachim
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The very eccentric English peer Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts, with the help of his mad family & servants, to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert.
I saw this film in the Cinecenta in Panton Street when it was first released. I was so surprised that I went back in to watch it a second time. That was probably not the best use of £3.25 but I didn't regret the spending of it. I have seen it many times since and am still filled with that original sense of awe and mystification. And I love to share it. The sheer poetry and feeling of Theatre de Absurdisme. The unpredictability and blunt refusal to genuflect at the altar of political correctness (gone mad).
I recently had the opportunity of watching it with an American film buff. At the end he turned to me and asked "Can you tell me what that was about?" From this I gathered that American film buffs need to know about things like themes and analysis. Anyway, the answer still is that I don't know what this film is "about", any more than I know what my son's haircut is "about".
Some years ago I had the chance to ask Vernon Dudley Bowhay-Nowell (the ukulele player who gets stabbed with the bison horn) what it was all about. He didn't know either.