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Jonathan Lynn (written by)
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16 March 1990 (USA)
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The Story of an Immaculate Deception.
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Brian and Charlie (B & C) work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave", he sets them up to be killed...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Eric Idle | ... | Brian Hope |
 | Robbie Coltrane | ... | Charlie McManus |
 | Camille Coduri | ... | Faith |
| Janet Suzman | ... | Sister Superior |
| Doris Hare | ... | Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart |
| Lila Kaye | ... | Sister Mary of the Annunciation |
| Robert Patterson | ... | 'Case' Casey |
| Robert Morgan | ... | Abbott |
| Winston Dennis | ... | Morley |
| Tom Hickey | ... | Father Seamus |
| Colin Campbell | ... | Norm |
| Richard Simpson | ... | Mr. Norris |
| Nicholas Hewetson | ... | Louis |
| Gary Tang | ... | Ronnie Chang |
| David Forman | ... | Henry Ho |
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89 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Case Casey, the British gangster, is watching The Long Good Friday (1980).
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Brian's and Charlie's car runs out of gas, we hear the engine stall and the starter engine being cranked, while we still see Brian holding the steering wheel with both hands.
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Father Seamus:
Tell me. Is celibacy just as difficult for a woman as it is for a man?
Charlie McManus: I wouldn't know... I must come clean, though, I, I had a man in my bed last night. All night. You see, the way I see it, sex is allowed.
Father Seamus: Ah, ha... ha!
Charlie McManus: No. No, it's the doctrine of original sin. You see, we're all born sinful, except for Jesus who was perfect of course. And he was sent to save us. But how could he save us unless we're sinning? So we have to go on sinning in order to be saved and go to Heaven. That's how Christianity works. That's why it suits so many people.
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Charlie McManus: I wouldn't know... I must come clean, though, I, I had a man in my bed last night. All night. You see, the way I see it, sex is allowed.
Father Seamus: Ah, ha... ha!
Charlie McManus: No. No, it's the doctrine of original sin. You see, we're all born sinful, except for Jesus who was perfect of course. And he was sent to save us. But how could he save us unless we're sinning? So we have to go on sinning in order to be saved and go to Heaven. That's how Christianity works. That's why it suits so many people.
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Referenced in What the Pythons Did Next... (2007) (TV)
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COMIN' TO YOU
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Handmade films started off by making the phenomenal Monty Python's Life of Brian, made several fantastic films to follow that, and just 11 years later wound down their production with this hidden gem. Nuns on the Run is a truly British comedy. No other country in the world can do comedy as well as the British, and this movie represents when they got just about everything right. Perfect casting, fantastic scenario and some hilarious one-liners. This was really one of the last great films comedies, with only Fierce Creatures and Chicken Run coming close since. Unfairly maligned, I seldom hear a good word said about it in the film community, yet nobody I know possibly has any criticism of it. It will continue to be a personal favourite of mine, and I'd hope that other people will in time realise just what they've been missing. 9/10.