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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)

PG 99 min  -  Comedy | Romance  -   12 May 1995 (USA)
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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.

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Ivor Monger (story), Christopher Monger
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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain -- Two English cartographers visit the small South Wales village of Ffynnon Garw, to measure what is claimed to be the "first mountain inside of Wales," despite the fact that it is actually only a hill. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain -- Trailer
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hugh Grant ...
Reginald Anson
Tara Fitzgerald ...
Elizabeth aka Betty from Cardiff
Colm Meaney ...
Morgan the Goat
Ian McNeice ...
George Garrad
Ian Hart ...
Johnny Shellshocked (Jones)
Kenneth Griffith Kenneth Griffith ...
Reverend Jones
Tudor Vaughan Tudor Vaughan ...
Thomas Twp
Hugh Vaughan Hugh Vaughan ...
Thomas Twp Too
Robert Pugh ...
Williams the Petroleum
Robert Blythe Robert Blythe ...
Ivor
Garfield Morgan Garfield Morgan ...
Davies the School
Lisa Palfrey Lisa Palfrey ...
Blod Jones
Dafydd Wyn Roberts Dafydd Wyn Roberts ...
Tommy Twostroke
Ieuan Rhys ...
Sgt. Thomas
Anwen Williams Anwen Williams ...
Mavis
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Storyline

Two English cartographers visit the small South Wales village of Ffynnon Garw, to measure what is claimed to be the "first mountain inside of Wales". It's 1917, and the war in Europe continues. The villagers are very proud of their "mountain", and are understandably disappointed and furious to find that it is in fact a "hill". Not to be outwitted by a rule (and the Englishmen who enforce it), the villagers set out to make their hill into a mountain, but to do so they must keep the English from leaving, before the job is done. Written by Rob Hartill  

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Plot Keywords:

Mountain | Hill | Wales | Welsh | Rainstorm  | See more »

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A romantic comedy about a town that wouldn't give up. A man who couldn't get out. And the mountain that brought them together.

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Anglez, ki je sel na hrib in se vrnil z gore See more »

Filming Locations:

Gyrn Moelfre, Powys, Wales, UK See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$10,904,930 (USA)
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Sound Mix:

Dolby  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Many scenes shot on Location at Llanrheadr-ym-Mochnant where the local Pub "The Plough" features. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: Elevations of climbable mountains weren't then and aren't now determined by triangulation to known landmarks; it would have been done by "spirit levelling," which is, more or less, a local measuring of one's vertical change along a path from an already established elevation which, in turn, is ultimately tied to sea level. Elevations determined by sightings to remote landmarks, as in this film, would be very imprecise because of atmospheric refraction. Indeed, if such a technique could have worked, the hill elevation could already have been determined by measurements from the supposed reference landmarks. A resurvey of a hill that might have turned it into a mountain would have been a differential measurement. The surveyor would only have had to measure the elevation change between a nearby point that he had already passed through on the way to the summit, and the modified summit. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: For some odd reason, lost in the mists of time, there's an extraordinary shortage of last names in Wales. Almost everyone seems to be a Williams, a Jones, or an Evans. To avoid widespread confusion, Welsh people often add an occupation to a name. For example, there was Williams the Petroleum, and Williams the Death. There was Jones the Bottle, and Jones the Prize Cabbage...
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Crazy Credits

Thomas Twp........Tudor Vaughan
Thomas Twp Too....Hugh Vaughan
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Connections

Referenced in "Skins: Sketch (#2.2)" (2008) See more »

Soundtracks

"Men of Harlech"
The Gwalia Male Voice Choir, London
(sung in Welsh) See more »