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

Taglines:

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.

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild language See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 May 1995 (USA) See more »

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 »

Gross:

$10,904,930 (USA)

Production Co:

Miramax Films, Parallax Pictures See more »

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Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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
(or the other way round) See more »

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 »