The Ultimate Film (2004) (TV)

Release Date:

27 November 2004 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

John Cleese presents this countdown of the top 100 films based on actual ticket sales in the UK. The...

Plot Keywords:

Box Office | Film History | James Bond

Cast

  (Credited cast)

John Cleese	...	Himself - Presenter
Fay Ripley	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kenny Baker	...	Himself
Paul Barber	...	Himself
Angela Cartwright	...	Herself
Didi Conn	...	Herself
Lewis Gilbert	...	Himself
Karen Lynn Gorney	...	Herself
Bonnie Greer	...	Herself
Steve Huison	...	Himself
Miriam Karlin	...	Herself
Jean Kent	...	Herself
Evelyn Keyes	...	Herself
Margot Kidder	...	Herself
Richard Kiel	...	Himself
David Lean	...	Himself (archive footage)
Christopher Lee	...	Himself
Terence Longdon	...	Himself
Tom Mankiewicz	...	Himself
Peter Mayhew	...	Himself
Heather Menzies	...	Herself
John Mills	...	Himself
Sheridan Morley	...	Himself
France Nuyen	...	Herself
Ged Parsons	...	Man in cinema queue (links)
Muriel Pavlow	...	Herself
Leslie Phillips	...	Himself
Nosher Powell	...	Himself
David Robinson	...	Himself
Andy Serkis	...	Himself
William Snape	...	Himself
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself
John Travolta	...	Himself
Dick Van Dyke	...	Himself
Dee Wallace	...	Herself (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Orson Welles	...	Himself (archive footage)
Michael G. Wilson	...	Himself
Catherine Wyler	...	Herself

Runtime:

UK:360 min (including commercials) (2 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Channel 4 Television Corporation

Movie Connections:

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The Ultimate Film

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This for me was just as important to see as one of the normal 100 Greatest programmes, but with a difference. There was no critic or public opinions or voting, this was judging on the amount of tickets sold at the cinema for an individual film. Hosted by the great comedian John Cleese and narrated by the enthusiastic Fay Ripley, this had all the films that the most of Britain watched. With contributions from Kenny Baker, Paul Barber, Angela Cartwright, Lewis Gilbert, Steve Huison, Richard Kiel, David Lean, Christopher Lee, Peter Mayhew, John Mills, Andy Serkis, Steven Spielberg, John Travolta, Dick Van Dyke, Dee Wallace-Stone and Michael Winner. The films that most people saw at the cinema included: Gladiator, The Lion King, Chicken Run, The King and I, The Exorcist, 7 James Bond films, 5 Star Wars films (Episode III was not out), A Bug's Life, Pinocchio, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, My Fair Lady, Love Actually, Ghost, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Rebecca (the only Hitchcock), Bambi, The Great Dictator, Saturday Night Fever, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Men in Black, Finding Nemo, A Clockwork Orange, Monsters Inc, Bridget Jones's Diary, Superman, Independence Day, The Godfather, The Twoering Inferno, Toy Story 2, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Greatest Show on Earth, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Ben-Hur, The Third Man, Mary Poppins, the first 2 Harry Potter films, The Full Monty, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Grease, Titanic, The Jungle Book, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Sound of Music, and the most popular film at the cinema with 35 million tickets sold, Gone with the Wind. Outstanding!