The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Sarah Fanthorpe

Writers:

Sean Doherty (written by)
Ged Parsons (written by)

Release Date:

1 January 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Cast

Stephen Fry	...	Himself - Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
G.W. Bailey	...	Himself
Steven Berkoff	...	Himself
Alan Carr	...	Himself
Peter Cattaneo	...	Himself
Kevin Alexander Clark	...	Himself (as Kevin Clark)
Carol Cleveland	...	Herself
Richard Curtis	...	Himself
Tony Curtis	...	Himself
Jim Dale	...	Himself
Jeff Daniels	...	Himself
Dom DeLuise	...	Himself
Mark Dolan	...	Himself
Bobby Farrelly	...	Himself
Fenella Fielding	...	Herself
Daniel Fiernan	...	Himself
Steven Gaydos	...	Himself
Terry Gilliam	...	Himself
John Gordon Sinclair	...	Himself (as John Gordon-Sinclair)
Elliott Gould	...	Himself (also as Elliot Gould)
Richard E. Grant	...	Himself
Seth Green	...	Himself
Richard Griffiths	...	Himself
Clare Grogan	...	Herself
Christopher Guest	...	Himself
Julie Hagerty	...	Herself
Charlie Higson	...	Himself
Jessica Hynes	...	Herself (as Jessica Stevenson)
Neil Innes	...	Himself
Sally Kellerman	...	Herself
John Landis	...	Himself
Jack Lemmon	...	Himself (archive footage)
Paul Maslansky	...	Himself
Jackie Mason	...	Himself
Michael McKean	...	Himself
Leslie Nielsen	...	Himself
Michael Palin	...	Himself
Simon Pegg	...	Himself
Parker Posey	...	Herself
Priscilla Presley	...	Herself
Rain Pryor	...	Herself
Steve Punt	...	Himself
Harold Ramis	...	Himself
Vic Reeves	...	Himself
Carl Reiner	...	Himself
Rob Reiner	...	Himself
Joan Rivers	...	Herself
Bruce Robinson	...	Himself
Alan Ruck	...	Himself
Harry Shearer	...	Himself
Kevin Smith	...	Himself
Mel Smith	...	Himself
Penelope Spheeris	...	Herself
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Himself
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Himself
Gene Wilder	...	Himself
Alex Winter	...	Himself
Edgar Wright	...	Himself
Jerry Zucker	...	Himself

Runtime:

180 min (including commercials)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Radar

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Full Monty (1997) is labelled as being from 1987.

Movie Connections:

References Dumb & Dumber (1994)

The 50 Greatest Comedy Films

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

For a 50 Greatest (instead of usual 100 Greatest) countdown, I found this a near essential one, to find the greatest comedy film. The list included fantastic films like: The Producers, Carry On Screaming, Bridget Jones's Diary, The Ladykillers, Police Academy, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Duck Soup, Team America: World Police, A Shot in the Dark, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Meet the Parents, The Full Monty, School of Rock, Dr. Strangelove, When Harry Met Sally, Ghostbusters, A Fish Called Wanda, Young Frankenstein, Dumb and Dumber, Some Like It Hot, The Naked Gun, Groundhog Day, The Blues Brothers, Annie Hall, This Is Spinal Tap, There's Something About Mary, American Pie, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Shaun of the Dead, Airplane!, and the winner, Monty Python's Life of Brian. Narrated by Stephen Fry, Steven Berkoff, Alan Carr, Richard Curtis, Tony Curtis, Jim Dale, Jeff Daniels, Dom DeLuise, Mark Dolan, Bobby Farrelly, Fenella Fielding, Terry Gilliam, Elliott Gould, Richard E. Grant, Seth Green, Richard Griffiths, Christopher Guest, Julie Hagerty, Charlie Higson, John Landis, Jackie Mason, Leslie Nielsen, Michael Palin, Simon Pegg, Parker Posey, Priscilla Presley, Steve Punt, Harold Ramis, Vic Reeves, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, Joan Rivers, Harry Shearer, Kevin Smith, Mel Smith, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Stephen Tobolowsky, Gene Wilder, Alex Winter, Edgar Wright, Jerry Zucker and many more. Very good!