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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain | 
 enlarge | Director: Christopher Monger
Actors: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Ian Mcneice, Ian Hart
Studio: Miramax
Category: DVD
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Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 10761
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.5
MPN: D17591D
ISBN: 0788816861
UPC: 717951003287
EAN: 9780788816864
ASIN: 6305428557
Theatrical Release Date: May 12, 1995
Release Date: September 7, 1999
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Description
Comedy favorite Hugh Grant (BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY) stars as a young man who offends an entire town by declaring their mountain -- a prized landmark -- to be a "hill." But soon he finds the eccentric locals, led by a witty innkeeper (Colm Meaney -- STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION) will stop at nothing to defend their honor! While the townspeople rally around their "mountain," a fiery young woman (Tara Fitzgerald -- SIRENS) charms the puzzled out-of-towner into seeing things their way! You'll be elevated by laughter as the hilarious townspeople rise to the occasion -- and the bewildered visitor stumbles into love when he least expects it!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 53 more reviews...
 a hidden treasure November 29, 2008
Jeffrey S. Wilkof (Canton, OH)
This film is too often dismissed as a light-hearted Hugh Grant comedy. But it is so much more: inspirational, emotional, and uplifting. Every scene of this film is a painting, with incredible direction, set design, costume design, cinematography, editing, writing, musical soundtrack, and acting. While Grant is superb, the performances of Kenneth Griffith as Reverend Jones, Ian McNiece as George Garrad, and Ian Hart as Johnny Shellshocked are superb. In an age of slick film making with gratuitous meaningless violence and sexual innuendo, shallow scripts and meaningless stories, this movie stands for what is best for this medium, and how a character film can stand head and shoulder above the vast majority of cinemagraphic efforts attempted. If you like character studies and great writing, watch this film!
Worthy movie October 14, 2008
Larry Sanders (small town missouri)
This movie is a very substantive movie. Don't let the presence of Hugh Grant trivialize this movie. It is one of the funniest and smartest movies I have ever seen. It is a true story about a little town who is about to lose it's mountain, which is a source of pride for the whole community. I think it is the most watched movie with all of my family members. As a side note our church is showing this movie at our movie discussion night, it has lots of meat.
 Great Movie For Those Who Aren't Even Fans of Hugh Grant July 2, 2008
HeatherFawn (Jacksonville, Florida U.S.A.)
This is a fun movie about people accomplishing a goal that only has value to those of their town.
The towns people are enjoyable characters who come off as genuine as the country side is beautiful.
A great story April 29, 2008
Harold A. Fretheim (Juanita, WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have actually also read the book, which tells you something aboutthe impact this movie had upon me. In it Monger points out one of the great ironies of the story- the man with the longest and most enigmatic nickname did not need one: The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain was quite probably the only man named Anson living West of the Welsh border. He wasn't named Williams, Evans, Jones or Morgan. That he had one was a mark of the respect and admiration that the townfolk had for the schoolmaster. And understandably: In the course of the movie we see a high class Englisman fall in love with a place and a people, not just Betty From Cardiff.
This is a story of a miracle that these humble Welsh folk wrought for themselves: A miracle of love, courage and healing in the midst of awful war [OK, there's a wee bit of skullduggery as well]. And it is exemplified most of all in the character of Anson in that moment after the sun has gone down on the last possible day when their dream could be attained: The moment when Betty has pleaded with him to stay the night atop the mountain so that he can measure it in the early morning light before he has to leave. With that she takes an extraordinary risk, putting her reputation permanently on the line by offering to stay the night with him to keep him company. Of course, what she is really offering him is far more than merely a single night. And then we watch the miracle unfold as Anson finds the courage to fight past the trauma of war and his class prejudices to accept her offer of a lifetime of love. It is a truly moving, indeed tearjerking moment because we can see that this is a decision that he will never, ever regret for an instant- no matter what his family might think of his bride. It is a truly beautiful moment and Tara Fitzgerald and Hugh Grant were never better than at that moment in this movie- acting so good that we see the future of their characters unfolding before them.
As you can tell this is a favorite movie of mine.
No Surprises in this comedy February 28, 2008
Sandra Collins (Sequim, WA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a charming movie, although it does drag a bit. There are no surprises...........you know the story almost from the beginning to end within the first 20 minutes. Nevertheless, it is enjoyable, mainly due to the great sound track. It is good clean comedy with an inspirational message as to what plain ordinary people can do if they just want it badly enough. I liked it quite a bit, and felt proud of the townspeople and their endeavors. The world needs more of this kind of inspiration and brotherhood.
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