Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

1980
1h 11m

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The very eccentric English peer Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts, with the help of his mad family & servants, to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert.The very eccentric English peer Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts, with the help of his mad family & servants, to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert.The very eccentric English peer Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts, with the help of his mad family & servants, to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert.

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Trivia
Monty Python collaborator Neil Innes allegedly said of this movie, "The star was an alcoholic, the writer was an alcoholic, the producer was an alcoholic and the director was an alcoholic".

Goofs
As Mrs E bustles to the kitchen to get Sir Henry's breakfast, she mutters about her ailments ("He's put me on tablets!") but her mouth does not move.

Quotes
Mrs E: Yes?
Sir Henry: I don't know what I want, but I want it now!
Mrs E: Fried or fried, dear?
Sir Henry: Now!
Mrs E: Fried?
Sir Henry: I want my meat burned like Saint Joan.

Crazy credits
Gums ..................... Himself

Connections
Referenced in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Soundtracks
Here comes the bridie
Written by Vivian Stanshall
By kind permission of Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
© 1978 Warner Bros. Music Ltd.

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10/10

Anonymous Bosch

I saw this film in the Cinecenta in Panton Street when it was first released. I was so surprised that I went back in to watch it a second time. That was probably not the best use of £3.25 but I didn't regret the spending of it. I have seen it many times since and am still filled with that original sense of awe and mystification. And I love to share it. The sheer poetry and feeling of Theatre de Absurdisme. The unpredictability and blunt refusal to genuflect at the altar of political correctness (gone mad).

I recently had the opportunity of watching it with an American film buff. At the end he turned to me and asked "Can you tell me what that was about?" From this I gathered that American film buffs need to know about things like themes and analysis. Anyway, the answer still is that I don't know what this film is "about", any more than I know what my son's haircut is "about".

Some years ago I had the chance to ask Vernon Dudley Bowhay-Nowell (the ukulele player who gets stabbed with the bison horn) what it was all about. He didn't know either.