Passport to Pimlico (1949)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.3/10   

Director:

Henry Cornelius

Guionista:

T.E.B. Clarke (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 octubre 1949 (USA)

Género:

Comedia

Frase comercial:

It's the wittiest comedy in years!

Plot:

Residents of a part of London declare independence, when they discover an old treaty. This leads to the need for a 'Passport to Pimlico'.

Plot Keywords:

London | Burgundy | Bomb | Newsreel | Customs

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

An endearing look at London life that is gone but not forgotten

Reparto

Stanley Holloway	...	Arthur Pemberton
Betty Warren	...	Connie Pemberton
Barbara Murray	...	Shirley Pemberton
Paul Dupuis	...	Duke of Burgundy
John Slater	...	Frank Huggins
Jane Hylton	...	Molly Reed
Raymond Huntley	...	Mr. W.P.J. Wix
Philip Stainton	...	P.C. Sid Spiller
Roy Carr	...	Benny Spiller
Sydney Tafler	...	Frederick Albert 'Fred' Cowan
Nancy Gabrielle	...	Mrs. Cowan
Malcolm Knight	...	Monty Cowan
Hermione Baddeley	...	Edie Randall
Roy Gladdish	...	Charlie Randall
Frederick Piper	...	Jim Garland

También conocida como:

Pasaporte para Pimlico (Spain) [es]

Duración:

84 min | USA:70 min (2005 DVD release)

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved | Australia:G | Finland:S | UK:U

Locaciones de Filmación:

Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Compañía:

Ealing Studios

Trivialidades:

The part of Prof. Hatton-Jones was written as a man and was offered to some male performers before it was decided to make the role female, and Margaret Rutherford was cast.

Errores:

Continuidad: Frank Huggins appears with a group of men refilling the reservoir with a hosepipe, while simultaneously refilling his goldfish tank back at the shop.

Citas:

Professor Hatton-Jones: Forgive me - are you a bleeder? When you cut yourself, do you bleed interminably?

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in A Run for Your Money (1949)

An endearing look at London life that is gone but not forgotten

Brace yourself for a shock - according to a recently-discovered and authentic legal document that is centuries old, Brooklyn belongs to Iceland! Consequently, people travelling to and from Brooklyn must now carry a passport or visa, declare items of value at the Brooklyn Customs points, and perhaps even converse in Icelandic!

It is a similar, mind-bending assumption (with hilarious practical implications) that British viewers have to make when watching "Passport to Pimlico" (a London district near Buckingham Palace, no less). In the film, much of Pimlico (or "Burgundy" as it is now called) looks like a bomb-site, which it probably was still at that time in the aftermath of World War II.

As one of the so-called "Ealing comedies", it ranks alongside other films in this group like "Kind Hearts and Coronets" and "The Lavender Hill Mob" which parody - but in an affectionate way - various aspects of British social life. Conversation is always very parochial and petty. At the same time, this film preserves certain other conventions of the time - for example, there really was a restriction on how much money people could take out of Britain which lasted until the 1970s. In "Passport to Pimlico", people travelling on the underground railway have to declare there currency at the "Burgundy" Customs points. Above all, Margaret Rutherford stands out as the unworldly history professor with sweeping convictions. This charming films preserves a way of life which, though long gone, is not forgotten.