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The spectre of atomic warfare raises its head once again in this bizarre 1969 black comedy, directed by Richard Lester and hatched from the mind of twisted British comic Spike Milligan.Product Identifiers
EAN5035673011010
eBay Product ID (ePID)110587624
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleThe Bed Sitting Room
ActorPeter Cook, Dudley Moore, Harry Secombe, Rita Tushingham, Spike Milligan, Michael Horden
DirectorRichard Lester
FormatBluraydvd
LanguageEnglish
Release Year2011
FeaturesArchival interviews with Richard Lester (1967, 17 minutes), Spike Milligan (1967, 40 minutes) and Peter Cook (1967, 30 minutes)\Original Trailer\Illustrated booklet with essay by Michael Brooke (BFI Sight and Sound contributor) and original review and promotional material
Run Time93 Mins
GenreSci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Number of Discs2
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Consumer AdviceContains mild sex references, language and a racist term
Additional InformationThe spectre of atomic warfare raises its head once again in this bizarre 1969 black comedy, directed by Richard Lester and hatched from the mind of twisted British comic Spike Milligan. England lays in ruins after World War III, and a number of dazed survivors try to carry on as if nothing is wrong, even when one woman (Rita Tushingham) announces that she is seventeen months pregnant, and others begin to mutate into parrots, wardrobes, and bed-sitting rooms. The often slapstick comedy provides a surreal foreground for the bleak, devastated settings, portions of which were filmed in actual, environmentally blasted industrial areas in Wales. The comedy duo of Dudley Moore and Peter Cook appear as hapless government officials, while Marty Feldman makes his screen debut in a film that could best be described as England's answer to DR. STRANGELOVE.
Movie/TV TitleThe Bed Sitting Room
Sound sourceDolby Digital