Jim Broadbent wrote and starred in this short film directed by none other than Mike Leigh. As a member of the landed gentry, the 23rd Earl of Leete has a duty to maintain and expand his lands. Shot in the style and manner of a BBC documentary, Broadbent tells his family history to the crew, who slowly come to realise - as do we - that things are not what they seem.
After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.
The Farmer is abducted by a capering Jungle Goddess. As pre-Code as a Terrytoon ever got. Most animation is by Frank Moser; with him are Art Babbitt, Jerry Shields, Bill Tytla and others.
A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.
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A Sense of History
Jim Broadbent and Mike Leigh.
A Sense of History (1992)
Jim Broadbent and Mike Leigh. Jim Broadbent escribe el guión e interpreta al vigésimo tercer conde de Leete en un breve paseo por su finca. Ahí frente a un ...
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