Mel Smith

Bean (1997)

Cast: Burt Reynolds Pamela Reed   

Tags: Comedy Screwball Comedy Slapstick 

Length: 90min

Comic actor Rowan Atkinson brought his bumbling character Mr. Bean from television to the big screen with this British comedy. Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) is a well-meaning but not especially bright fellow with a gift for making the worst of any...

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Twelfth Night (1996)

Cast: Ben Kingsley William Shakespeare Nigel Hawthorne Richard E. Grant   

Tags: Comedy of Errors Comedy Romance 

Length: 134min

The classic Shakespearean comedy about mistaken identity and gender confusion is brought to the screen once again in this British production, courtesy of screenwriter-director Trevor Nunn. Nunn has transferred the time period to the Victorian Era of...

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Radioland Murders (1994)

Cast: George Burns George Lucas Ned Beatty   

Tags: Whodunit Mystery Comedy Comedy Thriller 

Length: 108min

A blend of screwball farce and whodunit murder mystery, this madcap period piece was the brainchild of executive producer George Lucas. In 1939, Penny Henderson (Mary Stuart Masterson) is the harried general secretary and de facto manager of a new...

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High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)

Cast: Michael Gambon Minnie Driver   

Tags: Farce Buddy Film Crime Comedy Comedy 

Length: 85min

In this broad comedy from sometime comic actor Mel Smith (The Tall Guy), two women find themselves fleeing criminals. Minnie Driver stars as Shannon, a London nurse who finds her boyfriend Ray (Darren Boyd), a "sound sculptor," becoming increasingly...

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The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt (1989)

Cast: Alison Steadman   

Tags: Comedy Absurd Comedy 

Length: 84min

Produced for London Weekend Television, Wilt is based on the novel of the same name by Tom Sharpe. Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith, stars of the internationally popular TV series Not Necessarily the News, head the cast as Henry Wilt and Inspector...

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Brain Donors (1992)

Cast: John Turturro Nancy Marchand   

Tags: Slapstick Comedy Showbiz Comedy Farce Absurd Comedy 

Length: 79min

Brain Donors is a game attempt to redo the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera in a contemporary setting. John Turturro plays the "Groucho" character, a shifty lawyer (he's even given a Grouchoesque three-barrelled moniker). Bob Nelson is the "Harpo"...

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The Tall Guy (1989)

Cast: Jeff Goldblum Emma Thompson Rowan Atkinson   

Tags: Romance Comedy Comedy of Errors Romantic Comedy Satire Slapstick Showbiz Comedy 

Length: 92min

Dexter King (Jeff Goldblum) is an actor who spends his nights on-stage in London's West End as a comedic punching bag for obnoxiously self-centered comedian Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson). He gets hit in the head with hammers, he trips, and he stands...

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Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1988)

Cast: Mel Smith   

Tags: Family Fantasy Fantasy Adventure Children's Fantasy 

Length: 92min

Stuart Orme directed this charming children's adventure-fantasy based on the book by Joan Aiken. Set during the imaginary reign of King James III, sometime in the last century, the story takes place in the snowbound and wolf-infested North Yorkshire...

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Morons from Outer Space (1985)

Tags: Sci-Fi Comedy Comedy 

Length: 87min

In this partially successful Brit sci-fi comedy, four invading aliens cannot really think their way out of a paper bag, much less conquer Earth with their superior knowledge (apparently also non-existent). Of the aliens, Desmond (Jimmy Nail) is...

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