Laughterhouse DVD, 1985

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Film Description

In Laughterhouse, Ian Holm plays farmer Ben Singleton, who, when faced with a strike by the Transport and General Workers Union, decides to walk his 500 plumped-up geese to the Christmas Smithfield Market in London, just as they did in medieval times. He persuades his wife (Penelope Wilton), daughter, and two loyal workers to undertake the 100-mile trek to the capital which becomes fraught with peril and humour. However by the time Singleton is only halfway there, he has become a national hero, something he has neither sought nor desired, thanks to a film crew who are more content on telling their own story rather than the truth.

Brian Glover's screenplay harks back affectionately to the Ealing Comedies of the 1940s and '50s with its battle of the small man against the stupidity of the bureaucrats and the media.

Film Information

Director - Richard Eyre

Produced - 1985

Main Language - English

Countries & Regions - British Film

Cast - Ian Holm, Bill Owen, Penelope Wilton, Stephen Moore, Richard Hope

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• Contemporary British Film
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• Contemporary British Film

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