Comedy
ANNIE HALL
(1977, Cert AA, Comedy, Run time 93 mins)
Director: Woody Allen
Lead Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
The ill-fated relationship of a professional neurotic comedian Alvy Singer and insecure Annie Hall is often touching and frequently hilarious.
BEST IN SHOW
(2000, Cert 12, Comedy, Run time 89 mins)
Director: Christopher Guest
Lead Actors: Christopher Guest, Parker Posey, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives - the Mayflower Dog Show.
BLAZING SADDLES
(1974, Cert AA, Comedy, Run time 93 mins)
Director: Mel Brooks
Lead Actors: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn
Wild western parody in which the action eventually shifts to the Warner backlot, after which the actors repair to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre to find out what happened at the end of the story.
CALENDAR GIRLS
(2003, Cert 12A, Drama/Comedy, Run time 108 mins)
Director: Nigel Cole
Lead Actors: Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton
Twelve extraordinary members of the Women's Institute decide they need to find a new way to raise money for a very worthy cause. They turn to their annual calendar, and give it a very untraditional twist - they pose completely nude!
FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL
(1994, Cert 15, Drama/Romance/Comedy, Run Director: Mike Newell time 117 mins)
Lead Actors: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristen Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, John Hannah
When it was released in 1994, FWAAF quickly became a huge international success. It’s proof that sometimes the simplest idea is the best. In terms of plot, the title pretty much says it all. Revolving around four weddings and a funeral (although not in that order) the film follows Hugh Grant’s confirmed bachelor Charles as he falls for visiting American Carrie (Andie MacDowell) whom he keeps bumping into at various functions.
