Britannia Hospital (1982)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Lindsay Anderson

Writer:

David Sherwin (writer)

Release Date:

27 May 1982 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Tagline:

Will they ever recover ... ?

Plot:

Mick Travis is a reporter who is about to shoot a documentary on Britannia Hospital, an institution which mirrors the downsides of British Society...

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Bizarre | Surrealism | Sequel | Black Comedy

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Leonard Rossiter	...	Vincent Potter
Brian Pettifer	...	Biles
John Moffatt	...	Greville Figg
Fulton Mackay	...	Chief Superintendant Johns
Vivian Pickles	...	Matron
Barbara Hicks	...	Miss Tinker
Graham Crowden	...	Professor Millar
Jill Bennett	...	Dr. MacMillan
Peter Jeffrey	...	Sir Geoffrey
Marsha A. Hunt	...	Nurse Amanda Persil (as Marsha Hunt)
Catherine Willmer	...	Dr. Houston
Mary MacLeod	...	Casualty Sister
Joan Plowright	...	Phyllis Grimshaw
Robin Askwith	...	Ben Keating
Dave Atkins	...	Sharkey

Runtime:

116 min | USA:111 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Friern Barnet Hospital, Friern Barnet Road, Friern Barnet, London, England, UK

Company:

EMI Films

Trivia:

Edward Arthur was cut out of this project

Quotes:

Professor Millar: Friends! Fellow Members of the Human Race! We are gathered here for a purpose. Let us look together at Mankind. What do we see? We see Mastery. What wonders Mankind can perform. He can cross the oceans and continents today, as easily as our grandfathers crossed the street...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Unforgettable Arthur Lowe (2000) (TV)

Soundtrack:

RULE BRITANNIA

Criminally underrated film!

That this movie has only achieved a rating of 5.9 out of 10 is appalling! Britannia Hospital brilliantly mixes the macabre, the comic, and the profound with beautiful imagery, wonderful production design, and Lindsay Anderson's astute sense of direction. The writing is flawless, the characters are flawless, the story is engrossing and the film is in my humble opinion the second best work of arguably the greatest director and visionary in British cinema history. I don't know who let the kindergärtners on here to vote but take my word - behind the wacky comic facade lies a powerful and intelligent film that should be ranked up there with the greatest films of British cinema.