Τυπικός Άγγλουρας τραπεζικός, την ημέρα της κηδείας της μάνας του δέχεται επίσκεψη από παράξενη κυρία που του συστήνεται ως θεία του, η οποία τον καταφέρνει να φύγουνε μαζί σε ταξίδια ανά τας Ευρώπας μπας και ξεκουνηθεί λίγο από την φροντίδα του κήπου του. Travels with my Aunt has all the ingredients of a very funny tale: an eccentric, sexually liberated woman, an uptight conservative nephew, colorful characters, love, intrigue, and shifty Italians. Aunt Augusta promptly informs him that the deceased was in truth his stepmother, his long-dead father having been something of 'a hound.' Tag yourself are you ‪the fabulous unmarried world traveling aunt or her fussy indignant obviously homosexual nephew the thing is that I am both and that is my burden‬. This title can be licensed and sold throughout Canada, the United States. Enjoy! First performed in 1989, this tour-de-force play went on to be a West End hit winning an Olivier Award and continues to be staged internationally to great acclaim. While attending his mother’s funeral, Rollins encounters his long-lost Aunt Augusta (Maggie Smith), a freewheeling woman of the world; he becomes swept up in the wake of her energy and charisma. Among the people who will figure significantly in their travels are Augusta's intimate African valet, Wordsworth; her long-lost Italian love, the shady Mr. Visconti; Miss Keene, a spinster who ends up in South Africa yet holds for Henry the possibility of love nearly to the end; a stoned American girl following her boyfriend to Nepal; her father, who shows up in Paraguay and may or may not be a CIA agent; and a randy Irish wolfhound. I’m really happy the role didn’t go to Katherine Hepburn, after sitting through ‘The Madwoman of Chailot’, the Hepburn of the 1970’s would have made this even more of a slog to get through. In early June, 2013, my best friend killed herself. "Travels With My Aunt is a hilarious play. The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application. | Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. | Filming & Production Vamos começar pelo começo: o diretor não queria que papel principal ficasse com Maggie Smith, e sim com uma das melhores atrizes do cinema, Katherine Hepburn ( na época ela já tinha ganhado 3 dos seus 4 oscars de melhor atriz). Κομεντί του Τζορτζ Κιούκορ με αλαφρύ σενάριο που δεν έχει και κάποια φοβερή ιστορία προς διήγηση, αλλά και μια εξαιρετική Μάγκι Σμιθ να αποτελεί λόγο από μόνη της για να δει κανείς το φιλμ. Maggie Smith is great, but this all felt a bit too muted for a Cukor screwball. Beneath the comedy is a layer of intrigue, and beneath that, a catalog of moral concerns touching on espionage, art smuggling and other issues. A very odd film, but Dame Maggie Smith was just as regal and ridiculous as she is today. It's the story of a man who finds is dragged out of his mundane life into a series of misadventures with a woman claiming to be his aunt. Maggie Smith's broad performance is certainly memorable but I far preferred its quieter emotional moments to the more overacted comic ones. I do think the main plot could have been a little more engaging, and I wish the big reveal wasn’t given away so early on. Their travels are hugely diverting and rather bizarre, and Smith, McCowen, and Gossett are an excellent team, especially as Augusta leads her nephew to the dark side. Η Σμιθ ήταν υποψήφια για Όσκαρ, μαζί με τα κοστούμια, τα σκηνικά και τη φωτογραφία. My favorite bit, though, was the simple, charming romance that our hero stumbles into on the train. music, it is emotive and full. | Please click here to read an important COVID-19 message. Also starring Robert Stephens. Mobile site. Smith plays Augusta Bertram the amoral and adventurous aunt of the more tight-laced and respectable Henry Pulling (played by Alec McCowen). Also note that our same day shipping cut off has been temporarily been moved to 10AM CST. In the end, Henry accommodates himself to the equivocations that have brought Aunt Augusta comfortably to where she is. It buoys this lovely, graceful, if perhaps a bit TV-movie-feeling George Cukor film about zany Aunt Augusta (Maggie Smith) leading her fuddydud bank-teller nephew on various misadventures. All of the films the best YouTube channel ever, Be Kind Rewind, mentioned in her videos. (as Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez), Dancer in Messagero Loosely based on a Graham Greene novel of the same name, the story centers on a Milquetoast-ian banker with the improbably mundane name of Henry Rollins (Alec McCowen). Travels with My Aunt (1972) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 64/100 I watched this for Maggie Smith, and she did not disappoint one bit! Release Dates Report this film, J'en sais assez pour obtenir ce que je veux. The comedy starts with the funeral of the prim and proper narrator Henry Pulling's mother at which he meets his decidedly unconventional 75-year-old Aunt Augusta. | Jayce Fryman 18,693 films 2,882 99 Edit, This list collects every film from the Starting List that became They Shoot Pictures Don't They's 1000 Greatest Films. But the film is quite funny throughout and the setups that are put in place to help propel the story is…, 1972 continues... ‘Travels With My Aunt’ ended up being a disappointment. Review by Luke Krayenhoff, Actors' Readthrough Theatre, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada I found the ending quite harrowing. Aunt Augusta frees Henry from servitude at the bank as they set off on a series of journeys across Europe to Istanbul and, ultimately, to South America. I learned early on that we get out of life precisely what we put into it, no more, no less. More details at Douglas Slocombe, John Box and Anthony Powell (all recognized by the Academy with Powell winning for his great costumes) class up the proceedings with their strong technical work but there is a lack of comedic energy on Cukor's part that prevents the film from becoming more interesting and exciting. A perennial favourite. Every film that has ever been nominated for an Academy Award in any category. TMDb It isnt dull or boring and Smith is a force, so that's enough to justify the viewing. George Cukor’s comedy-drama in which a bank worker (Alec McCowen) is introduced to an array of exciting delights while escorting his eccentric and much-travelled aunt (Maggie Smith). But he put Travels With My Aunt (1969) in a class by itself as the only book he'd ever written just for the fun of it. Fax: 1-800-334-5302 © Letterboxd Limited. That said, I enjoyed it anyway. On most orders placed by 2:00 pm CST via web, phone, or fax. It is what critics call "swoony." It does not develop past a brief acquaintance, but it's just too sweet. Every film that has ever been nominated for a Golden Globe Award in any category. Added Comedians back on 28th Jan to make the full 1,000 titles again. As romantic, go-on-an-adventure-you-bloody-square! Also note that our same day shipping cut off has been temporarily been moved to 10AM CST. Augusta tells Rollins that she must travel East on the Orient Express to deliver a ransom that will free her former lover, Ercole…, Maggie, the poster and the phenomenal costumes make the film. I am a fan of Graham Greene, so I think I'll hunt down the book. The audience was swept up with the outrageous characters and comical plot." There is none wiser than Mr. Cukor, nor one who can use something so simple as a vase of fresh flowers to bring "style" into the proceedings. 311 Washington St. Smith is excellent in a well deserved oscar nominated performance. One of Cukor's last films is a globe-trotting shaggy dog story with a youngish Smith as the titular aunt. (uncredited), Undertaker's Worker The plot is certainly unpredictable though. Hepburn não gostou da primeira versão do roteiro e o reescreveu, mas mesmo assim abandonou o projeto dez dias antes do inicio das filmagens... Aí entra Maggie Smith, que carrega o filme nas costas, Na época com 36 anos, a atriz britânica interpreta a excêntrica Augusta, uma senhora com um fome por aventura quase que infinita. It also fee 3.5* ", "Balls. Dame Maggie Smith reigns supreme, as does dry wit and comedy, and the spirit of Graham Greene’s novel lives on intact. Maggie Smith is lovely as the titular ‘aunt’, playing a woman twice her age. I’m really happy the role didn’t go to Katherine Hepburn, after sitting through ‘The Madwoman of Chailot’, the Hepburn of the 1970’s would have made this … Η μαντάμ, όμως, έχει και κάτι ύποπτα πάρε δώσε με λεφτά και βαλίτσες. This…, Sally Jane Black Sunday 1,052 films 1,093 53 Edit. The rest of the cast is at best ok or else down right laughable. The audience was swept up with the outrageous characters and comical plot." "It's a thoroughly engrossing evening that starts off looking like theatrical gimmickry but evolves into something far more involving as one is drawn inexorably into the tale. Henry Pulling leads a boringly conventional life as a retired bank manager when he meets his long-estranged Aunt Augusta at his mother’s funeral. Maggie Smith is lovely as the titular ‘aunt’, playing a woman twice her age. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. The gimmick is that every member of the cast of four plays the central figure, Henry Pulling, sometimes simultaneously. Stories in which dull, ordinary, middle-aged people discover a larger world beyond themselves and fling themselves into an adventure, often really resonate with my dull, ordinary, middle-aged self. All rights reserved. We follow along and this wild journey that Henry gets dragged into. Site by: PUREi, Dramatic Publishing The copy I had was a rip from a VHS, so I didn't have the best quality of film here. Film data from TMDb. Quando um antigo amante é sequestrado, ela faz de tudo para conseguir uma grande quantia para resgata-lo. Even minor Cukor is major. High School | College and Adult | Senior Adults, High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Senior Theatre | Touring Group, Luke Krayenhoff, Actors' Readthrough Theatre, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, click here to read an important COVID-19 message.