passport to pimlico is a 1949 british comedy film made by ealing studios and starring stanley holloway , margaret rutherford and hermione baddeley .

it was directed by henry cornelius and written by t. e. b. clarke .

the story concerns the unearthing of treasure and documents that lead to a small part of pimlico to be declared a legal part of the house of burgundy , and therefore exempt from the post-war rationing or other bureaucratic restrictions active in britain at the time .

passport to pimlico explores the spirit and unity of wartime london in a post-war context and offers an examination of the english character .

like other of the ealing comedies , the film pits a small group of british against a series of changes to the status quo from an external agent .

the story was an original concept by the screenwriter t. e. b. clarke .

he was inspired by an incident during the second world war , when the maternity ward of ottawa civic hospital was temporarily declared extraterritorial by the canadian government so that when princess juliana of the netherlands gave birth , the baby was born on dutch territory , and would not lose her right to the throne .

passport to pimlico was well-received on its release .

the film was released in the same year as whisky galore ! and kind hearts and coronets , leading to 1949 being remembered as one of the peak years of the ealing comedies .

passport to pimlico was nominated for the british academy film award for best british film and the academy award for writing ( story and screenplay ) .

there have since been two bbc radio adaptations : the first in 1952 , the second in 1996 .

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passport to pimlico ( 1949 , dir . henry cornelius – * * * . 5 )
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barbara murray , then a young actress of just 18 years old , made her film debut in passport to pimlico .
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“ [ passport to pimlico ] arguably best exemplifies studio head michael balcon’s description of ealing’s postwar films as ‘our mild revolution’ . ” –bfiscreenline
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residents of a part of london declare independence , when they discover an old treaty . this leads to the need for a ' passport to pimlico ' .
whisky galore ! was nominated for the british academy film award for best british film , alongside passport to pimlico and kind hearts and coronets , although they lost to the third man ( 1949 ) .
williams , tony ,
the repressed fantastic in passport to pimlico ,
in film criticism ( meadville ) , vol . 16 , no . 1–2 , fall - winter 1991–1992 .
one of three ealing comedies released in 1949 ( the others were passport to pimlico and kind hearts and coronets ) , and remains by far the sharpest , freshest and most resonant .
a charles vance production . passport to pimlico is the fourth in this ever popular series of classic film adaptations . created by the same team behind our past two sold out successes ,
whisky galore works for the same reason that passport to pimlico works – because it simply takes ordinary people , dealing with the problems of their normal lives and introduces one very odd situation that happens to make what follows absolutely delightful .
location work was not filmed in pimlico but on a bomb site off the lambeth road .
urltoken passport to pimlico - special edition [ dvd ] : stanley holloway , basil radford , hermione baddeley , paul dupuis , john slater , henry cornelius , lionel banes , michael balcon , t . e . b . clarke : movies & tv
the hollywood reporter pulled a story from a new biography by stephen galloway about former , legendary studio boss sherry lansing , who was once the chairman at paramount pictures , which distributed both wayne’s world and its sequel . in the book , the original idea for wayne’s world 2 was explained by saturday night live creator and showrunner lorne michaels , “mike had always wanted to do passport to pimlico as the basis of wayne’s world . ” if you’re unfamiliar with the 1949 british comedy , here’s the synopsis for passport to pimlico :
) click to enlarge ) click to enlarge ) click to enlarge ) click to enlargewhile passport to pimlico’s lambeth sets were being constructed in the rainy early summer of 1948 , in ealing there was enough paperwork being done to set up a real republic . amongst it were requests to reference the encyclopaedia britannica and cabaret star leslie ‘hutch’ hutchinson in the script . as these documents show , both worked out nicely .
passport to pimlico was actually filmed in … lambeth , in a cleared bomb site off the lambeth road . the pub you can see in this photo was the union flag , and is now the corner cafe on the junction of lambeth road and hercules road
very funny , well - crafted , well - acted , meticulous attention to detail . a real window into a specific time and place in history . could almost believe this was a true story in a parallel universe . interesting how passport to pimlico anticipates the berlin airlift . a definite 10 .
we can only hope they’re right , just as we should also hope that europe doesn’t decide to blockade britain as britain blockaded pimlico .
the ealing brand is well known for its comedy output in the late 1940s and early 1950s , but 1949 was a particularly golden year even by their standards : in addition to passport to pimlico , the studio released whisky galore ! and possibly the most brilliant of them all , kind hearts and coronets . pimlico falls a notch or so beneath these two , but still ranks among the finest comedies ever to be made on these shores .
by general consent the best of writer t . e . b . clarke ' s six ealing comedies , passport to pimlico ( d . henry cornelius , 1949 ) arguably best exemplifies studio head michael balcon ' s description of ealing ' s postwar films as
our mild revolution
.
the isolation of pimlico and its support by the common people of london is a reference to the berlin blockade of june 1948 - may 1949 .
for british cinema , 1949 was an annus mirabilis . it was the year of the third man and the year that ealing studios , under the watchful eye of sir michael balcon , released not one but three comic masterpieces : kind hearts and coronets , whisky galore ! and passport to pimlico .
set in dublin and reminiscent of everything from classic ealing comedies like
passport to pimlico
and
the lavender hill mob
to the roddy doyle adaptations
the commitments
and
the snapper ,
life ' s a breeze
remains its own film , and that ' s due to the spirit of irish writer - director lance daly .
pemberton is clever enough to fight the government to a standstill , but realistic enough to negotiate .
if paramount pictures decided to make this movie based on passport to pimlico without having the rights to that movie , the rights holders could have filed a lawsuit to stop the film from being released . paramount could have just gotten the rights to the movie , but with such a short window of time until production started , there was nowhere near enough time to negotiate a deal . so mike myers had to rewrite the script , and he had quite the motivation because sherry lansing really laid into him at the time .
it happened here describes a ‘what if …’ london through icons of the capital’s familiar normality as does passport to pimlico . where passport makes a point of featuring the no . 24 bus which continues to go to pimlico , in it happened here the 159 red double - decker also carries on going to streatham common . it still advertises the picture post , but now it carries ss officers . virtually every major physical symbol of stability is shown in occupation by nazis ; and each image delivers its own well - aimed punch in the groin of national self - knowledge . nazis march outside the most famous survivor of the blitz , st paul’s cathedral . nazified newspaper ads for familiar papers are displayed against the backdrop of the mother of parliaments .
despite , or maybe because of , the detrimental effects of these external pressures on the labour government , “ passport to pimlico is perhaps the arch - labour film [ amongst the ealing comedies ] pointing to the evils of a blanket removal of restrictions and seeking to reconcile the public to its lot . ” [ 14 ] with the wartime system of rationing still in place , the film was presented to an audience accustomed to , but increasingly weary of , the daily grind of frugality and eking out of food and clothing coupons .
passport to pimlico [ dvd ] : urltoken stanley holloway , basil radford , hermione baddeley , paul dupuis , john slater , charles hawtrey , james hayter , jane hylton , barbara murray , margaret rutherford , sidney tafler , betty warren , naunton wayne , lionel banes , henry cornelius , michael balcon , t . e . b . clarke : dvd & blu - ray
by rights , the final film should have been called ‘passport to lambeth’ . rather than pimlico , it was the wrecked surrounds of china walk , a mile to the south , that were used for the shoot . it’s a setting murray remembers vividly . “you’ve no idea what london looked like at the time , especially up against china walk in lambeth . it was a huge bombsite ; absolutely flattened . ”
passport to pimlico ( 1949 ) - a centuries - old document is uncovered in pimlico , revealing the small london district to actually be property of burgundy , as inhabitants claim their own country with hilarious consequences . a detailed and delightful comedy marred only by a cast of mostly unknowns ( unless you are familiar with this period of ealing movies ) , save margaret rutherford , who despite being in the film only a cumulative 15 minutes or so , steals every scene she appears in . try and track this one down , its worth it . 9 / 10 .
when burgundy is forced to rejoin britain , it is the spirit of compromise and resolution which is celebrated . pemberton succeeds in his dream to create a children ' s recreation area with the proceeds of the burgundy treasure , but perhaps more importantly , he and the community have succeeded in having a democratic voice . government has succeeded in providing a solution to a complex social problem and has been warned of its complacency . with lessons learned and victories won , the ration book , now a symbol for rationale is reinstated . passport to pimlico is a tribute to the war effort , and not merely a nostalgic longing for its terms and conditions . it is a celebration of what the british are , and what they want to be , and though it may seem conservative in its outlook to contemporary viewers , it represents a lack of cynicism which characterises the pride , dignity and hope many british people felt in the post - war period . passport to pimlico is about goodwill expressed with good humour .
ealing studios , 1949 , bound in green coloured cardboard , title page
passport to pimlico
, post production script , detailing ' exhibition footage - 7 , 575 ft . , running time - 84 minutes , number of reels - nine ' , each page of script providing scene , complete dialogue , spot no . , start urltoken . , end urltoken , length urltoken and translation
as brutalism , for banham , reasserts border and edge in the face of the transgressions of picturesque modernism , so do the aesthetics of british new wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s emerge in contrast to the filmic concerns epitomised by ealing . it happened here ( 1956 - 63 ) is a remarkable film . [ 15 ] like passport to pimlico its scenario involves the borders of britain in the immediate postwar period .
but ealing struck gold in 1949 with a trio of films - passport to pimlico , whisky galore ! and kind hearts and coronets - that established it as a specialist in a certain kind of clever , whimsical and very british comedy . ealing ' s magic touch for comedy continued with the lavender hill mob , the man in the white suit ( 1951 ) and the ladykillers ( 1955 ) .
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the inspirational , thoroughly festive ending is guaranteed to bring tears to the eyes .
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it comes as a relief to all concerned when a solution that allows both sides to save face is found , and the burgundians are almost happy to see a brand new ration book awaiting each of them at the party commemorating their reunification . it might be set in the aftermath of the war , but in this age of austerity , political devolution and the big society , it’s a matter of some surprise that passport to pimlico hasn’t been selected for the remake treatment ; it’s nearly as timely now as it was then .
this exploration of the british ( or specifically english ) character is at the heart of passport to pimlico . for all their dogged resistance , the burgundians never lose sight of their true national identity , as the film ' s most memorable line wittily makes clear :
we always were english and we always will be english , and it ' s just because we are english that we ' re sticking up for our right to be burgundian !
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comedy of the consequences when the inhabitants of pimlico discover they are part of the duchy of burgundy and declare their independence from england and its post - war restrictions .
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the people of britain are urged to lobby their mps to prevent the coming war .
the film uses the very appealing device of illustrating freedom without responsibility to demonstrate the necessity of certain social structures and institutions . these organisations preserve freedoms for everyone in the face of the inevitability of those people merely seeking to take advantage of situations for their own gain . by illustrating a possible utopia in excess , that essentially fails with the onslaught of black marketeers , criminal types , and self - interested government bureaucrats , passport to pimlico demonstrates and endorses the utopia of a civilised community with consensus politics sustaining the ideological status quo .
documenting a one - day collaborative art event held on 5 may 2014 , in pimlico ' s largest housing estate . featuring over 60 artists , led by art . . .
passport to pimlico has the distinction of making pouring rain and the onset of cold weather the satisfying and suitably up - beat coda to its story . somehow the teasingly self - conscious shots of the mediterranean or latin american signifiers which open the film are indeed proven to be a dupe and a distraction from the reality that is britain in the late forties . what we see in passport to pimlico , however , is a singularly ealingesque version of reality , informed by producer michael balcon ' s pursuit of
britishness
within the unique self - defining parameters of the
british film .
the film becomes a vehicle by which the british may actually experience their fantasies and dreams only to find that they do not sit easily with the much more acceptable and comfortable aspects of merely trusting and enjoying the circumstances they have inherited . far from being a reactionary and conservative position , this is viewed within the film as progressive because it sustains particular kinds of values and behaviour which would be lost to misdirected aspirations unsuitable to a british temperament , defined it seems , by wartime consensus and a nostalgia for imagined communities and significant nationhood .
whisky galore ! was well - received on its release . it came out in the same year as passport to pimlico and kind hearts and coronets , leading to 1949 being remembered as one of the peak years of the ealing comedies . in the us , where whisky galore ! was renamed tight little island , the film became the first from ealing studios to achieve box office success . it was followed by a sequel , rockets galore ! . whiskey galore ! has since been adapted for the stage , and a remake was released in 2016 .
brace yourself for a shock - according to a recently - discovered and authentic legal document that is centuries old , brooklyn belongs to iceland ! consequently , people travelling to and from brooklyn must now carry a passport or visa , declare items of value at the brooklyn customs points , and perhaps even converse in icelandic ! it is a similar , mind - bending assumption ( with hilarious practical implications ) that british viewers have to make when watching
passport to pimlico
( a london district near buckingham palace , no less ) . in the film , much of pimlico ( or
burgundy
as it is now called ) looks like a bomb - site , which it probably was still at that time in the aftermath of world war ii . as one of the so - called
ealing comedies
, it ranks alongside other films in this group like
kind hearts and coronets
and
the lavender hill mob
which parody - but in an affectionate way - various aspects of british social life . conversation is always very parochial and petty . at the same time , this film preserves certain other conventions of the time - for example , there really was a restriction on how much money people could take out of britain which lasted until the 1970s . in
passport to pimlico
, people travelling on the underground railway have to declare there currency at the
burgundy
customs points . above all , margaret rutherford stands out as the unworldly history professor with sweeping convictions . this charming films preserves a way of life which , though long gone , is not forgotten .
and of course , the ealing comedies are where so much joy comes from . barr continues : “the release in quick succession in 1949 of passport to pimlico , whisky galore and kind hearts and coronets seemed to inaugurate a cycle . of the eight or nine films which are still , like these , readily identified with the ealing comedy label , all except kind hearts belong very much to both the landscape and the mood of post - war britain ; it is from them that our whole image of ealing derives . ” ( barr , p 4 - 5 )
of course , that also means that somewhere there ' s an original , wayne ' world 2 script that the world has never seen that is completely different than the film we got . passport to pimlico is a film about a region of britain that discovers that , due to a recently unearthed manuscript , they ' re actually part of the burgundy region of france . we can ' t begin to imagine how such a setup would be integrated into a wayne ' s world movie . maybe wayne and garth discover that their basement is legally part of canada ?
in this fraught time when the british people in their wisdom ( or lack of it , depending on your point of view ) have decided they want no more of europe , there could hardly be a more appropriate film to show than passport to pimlico , a delightful ealing classic ( saturday , gold ) . directed by henry cornelius and written by teb clarke , it reflects in microcosm what the nation has just been through , a big difference being that it’s played for laughs and i don’t remember many of those during the referendum .
the words of betty warren , a fictional grocer ' s wife in the 1948 film comedy passport to pimlico [ 1 ] encapsulate the complexities embedded in notions of border in britain ' s immediate postwar years . if a border determines who it is you want to keep out , a clue to the british state of cultural ambiguity is found in russia ' s changing status . within the space of just ten years , russia went from foe , to ally , to foe , to ally , to foe again . churchill ' s speech in the same year that passport to pimlico was released , notoriously resolves this ambiguity by proposing the most immovable of all borders between us and them in the architectural figure of an ' iron curtain ' . despite this , in the light of russia ' s in - and - out running , it was surely difficult to define britishness simply as a state of not being russian . in architecture the influential editor of the architectural review , jm richards , was preoccupied with definitions of britishness , which explicitly reject such a fix . the magazine itself came to be associated with the forging of a new and peculiarly british hybrid version of picturesque modernism , most famously realised at the festival of britain in 1951 – which in itself required the merging of previously unassailable aesthetic borders , between the rigours of modernism and the vagaries of the picturesque .
t . e . b . clarke was the master of taking an interesting situation , then stretching it beyond its logical conclusion . that’s how we get a film like passport to pimlico , with its wonderful premise and the results that follow . clarke had actually begun the ealing comedies , writing hue and cry , which kicked things off in 1947 . clarke wrote several films that would be directed by crichton , including hue and cry , the world war ii drama against the wind , the lavender hill mob ( which would win clarke an oscar for best story and screenplay ) and the titfield thunderbolt . but he also worked with other directors . he earned an oscar nomination for writing passport to pimlico , which was directed by henry cornelius and he wrote the blue lamp for basil dearden , an ealing drama which would win best british film at the baftas . years later , after ealing , clarke would earn a third and final oscar nomination for his adaptation of sons and lovers .
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the information comes from the upcoming biography of sherry lansing entitled leading lady ( via the hollywood reporter ) . according to the story , mike myers had always wanted to base a wayne ' s world script on a 1940 ' s british comedy called passport to pimlico . according to producer lorne michaels , myers believed that paramount knew this and had obtained the rights so that he could do it . however , this wasn ' t the case . when lansing discovered what happened , things got a little . . . let ' s go with heated . lansing apparently laid into mike myers in a meeting , threatening him and all his worldly possessions . according to the book , she said . . .
the british state’s response to these transgressions provides the comedy’s most disturbing , and surprising image : the cordoning off of pimlico by a barbed - wire fence , an imposition of a physical , national border complete with passport controls . the source of control and restriction of daily life is consistently shown as a bureaucratic , impersonal state . exactly who has propriety over definitions of nationality is questioned . nationality defined through delineation , the imposition of borders defining who is inside and who is the enemy , is particularly called into doubt . images of londoners throwing food over the pimlico barbed wire are a pointed reminder of the berlin airlift of the same year the film was released , when the non - communist zones of berlin were impelled to receive their supplies by air .
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and so , it came to an end . not with a whimper , but with a bang : passport to pimlico , one of the best known ' ealing comedies ' , one of the films that ( it is claimed ) speaks for the whole of the studio ' s output and thematic interests , and one of the films that first sparked my love of ealing many years ago . it remains a film of its time and place but , watching it during a time of british recession and austerity , it is also a film that can still provide a satirical edge to events , over sixty years on .
this very funny british comedy shows what might happen if a section of london , in this case pimlico , were to declare itself independent from the rest of the uk and its laws , taxes & post - war restrictions . merry mayhem is what would happen . the explosion of a wartime bomb leads to the discovery of ancient documents which show that pimlico was ceded to the duchy of burgundy centuries ago , a small historical footnote long since forgotten . to the new burgundians , however , this is an unexpected opportunity to live as they please , free from any interference from whitehall . stanley holloway is excellent as the minor city politician who suddenly finds himself leading one of the world ' s tiniest nations . dame margaret rutherford is a delight as the history professor who sides with pimlico . others in the stand - out cast include hermione baddeley , paul duplis , naughton wayne , basil radford & sir michael hordern . welcome to burgundy !
in the aftermath of pimlico’s transformation into burgundy , a series of established social borders are transgressed . the change to continental , sultry weather turns the squalid back yards into a site for romance . a female citizen of pimlico and the young burgundian duke kiss : a challenge both to the fixed character of british rectitude , and the body’s own borders . the assailant is european – someone who had been quite literally out - of - bounds for the duration of the war . on becoming burgundians , after - hours drinking , free dancing and singing are instigated in pimlico : all social activities , then as now , previously contained by licence , and all associated not with britain but with the continent . rationing and trade restrictions are dispensed with .
despite its endearing qualities this is far from a perfect production . the play did not run like clockwork with the audience experiencing long and frequent periods of darkness between scenes and i was somewhat doubtful about the authenticity of the play when i witnessed a policeman wearing jeans . nonetheless there is certainly no need for a passport for the audience to be whisked away to a bygone era .
pimlico , a few years after the end of the second world war . london is suffering the torment of rationing and a record - breaking heatwave . meanwhile , the local people are informed that an unexploded bomb , buried in a local derelict site , is to be detonated .
although it is a reaction to them , passport to pimlico is more than an amiable satire on austerity britain and cold war us dependency . the film projects an english ambivalence to both socialism and free - market capitalism – the two forces which would battle for the hearts and minds of post - war britain . more important , the text highlights the arbitrary nature of national identity and its narrative is designed to and does briefly liberate its english protagonists from the restrictions of their national identity . of all the ealing comedies – which “pleased everybody by showing english people to be kindhearted , eccentric and inefficient” [ 15 ] – this is perhaps the most subversive . as well as presenting an alternative to the image of the english as bumbling and deferential , it also allows for the possibility that such englishness is an invention and therefore capable of reinvention .
this is where things get really fun – with the town being barricaded , with british citizens coming in to shop and being stopped for not having their passports on the way back . and suddenly it becomes an international situation , one which has the people of pimlico and the government of britain both trying to figure out what comes next .
this last - mentioned , by geoff brown , is one of the highlights of the volume . brown considers the ealing scores of modernist composer georges auric , the youngest member of the 1920s parisian group of composers known as les six . auric composed the music for nine ealing films , including dead of night ( 1947 ) , passport to pimlico and the lavender hill mob , and the essay makes a convincing case that a studio which aimed ( in balcon’s phrase ) at ‘projecting britain and the british character’ was also , as brown suggests , ‘enriched by a european perspective’ .
1 . passport to pimlico , directed by henry cornelius , 1948 2 . reyner banham , the new brutalism , the architectural press ( london ) , 1966 , p13 . 3 . jm richards , the castles on the ground , the architectural press ( london ) , 1945 , p14 . 4 . ibid , p15 . 5 . ibid , p18 . 6 . ibid , pp55 - 56 . 7 . banham , the new brutalism , p12 . 8 . ibid , p13 . 9 . ibid , p17 . 10 . alison and peter smithson’s response to the debate on brutalism , architectural design magazine , april 1957 , p11 .
if gems were rolling off the ealing production line in 1949 , there was little initial confidence that passport to pimlico would be one of them . barbara murray , who plays shirley pemberton in the film , recalls plenty of on - set anxieties . “the rumour was that it was a bummer , ” she explains . the problem wasn’t the story – a tale involving unexploded bombs , parchment mcguffins and a small corner of london that would be forever burgundy – so much as director henry cornelius’s overruns . “there was an awful lot of friction between cornelius ( pictured ) and michael balcon , ” murray explains . “it was supposed to take six weeks to make . i think it took six months . ”
i commend pictures that try something different . many films just seem like re - treads of old ideas , so that is the big reason i so strongly recommend passport to pimlico . the movie is set just after ww2 and the post - war shortages and rationing seem to be driving londoners
barmy
. the film centers on a tiny neighborhood in london called pimlico . they , too , are sick of not being able to buy what they want but can see no way out of it . that is until they accidentally stumble upon a hidden treasure and a charter which officially named this neighborhood as a sovereign nation many hundreds of years ago ! with this document , they reason , they can bypass all the rationing and coupons and live life just as they want , since it turns out they really aren ' t british subjects ! where the movie goes from there and how the crisis is ultimately resolved is something you ' ll need to see for yourselves . leave it up the brilliant minds of ealing studios to come up with this gem !
the wayne ' s world movies are such ridiculous fun to watch , one could easily assume they were equally fun to make . however , it turns out the sequel was a lot more stressful to produce , as the film had to be completely rewritten with little time to spare . according to a new biography of former studio chief sherry lansing , she had to force mike myers to rewrite the entire film movie because his original script was based on another movie , but paramount didn ' t have the rights to the underlying source .
passpot to plimco is simply a wonderful little film about the residents of the london district of pimlico . after the accidental discovery of an early medieval treaty and some treasure , the residents find out that they are actually part of the duchy of burgundy . henceforth , they are independent from great britain . they organise a government , with the local shopkeepers and bank manager . and for the rest of london it is a godsend , as rationing does not apply to pimlico , and goods can be bought cheaply . so hundreds of market trader flood the streets . eventually it is decided to close the
border
with pimlico . the children are evacuated and food is stored away . meanwhile the duke of burgundy turns up and is procliamed the sovereign . eventually after several humorous adventures , the inhabitants faced with starvation , decide to rejoin britain . its a great film thats bursting with that great humour that ealing studios were known for . well worth a watch
pleasant story of the community of pimlico in london who , after an unexploded ww2 bomb explodes , find a royal charter stating that the area they live in forms part of burgundy . this movie works because it appeals to the fantasy a lot of us have about making up our own rules and not having to listen to them . a solid cast of british stalwarts , especially stanley holloway , makes this more believable . there are some very nice moments in the film , such as when the people have ran out of supplies and other londoners on the other side of the barricade start throwing food and other things over to them . even though you always knew pimlico would become part of the uk again , the people of pimlico and as a consequence the viewer doesn ' t mind when this happens , leaving a nice happy feeling . it ' s amazing to think that these low budget movies from a small studio in london still remain so popular over fifty years later . the producers must have got something right .
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after an unexploded bomb exposes a hidden treasure trove , the residents of post - war pimlico find an ancient document that declares they are officially part of burgundy in france . thinking it could be a good earner , they declare independence from britain , despite the best efforts of the british government to stop them .
as part of this , rank decided to dedicate its highbury studios to the production of b movies . it intended to use these films to develop the careers of production staff and stars , particularly the lovely young things attending the rank charm school – another initiative designed to mirror hollywood . penny and the pownall case was the first film to come out of the highbury experiment .
when an un - exploded wwii bomb is accidentally detonated in pimlico , london , it reveals a treasure trove . they find documents proving that the region is , in fact , part of burgundy , france and thus foreign territory . the british government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area . the ' burgundians ' fight back .
this dippy little movie is british humor ( humour ) at its best . when the london district of pimlico discovers that it really is not english , the fun begins . dear old margaret rutherford is delightful , as are the rest of the cast .
balcon and his fellow bigwigs couldn’t have anticipated the furious reaction of lambeth locals to the construction of the set’s housing . like blazing saddles’ fake rock ridge , fake pimlico involved ‘flats’ , painted house fronts that would have been cosily familiar to filmmaking veterans , but were essentially a red rag to homeless south londoners . “there was a riot ! ” shudders murray , who was bused to the set each day from costume and make - up in ealing . “the whole encampment was surrounded by barbed wire and we had escorts to take us in and out each day . ”
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whisky galore ! was produced by michael balcon , the head of ealing studios ; he appointed monja danischewsky as the associate producer . danischewsky had been employed in the studio ' s advertising department , and whisky galore ! was his first job in production . with the studio ' s directors all working on other products , balcon and danischewsky asked ronald neame to take the role , but he turned the offer down . a first - time director , alexander mackendrick , was chosen from within ealing ' s workforce ; he was employed as a production designer . the film was produced at the same time as passport to pimlico and kind hearts and coronets ; all three comedies were released into uk cinemas over two months .
although set in a distant day the play is surprisingly topical . from a mention of ‘boosting the economy’ to looting and rioting , there seems to be a foreshadowing of modern day events . marika mckennell gave a plausible performance - from pulling off a cockney accent to bursting into song and jamie webb who played mr . pemberton was perfectly cast for the role of an unassuming resident of pimlico who suddenly finds himself in the spotlight as prime minister of burgundy .
the scenario is this : in a postwar britain even more austerity - gripped than the brexiteers claim it is now , an unexploded german bomb finally explodes in a building in london’s pimlico revealing a cellar full of treasures and , more importantly , a royal charter signed by edward iv ceding the area to the duke of burgundy .
with the state’s jurisdiction temporarily removed whilst the two parties negotiate , pimlico’s business community grasps its new found economic and political freedom with both hands : “ration books ? this is burgundy ! ” identification papers are “ritually destroyed” [ 20 ] in a gesture of defiance as the locals enjoy the spontaneously relaxed burgundian licensing laws . however , in little time , the district has become a magnet for black marketeers on a scale which threatens to unleash anarchy onto its streets . before the citizens can appeal to the state for help , they find their “borders” have been closed . their bluff called , the residents of pimlico have become burgundians , trapped in an england within england .
with its strong location work , including shots in piccadilly circus ( where several pimlico kids go to watch a gaumont - british newsreel about their street ) , the use of whitehall , and the underground ( the scenes where the pimlico brigade stop the tube to check passports and to check food stocks is a particular highlight ) , there is little doubt this is one of ealing ' s most obviously ' london ' films . but the comic treatment of more universal themes of british community , identity ( ' it ' s because we are english that we ' re sticking up for our rights to be burgundian ' ) and democracy ( a sign reading ' 3 % for , 3 % against , 94 % don ' t know ' seems particularly apt to the film ' s national vision ) shine through , and reassert the film ' s claims to classic status within ealing ' s 95 films , and british cinema more generally .
although basil dean made films at ealing in the 1930s and the bbc bought the buildings and started producing there in 1955 , ‘ealing films’ – and most often people say ‘ealing comedies’ – are regarded as those made under producer michael balcon between 1938 and 1959 . ( there is a handful of ‘ealing’ credits at the end when he was working with mgm ) . these seventy or so features – which include passport to pimlico ( 1949 ) , kind hearts and coronets ( 1949 ) and the ladykillers ( 1951 ) are understood to be in some sense quintessentially british – or perhaps that should be english . these are also films that encapsulate much of what we think about the war and about the post - conflict world and its utopian aspirations .
this production sketch shows the ‘pimlico’ of the film starting to take shape on the ealing drawing boards . pictured is the fictional miramont place ( lambeth road and hercules road in real life ) . an unexploded bomb discovered in the wastelands beyond sparks the discovery of ancient documents that leads its denizens to declare themselves citizens of an independent burgundy . think of cornwall , only with more barbed wire and fewer pasties .
the new citizens of pimlico redefine britishness in their own terms . the state of britishness paradoxically occurs only when the district becomes ersatz france by becoming burgundy - a mythic place in between the two , neither france nor britain . britishness exists only when national borders are smeared .
this movie is set in the early post - ww2 years . rationing is a part of everyday life and ruined buildings after the blitz still pepper the cityscape of london . after a left over bomb detonates , a tomb with treasure and a parchment proclaiming that pimlico is a part of burgundy is found . being suddenly inhabitants of a piece of france in england , the inhabitants of pimlico no longer feel they need to ration or pay taxes to great britain . then it escalates . light in tone , this film deals with real problems facing the citizens of most countries post - ww2 . after the war , rationing was still in effect for many years and sometimes it was hard to make ends meet . this film addresses these issues with humour and wit .
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classic british comedy directed by henry cornelius . when an unexploded bomb goes off in pimlico , documents are uncovered which reveal that this part of london in fact belongs to burgundy in france . an autonomous state is set up in a spirit of optimism , but the petty squabbles of everyday life soon shatter the utopian vision of a non - restrictive nation .
in this description , the worlds of film , town planning and architecture are like a dreamscape in which the trauma and the possibilities of border absence and border imposition are more , or less , consciously played out . it happened here demonstrates with devastating effect the absence of transparency , clarity and moral rigour in the immediate postwar years which it was important for the next period of immovable borders to challenge . yet that moment of flux and uncertainty , where the cold war did not yet overwhelm decisions from the most politically strategic to the most personal , has a kinship with our own time . real architectural and social possibilities – suggested by the fantasies of both passport to pimlico and the temporary structures of the festival of britain – could , and can , be mooted . looking back , what is uncanny is the way , in the postwar decade , the ghosts of political borders inevitably came to haunt the more intimate territories of everyday life .
much like passport to pimlico , whisky galore , part of that first way of ealing comedies to sweep across britain in the summer of 1949 and then come to the states , takes a very simple idea and stretches it beyond its logical conclusion . in this case , it’s that a small island off the coast of scotland has just about run out of whisky in 1943 , as the war struggles on . into this problem step two soldiers and one very fortunate accident . the first office is captain waggett , desperate to get the correct ammunition for his rifles , and frustrated beyond belief at the islanders he is forced to deal with . the other soldier is islander sergeant odd , who is home on leave and hoping to propose to peggy , the shopkeeper’s daughter ( peggy is played with sultry appeal by joan greenwood , whose smoky voice would also come in handy for her major female roles in kind hearts and coronets and the man in the white suit ) . these two men would likely be somewhat at odds normally . but what happens in the meantime is that a freighter runs aground just offshore – a freighter with 50 , 000 cases of whiskey .
arthur pemberton cherishes a plan to create a children ' s play area from the wartime ruins but is dismissed with the rebuff that
this borough is in no position to finance daydreams .
this moment alone distills some of the film ' s central premises about the tensions between pragmatism and imagination , forward - thinking and backward - looking , inhibition and liberation , and the role of the individual within the community . it is also a typically
ealing
scenario , in that important issues in ealing movies were often explored through narratives involving children . these films include hue and cry and mandy . pemberton equates the children ' s play area with the future and the transition from post - war inertia into a new decade energised by the young . he sees this initiative as an opportunity to liberate a future generation into the freedoms fought for by his generation . passport to pimlico essentially examines the problems of this transition by demonstrating the possibilities inherent in having particular freedoms .
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passport to pimlico captures england as it struggles to come to terms with the end of empire and the formation of the welfare state – whose ethos , to my mind , it affirms . although the text could be accused of espousing precisely the sort of inward - looking englishness which british airways parody to their advantage , in the context of the decline of the empire , it could also be seen as an honest recognition of the need to reconstruct england and reassess its position in the world order . the closure of the colonial chapter of its history and the simultaneous emergence of the new global super powers rapidly and drastically undermined britain’s position as a world power . indeed , the film features an obvious parody of the berlin blockade as the citizens of london shower burgundy with food parcels . taken along with the film’s general tone of moderation , the comparison with the cold war posturing of the super powers is pointed : intractable conflicts are the logical extension of entrenched ideology and dogma , whether at home or abroad . the film suggests – perhaps naively – that , whatever its shortcomings , england is capable of striking a balance between the individual and the wider community .
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the return of cagliostro ( italian : il ritorno di cagliostro ) is a 2003 italian mockumentary-comedy film directed by daniele ciprì and franco maresco .

for his performance in this film and in break free luigi maria burruano received a special mention from the pasinetti award jury at the 2003 venice film festival .

the return of cagliostro

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the party catches a glimpse of the human side of cagliostro and feels relieved in many ways .
the title alludes to la comtesse de cagliostro ( the countess of cagliostro , the title of an original arsène lupin adventure by maurice leblanc ) .
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the alchemists of helmuth , using the image of cagliostro’s sister as their symbol , would corner cagliostro . they found that cagliostro had become too wild in her actions , sullying the name of her own practice . this guild utilized their founder’s main weakness , destruction alchemy . before she was sealed away for countless years , cagliostro vowed to return and make heads roll .
count of cagliostro the regent of the small country of cagliostro . the count is a very rich man , but he desires even more riches ; specifically , the treasure of the cagliostro family . he is cruel and cunning , and will use all of his considerable resources to get what he wants . he lives in an enormous castle in the middle of cagliostro , surrounded by a lake .
clarisse d ' cagliotros a princess of the cagliostro family . clarisse is kind to everyone and admired by many of cagliostro’s citizens . she is engaged to be married to count cagliostro against her will , since their marriage will enable the count to claim the fortune of the cagliostro family .
in the return of cagliostro actor erroll douglas ( robert englund ) is being brought to sicily to play the character of cagliostro on the set of a unusual film . the 2003 italian film il ritorno di cagliostro is written and directed by daniele ciprì and franco maresco . the englund files is a series of videos featuring robert englund and his work . episode 3 : il ritorno di cagliostro episode 2 : charmed episode 1 : married with children thespringwoodslasher , 2010
cagliostro : well , my alchemic power already exists outside of the physical realm .
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a lupin the third installment . the plot involves lupin visiting the country of cagliostro , helping the princess clarisse escape an arranged marriage and uncover a treasure . [ 3 ]
the crew effortlessly crushes the golem , and the alchemist follows up by summoning adversa , the greatest weapon of the empire . cagliostro responds with a bold grin .
cagliostro : and with the seal placed directly on my body , escape ' s out of the question .
cagliostro : but if you follow the laws of alchemical and magical thought , you can take some of the life energy from surrounding forces .
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so why didn ' t they pull off the eye of agamotto from around his neck at the same time ? wong grabbed the book ; mordo could have snatched the amulet . the movie wants you to think the attack on the london sanctum happens so quickly after their reprimanding of strange that they didn ' t have time to return the eye to its little holder thing .
the party arrives at the village only to be welcomed by the screams of erste empire soldiers .
when cagliostro tells the crew of the seal eating away at her body , they immediately decide to help her find the material that would break the seal .
ladiva is mid - lecture about the undying nature of love , causing several of the kidnappers to tear up .
the infamous count of cagliostro , in reality the charlatan giuseppe balsamo , was an eighteenth century impostor from palermo who enchanted and deceived half the courts of europe before dying at the hands of the holy inquisition . the return of cagliostro ( released in italy as
il ritorno di cagliostro
) is a delightful movie about some would - be film producers in late 1940s sicily trying to earn a fast post - war lira by making a film about cagliostro . for reasons difficult to fathom , or perhaps best left unexplored , the amazing story of giuseppe balsamo has always appealed to a certain esoteric population intrigued by black magic , the occult and secretive freemasonry .
out in town for a little shopping , a strange man appears in front of the crew . upon discovering that cagliostro is indeed the founder of alchemy , he summons a group of agents to surround the party .
called — by its authors — a tribute to people led to ruin by the movies , “the return of cagliostro” is the acidic but amusing story of a declining american star who goes to sicily to shoot a film , with disastrous consequences . co - directors daniele cipri and franco maresco have gone for gentler comedy this time [ … ]
cagliostro : that ' s right . these arrogant maggots from the alchemist guild of helmuth are the ones who bound me .
the castle of cagliostro ( ルパン三世 カリオストロの城 , rupan sansei : kariosutoro no shiro ? , lupin the third : castle of cagliostro ) is a 1979 japanese animated film co - written and directed by hayao miyazaki . it is one of the master thief lupin iii films .
cagliostro : you see , i ' m already a member of this crew .
the degree of bewilderment on their faces is matched only by the sheer amount of compassion displayed in ladiva ' s expression .
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cagliostro : but if you hadn ' t have lectured them , they never would ' ve revealed the location of the children .
in their attempt to make a great film , the la marcas encounter all of the typically palermitan charlatans and would - be actors created in the image of the real cagliostro . things get more and more bizarre as the project develops . this is one of the rare motion pictures about making a motion picture that captures the true essence of its subject . it ' s a parody of a parody .
cagliostro : i ' ve been around long before the astrals ever came to the skies .
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cagliostro : of course , a soul without a body is a very delicate thing .
cagliostro : once , ages ago , a group of shady visitors came upon me .
cagliostro : yep . . . bunch of fools they were to come after me .
no matter the form , the crew is relieved to see cagliostro back to her normal self .
in the immediate post - war sicily the la marca brothers , owners of a sacred craft company , set up , with the consent of the archbishop of palermo cardinal sucato , the trinacria house of film production , which they intend it should be the
beginning of a sicilian hollywood
. the first films , played by non - professional actors , badly rehearsed and directed , are commercial disasters , and so to revive the fortunes of the company they have the idea to make a film about the life of cagliostro , engaging errol douglas , an alcoholic hollywood star whose career is going into sharp decline , in the title role .
called - - by its authors - - a tribute to people led to ruin by the movies ,
the return of cagliostro
is the acidic but amusing story of a declining american star who goes to sicily to shoot a film , with disastrous consequences . co - directors daniele cipri and franco maresco have gone for gentler comedy this time with wider appeal to italian audiences .
cagliostro : by process of elimination , yes . anything i ' m clueless about must be something from out of this world .
cagliostro taught her younger sister alchemy and she continued to research with her aid . the younger sister , as talented as she was with destruction alchemy , had no interest in the immortality cagliostro had created for herself . once she settled down with a husband and children , cagliostro’s sister retired from alchemy . in return for her help and out of affection for her little sister , cagliostro bought a secluded island for her to live out the rest of her days in peace . eventually , she was put to rest there .
the crew makes way for the location said to house materials that will help unbind the seal on cagliostro ' s body .
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alchemist : i am but a humble member of the alchemist guild of helmuth . pleased to make your acquaintance .
alike and yet unlike , unlike and yet alike , the pair forge a bond of friendship sure to last till the end of time .
while in rome the french and italian professionals were trying to energise co - production relationships between the two countries and to improve the distribution of films made on both sides of the . . .
however , with no clues as to the whereabouts of the kidnappers , ladiva finds herself stumped .
cagliostro : if you knew such , you would never presume to get rid of me .
jack pierce used photos of the remains of prince seti i of egypt from the cairo museum to transform boris karloff into the 3700 - year - old , which required eight hours of stretching the skin and applying cotton strips dipped in collodion , creating a wrinkling effect after the skin was relaxed . pierce brushed fuller ' s earth over the results to give the dry look .
cagliostro : and what ' s happening to me now is just another one of those trials .
cagliostro : ( hah—i knew it all along . there are a bunch of brats here . )
if the catholic church is pungently satirized and the political world derided , it’s nothing compared to the ferocious treatment given the cinema . far from an affectionate portrait of post - war filmmaking , the story of trinacria films is one long tale of stupidity , incompetence and commercial disaster .
in the sicily of the late 1940s , two brother sculptors , tired of selling madonnas to the local churches , finally realize their dream , and set up a sicilian production company , thanks to the help of a local bishop . they start producing one box - office failure z - movie after the other , all with terribly bad local non - pros as actors . covered in debts , they finally have their great chance , when a local nobleman obsessed by magic decides to invest all his wealth in the making of a movie about cagliostro , just one year after orson welles ' black magic ( 1949 ) . they hire a famous american actor ( robert englund ) and start shooting
the return of cagliostro
.
shortly after arriving , they rescue a young girl from a car full of thugs , only to let her get captured again when lupin is knocked unconscious after tumbling down a cliff . they later discover that she is clarisse , princess of cagliostro and is engaged to be married to the count cagliostro , the country ' s ruler . the count wants to recover the ancient treasure of the cagliostro family , and needs the princess ' s ring to do so .
called — by its authors — a tribute to people led to ruin by the movies , “the return of cagliostro” is the acidic but amusing story of a declining american star who goes to sicily to shoot a film , with disastrous consequences . co - directors daniele cipri and franco maresco have gone for gentler comedy this time with wider appeal to italian audiences . offshore , the main draw will be robert englund ( aka freddy krueger ) cast against stereotype as the single normal character in a sea of monsters . it’s not much , but it may attract interest from distribs in search of the offbeat .
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this is the scroll of thoth . herein are set down the magic words by which isis raised osiris from the dead . ' oh ! amon - ra - - oh ! god of gods - - death is but the doorway to new life - - we live today - - we shall live again - - in many forms shall we return - - oh mighty one . '
a complicated film that was a long time in the making and which would never have seent the light of day if it weren’t for the commitment of a lot of very dedicated individuals . ciprì & maresco cut . . .
the party fells the troops like so many dominoes thanks to cagliostro ' s help . they then leave the facility without any further incident .
first part of the film is full of surreal invention , such as dancing priests in the cardinal’s antechamber and oversized genitals on the nude statue of a saint . the film’s dark humor lashes out spitefully at everyone , leaving no character to identify with , until a narrator appears out of nowhere midway through the story . by the time american gangsters and lucky luciano turn up , the film has pretty much run out of ideas . they may stand for the takeover of italian cinema by the hollywood model , but it’s a weak metaphor without much conviction .
cagliostro : alchemists go where their curiosity takes them . every secret the world holds is ripe for the plucking !
but the reason she volunteered to find the kidnappers has more to do with another part of her past .
starting with the scene where strange uses the eye of agamotto to turn back time and read the stolen pages from the book of cagliostro , the rest of the movie appears to take place continuously , without any big jumps in time . during this sequence of scenes , he ' s confronted by mordo and wong , the london sanctum is destroyed , strange is blown into the new york sanctum , he explores it and fights kaecilius there , and on it goes right up through to the climax in hong kong .
cagliostro : it ' s no surprise they came after a beautiful genius of an alchemist like me .
cagliostro : even the secrets better left alone . . . the mysteries better left uncovered . an alchemist brings them into the light . . .
cagliostro : so i transmuted myself outside of the physical plane , created a new body , and then put myself right back in .
sure , the political wrangling of films like captain america : the winter soldier or iron man 2 are outside of their purview . but the world could seriously have used the help of someone as powerful as the ancient one during all these planet - sized threats . why has she been holding back ?
cagliostro : i was really planning on just lifting the seal on my old body .
but cagliostro pays no heed to the danger . a smile dances upon her lips .
shuffling stealthily away from the man , cagliostro makes her way toward a lone girl .
cagliostro : you crave it with every ounce of your being , don ' t you—the truth that i alone have attained ; the truth that you will never know .
cagliostro , who happens to be in the neighborhood , listens to ladiva ' s plight with the kidnapped children . cagliostro lures out one of the kidnappers and uses him to lead her right to their hideout . after she and ladiva rescue the children , the two realize they are alike in more ways than one .
some time prior to the war between the sky dwellers and the astrals , cagliostro lived as a sickly boy close to death . with the aid of his younger sister , he pursued methods to avoid his early demise regardless of how the people in village thought . after many failures , cagliostro was able to create a new female body and transferred his soul into it . that wasn’t the end . she refined the technique and kept at her research , coining the term “alchemy , ” thus becoming the founder of the practice . word spread as cagliostro made her art grow , garnering awe and even disciples wishing to learn from her .
after chasing out the imperial soldiers from the village , the party goes to a nearby cave . inside they find the research documents that the erste empire seeks—except those documents turn out to be cagliostro ' s diary .
lupin and clarisse , who have safely landed in the lake , watch the lake around the castle drains to reveal exquisite ruins . lupin and his friends take their leave of clarisse , now ruler of cagliostro , as zenigata chases after them again and fujiko makes off with the printing plates from the counterfeit money presses .
cagliostro : interpret it any way you wish . after all , this can only end with the lot of you in ouroboros ' belly .
where most of the items on this list could be explained away with the proper application of magic , this one ' s just a big , fat , glaring oversight in terms of logic . in the library at kamar - taj there is a section of books dubbed ' the ancient one ' s private collection , containing dark knowledge that no one but she could be trusted with . one of these books had the incantation for accessing dormammu ' s dark dimension and the power of eternal life .
but if the second half of the film takes place over the course of a single day and night , that was quite a hike up the totem pole . he started the day as a student , and was practically ( but not quite ) the sorcerer supreme before he went to bed .
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an innocent - looking girl by the name of cagliostro appears when ( captain ) and company unlock a seal in ancient ruins . she turns out to be the founder of alchemy and , taking a sudden interest in lyria , proposes to join the crew .
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cagliostro : you there , blue - haired girl . are you from the other side ?
vyrn : geez . . . i thought cagliostro really bought the farm for a minute .
cagliostro : what ' s the matter ? planning to seal me again ? what rubbish .
cagliostro : when they thought to use this world to create the primal beasts . . .
cagliostro : hah ! who do you think i am ? this is the fastest way .
the ring turns out to be a practical joke left by lupin . infuriated , the count flushes him deeper into the cellars , which are full of bodies of spies who attempted to learn the secrets of cagliostro and the goat bills . while down there , lupin bumps into inspector zenigata , who was accidentally thrown down earlier . the two reluctantly form a pact to help escape . using two aqualungs dropped by elite soldiers , the pair escape .
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the world being destroyed or absorbed or whatever dormammu was going to do is antithetical to the notion of never dying .
cagliostro : well , why not try ? you ' re burning with curiosity , aren ' t you ? you wish to know the deeper truths of the world . . .
when the party shows concern over cagliostro ' s condition , she tells them of her past and expresses her conviction to push past it all .
the man stands stolid , every fiber of his body brimming with hostility laid bare .
alchemist : i should have known better than to underestimate the legendary founder of alchemy .
though her body may be tiny , cagliostro sports an incredibly huge ego . the primary source of praise for her intellect , beauty , and power is herself . many times , the millennia old alchemist points out the perfectness of herself to the main character and their crew in an almost sickly sweet manner often appealing to the captain .
to match with the appearance of her youthful artificial body , cagliostro raises the tone of her voice and acts the part of an adorable little girl . she even adds to it with items such as dolls or stuffed animals , aiming to fluster and beguile her audience . cagliostro’s narcissism often shines through , jumping to the conclusion that a stranger approached her to ask her to be their poster girl in one instance .
cagliostro launches an attack on the erste empire alchemical labs , overrunning the imperial troops . yet slowly but surely , the seal continues to eat away at her .
when doctor strange snuck into the kamar - taj library and used the eye of agamotto to read the missing pages from the book of cagliostro , it wasn ' t long before mordo and wong caught him red - handed . they launched into a stern lecture about the dangers of messing with time ( which we ' ll come back to in a minute ) , and wong put the evil volume back where it belonged .
the second animated lupin iii movie and arguably the most famous , castle of cagliostro was written and directed by hayao miyazaki ( who also co - directed the first lupin iii tv series and directed two episodes of the second ) before he formed studio ghibli . cagliostro features gentleman thief lupin iii , grandson to maurice leblanc ' s french literary master thief arsène lupin .
by cagliostro ' s wishes the party heads to a certain island . however , monsters block their path on the way there .
the ambitious la marca brothers establish trinacria films , seeking to make sicily , and particularly palermo , a centre of film production to rival rome . to achieve this they need the support of a cardinal , a politician and a local aristocrat . the baron , enchanted by the historical cagliostro , goes bankrupt trying to finance the doomed production . erroll douglas , an american actor well past his prime , and well into the grip of alcohol , accepts the title role .
cagliostro : i don ' t know how they began to mistake it as some sort of research journal . . .
cagliostro : i declined of course . and they thought they ' d be able to force my obedience . . .
but to align the story better with the recent tutankhamen discovery , the following story was crafted , with the name of tut ' s queen ankh - es - en - amon serving as that of im - ho - tep ' s forbidden lover .
making trouble with her trusty partner , ouroboros , cagliostro is attacked by the imperial soldiers . however , their reckless assault only further stimulates cagliostro ' s sadism .
katalina : hm ? now that i think about it , i ' m pretty sure the founder of alchemy , cagliostro , was a man . . .
the imbecility of the director ( pietro giordano again ) , producers and gaffers who can’t agree on how to position a mattress for a stunt leap out of a window brings douglas to an end that few of freddy krueger’s victims would envy .
sandra hebron , the artistic director of the 47th london film festival ( lff ) has just announced the complete programme of this year ' s event , which will be taking place from october 22 to november . . .
the true cagliostro is quick to insult , very forceful , and enjoys using violence to solve problems , to punish , or just uses it as an outlet for her easily lit temper . when she first meets the main character’s crew , her innocent façade quickly faded and cagliostro attempted to feed the crew to her pet , ouroboros , for no dire reason . what stopped cagliostro was seeing convenience in joining the crew for protection and to have a means of travel . outside of the crew , cagliostro tends to talk down to the general populace and is annoyed by their low intellect .
after a series of flops , the la marca brothers come up with the idea of shooting a cheap rip - off of a successful cape - and - sword costumer about an 18th - century magician called cagliostro . erroll douglas ( englund ) , an actor well down the road to sunset boulevard , is brought over from hollywood to play the lead . he’s the only professional on the set , but he can’t communicate because no one speaks english .
the party destroys the so - called adversa reborn , but by that time the man is already gone .
cagliostro : it was a hell of a long time ago . . . and i ' m not talking metaphorically either .
cagliostro : and if they got their hands on a corrupted sort of alchemy geared toward decomposition , toward destruction . . .
cagliostro : hehe . they ' re welcome to try . in fact that would make quick work of this little job .
cagliostro : that ' s right . and it was lyria ' s power that obliterated the seal .
cagliostro : yeah . . . there ' s a reason i ' m the strongest after all .
arsene lupin iii and daisuke jigen are escaping on a fiat 500 pursuit after robbing the casino of monaco , only to discover that their entire haul is counterfeit . when lupin was just getting started as a professional thief , he was almost killed while searching for the source of these so - called goat bills . he decides that it is time to take another chance , and lupin , with jigen , heads off to the purported source of the bills , the principality of cagliostro .
― i didn ' t go to see fireworks on the 4th last week , but i did go to see fireworks the anime movie on the 3rd . that ' s some clever timing on the part of whoever ' s in charge of promoting the film . the movie itself is alright , and it ' s cert . . .
cagliostro : i can change a lot with my alchemy , you know—like a child into an adult . or the masculine into the feminine .
by the time ( captain ) ' s party destroys adversa , the alchemist has already run away . cagliostro tells the crew about the sort of foe who ' d pose a threat to her , holding on to a faint hope to one day meet such a person .
one day , cagliostro was approached by the astrals and was promised great power in exchange for following their commands . it is unclear whether this happened before her sister’s death but cagliostro declined and soundly trounced the astrals when they tried to force the matter . that was not the last time cagliostro had come to odds with others due to her infamy .
even at the end of the movie , after strange saved loads of lives by rewinding things a few minutes , mordo was still all doom - and - gloom .
the bill always comes due ,
he liked to say . the implication being : screw around with time , and there will always be a price to pay . he ' s so uptight about strange using the eye to undo the whole dormammu thing that you ' d be forgiven for thinking mordo ' s actually arguing for the end of the world . ( we think it was more in the neighborhood of
the ends don ' t justify the means .
)
cagliostro : their primal strength was a joke . so what exactly do you plan to do with that sham of a weapon ?
cagliostro loses her life in the search for alchemical materials . the crew stands dumbfounded as she rises again , a fearless smile on her face as she dispatches the troops with ease .
cagliostro ignores ladiva ' s call and leaves with the man , a sincere smile plastered on her face .
cagliostro : hey there ! isn ' t this place so much fun ? i love all the candy .
cagliostro : by the way . . . do you ever feel like you want to be something else ?
during the final fight in hong kong , stephen strange uses the eye of agamotto to reverse time to undo most or all of the damage kaecilius had unleashed . by turning time back far enough , he ' s able to restore the hong kong sanctum , bring wong ( and presumably other sorcerers and civilians ) back to life , and undo a ton of damage to the city .
cagliostro : not much of a surprise there . if i were to die , you scum would have a lot to answer for .
cagliostro : you said you were a duelist before , right ? sounds like this kind of job ' s not up your alley .
for the first time ever , fathom events and eleven arts bring legendary director hayao miyazaki’s directorial debut film , lupin the 3rd : the castle of cagliostro , to u . s . cinemas nationwide for a special two - day event on september 14 and 19 only ! lupin and jigen successfully rob a casino of millions , but only to find that the money is counterfeit . lupin notices how well the money is forged and decides to make his next target the possible source of the forgery , cagliostro . they enter the country and run into a car chase between a group of men after a girl in a wedding dress . lupin , who loves girls , decides to abruptly make a detour to assist the bride in her escape . they successfully outrun the men but have an accident . lupin goes unconscious but wakes up to find a ring with the royal crest of cagliostro in a white glove from the bride . this exciting two - night event also features never before seen special footage with creator comments
cagliostro : think of it as a bad turn of fate . i ' m a nice person , so i ' ll have him swallow you whole and make sure you don ' t suffer .
strange man : ma ' am . . . what would you say if i told you . . . that you look just like master cagliostro , the founder of alchemy ?
their escape leads them to the printing presses , where lupin and zenigata finally discover the source of the goat bills . zenigata wants to find evidence , but lupin points out they must escape first . they set the money and presses on fire as a distraction and steal the count ' s autogyro . however , when they attempt to return to rescue clarisse , lupin is shot and critically wounded . clarisse offers her ring to the count in exchange for lupin ' s life ; the count ' s attempt at betrayal is foiled when fujiko ' s quick actions lead to an escape for her , lupin , and zenigata .
cagliostro : you people . . . i see . so that ' s why the seal lifted . . .
cagliostro : ugh . . . just remembering the crap i used to go through pisses me off . . .
doctor strange uses several
time jumps
in its storytelling . we know it starts during the events of captain america : civil war , because war machine ' s spinal injury was one of the cases offered to strange while he was driving his lamborghini before it crashed . we also know it ends shortly before next year ' s thor : ragnarok . but the path it takes to get there is full of fits and starts . the first half of the film fast - forwards through several months of time from the car accident , strange ' s recovery , multiple attempts to regain the use of his hands , to finally his training at kamar - taj . then the movie shifts into a different mode .
in rare instances , cagliostro can become flustered with those she is close to . the main character can get options that allow them to carry cagliostro or pat her head , resulting in the alchemist becoming embarrassed . clarisse can achieve at making her blush as well by calling cagliostro her mentor . she tries to cover with the fake adorable girl act or with cold words , though it’s obvious that cagliostro was affected .
hurricane matthew may have done a number on your roof , but it ' s nothing compared to the chaos it wreaked on spooky empire . the annual horror convention had the bad luck to be scheduled for the very weekend that matthew hit the area , and ended up having to cancel with barely any notice . many attendees from out of town were stuck in their non - refundable hotel rooms , deprived of their planned photo ops , zombie walks and parties . it was a big blow to spooky , which is a labor of love run by a small cabal of horror fans who lack the deep pockets of , say , informa , the multinational corporation that owns megacon . luckily , most of the biggest names for the canceled october con are returning for this make - up date , including the
cagliostro : you have no intention of running away , i see . well then i won ' t hold back . . . hmm ?
a group of actors and actresses gather in a remote northeastern town to rehearse for a mysterious stage production , only to be plunged into a hellish world where their real lives mirror the grisly story of the play .
the creator of alchemy in the skydoms , cagliostro sought to achieve immortality , and in turn , discovered a way to swap out her body at regular intervals . an extreme narcissist capable of creating her ideal body at will , she created her current self in the pursuit of idealized cuteness . however , her attempts at matching it with an equally cute voice often leave something to be desired . cagliostro is supremely confident , which causes her to view others as incompetent buffoons . forever greedy in the ever - changing world around her , cagliostro pursues alchemic research with single - minded stoicism .
― five years ago , i wrote a column about some of the works of nobuyuki fukumoto , a manga artist sometimes affectionately called fkmt by his fans . it was a celebration of milestones like akagi and kaiji , and several . . .
cagliostro : heh . safe ? i wouldn ' t say that . the death you witnessed in there was real .
cagliostro : me with that doll in my arms . . . just imagine the picture it would paint . . .
lyria : i have to say , cagliostro . . . you ' re passionate about the strangest things . . .
one of the subtle messages of this movie seems to be that today ' s palermo is not much different from the palermo of 1947 . in many ways , of course , sicily has changed since 1947 . this movie offers some keen social commentary about the catholic church , the italian political establishment and the declining nobility as they then existed and , in a more updated guise , still do . in fact , there are some not - so - subtle references to living sicilians .
the most help he received in the sanctum was from the cloak of levitation , a magic cape that allowed him to fly but also seemed to have a mind of its own . not only did it protect him from kaecilius ' attacks , it directed him to that cage thing that immobilized the villain .
cagliostro : stupid hacks sure did a number on the cutest body in the word . ugh , walking around sick isn ' t what i signed up for .
in 1932 , sir joseph ' s son frank is about to abandon another expedition . we hear about the consequences of the 1921 incident : norton
died laughing , in a straitjacket .
the weird egyptian , ardath bey , arrives promising them the
most sensational find since that of tutankhamen . . . . i will show you where to dig
for the tomb of the princess ankh - es - en - amon . the archaeological findings are brought to the cairo museum , where the question of cairo keeping english findings arises ( ! ) and ardath bey acts weird :
i dislike to be touched - - an eastern prejudice .
: the mummy as mummy , the bandaged monster , appears only in the opening scene ; the
monstrosity
in this film is actually the horror of static obsession . we have light but ample evocations of necrophilia , which helen picks up on in frank ' s moronic comments about unsealing tombs and which seem repressed just below the surface of im - ho - tep ' s line about the
disgrace
:
they broke in upon me , and found me doing an unholy thing .
dropping into the roles of douglas / cagliostro like a tailor - made suit , englund uses his foreignness to distance douglas from the sicilian characters and his charisma to ironically bring the magician to life . only two other members of the cast , the amusingly well - cast burruano and scaldati , are professional actors , and it shows . as in their previous films , the directors prefer quick , satiric sketches to developed characters , a rather limiting carryover from their tv work .
( captain ) and company manage to chase out the imperial soldiers occupying the village .
( captain ) and company repel the agents and prepare to face the strange man .
she had the unfortunate experience of watching the empire steal away her sisters from her orphanage . so now she is determined to prevent other children from suffering .
imperial soldier : do whatever it takes to find it ! there ' s record of the founder staying here .
the party arrives at the village and finds imperial soldiers seeking research materials that cagliostro may have left behind in her heyday . she shouts obscenities at the imperial soldiers , angering them and causing them to attack .
cagliostro : what do you expect me to do but laugh ? dignity . . . for alchemists ? what sort of dignity can an alchemist have !
cagliostro : so there you have it . i ' m kinda done with the whole being - sealed - away thing .
cagliostro : i ' m not hiding anything from you . this is precisely how the world ' s cutest girl acts .
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holding on to yourself and not letting yourself become food is the primary life - denying negative act . you ' re stopping the flow ! and a yielding to the flow is the great mystery experience . . . . you , too , will be given in time .
at the root of this myth , then , is the demonstration that denial of death is an even worse death .
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doctor strange is the fourteenth movie produced by marvel studios , and in several of the thirteen that came before , we ' ve seen threats to the earth of a mystical nature . both thor films featured attacks on earth from other dimensions . a mystical being ( loki ) attacked earth with an alien army . then there are those pesky infinity stones that keep popping up ; including the one in doctor strange , we ' ve now encountered five of the six — and four of them have actually been on earth . and that doesn ' t even get into all of the supernatural stuff that regularly turns up on agents of s . h . i . e . l . d . , like ghost rider or the darkhold book .
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ladiva : ( no . calm down first . if you take this man on right now , you might not find out the location of the children . )
cagliostro : heh . . . spoken like an adorable little tyke . . .
lyria : but you ' re pretty well off now , cagliostro . . .
cagliostro : hehe . . . you speak if you actually had any dignity .
cagliostro : if those rivaling me in strength are really out there . . .
cagliostro masks a quick glance around her surroundings behind an affected but gleeful expression .
cagliostro : oh no . . . don ' t tell me . . .
cagliostro : seems like this one ' s not interested in separating those lips .
cagliostro : but it ' s just supposition . you don ' t have to—
emotionally , in the heat of the moment , it ' s understandable that he ' d want to take responsibility for her life himself . but not only does the notion of strange doing surgery at this time defy logic , it ' s probably illegal . consider the extent of his injuries after the car crash , and the many months of surgeries and healing that were required . add months of his searching for experimental cures . finally , we have to assume that he studied under the ancient one for another period of several months , although the astral plane and the mirror dimension and all that could have helped to condense his training time . even though it was mentioned that he was picking up sorcery remarkably fast , it was all told probably more than a year since he ' d last performed surgery . possibly a lot more .
katalina : this is surprising . . . i suppose your title as the founder of alchemy is no mere compliment .
― during trigger ' s industry panel before the ssss . gridman premiere at anime expo , hiromi wakabayashi emphasized the point of trigger ' s younger staff heading the show . akira amemiya ( dir . . .
the wedding appears to go on as planned with a drugged clarisse until lupin ' s
ghost
disrupts the ceremony . when the count calls down his guards , lupin manages to make off with clarisse and both rings . lupin and clarisse flee the count , a chase that ends on top of the castle clock tower . finally gaining the rings after knocking away lupin and clarisse , the count uses them on the clock tower ' s face as instructed by lupin , only to be crushed to death by the clocks hands as the mechanisms move to unveil the treasure .
ladiva was once a famed duelist who fought in the arena aboard the jewel resort casino .
cagliostro : now that you know my seal ' s been lifted , i ' m afraid all of you will have to bid farewell to this world .
his agents dispatched by ( captain ) ' s party , the strange man reveals that he , too , is an alchemist . anxious to bind cagliostro , the alchemist summons a golem and sends it against the party .
cagliostro : but this power would come at a cost . the day would come when i would have to follow their orders .
alchemist : yes , bonds and all they entail . . . we alchemists seek to preserve the dignity of the art and will stop at nothing to do so .
cagliostro : hehe ! course i did ; don ' t make me laugh ! but first i kind of want some proof that he ' s our guy .
cagliostro : sigh . . . i was only a little too late . . .
cagliostro : i ' ll punish you dearly now for underestimating me . prepare yourself !
cagliostro : wait , never mind that . . . yes ! here it is !
cagliostro : i was born terribly sick in a small village with no doctors around .
cagliostro : heh heh heh . . . some hopeless little brats just never learn .
cagliostro : if you want , i could theoretically make that happen for you too .
studio trigger enlists the help of inferno cop director akira amemiya to reboot tokusatsu series ssss gridman ( known to the us as superhuman samurai syber - squad ! ) , and they showed the first episode at anime expo 2018 .
cagliostro : heck if i know what they want . . . but they ' ve got another thing coming if they think the cutest girl in the world is gonna stand for this !
: originally , the story ( by nina wilcox putnam ; screenplay by richard schayer ) was to have involved boris karloff playing cagliostro , an egyptian magician whose immortality comes from his self - injections of nitrates and who kills all women who remind him of one who betrayed him , using even radio and television rays . the film would have been called
despite cagliostro’s often depraved behavior and immoral means of feeding her ever present hunger for knowledge , there is a caring and fiercely loyal side to her . after traveling with the crew for some time , cagliostro is willing to throw herself into harm’s way when lyria is in danger . when it comes to the main character , cagliostro also shields them from danger and threatens others with death should they betray them . those being only a couple examples of that behavior , cagliostro either doesn’t mention anything regarding it or plays it off by saying that she had an ulterior motive . it can be unclear whether this is the truth but as time goes on , cagliostro herself admits that she has grown soft and aids the crew when she doesn’t stand to gain anything . along those lines cagliostro holds deep affection for her family . she became enraged when the helmuth guild created lies about her sister , and is a strict but patient mentor to her niece , clarisse .
so why were those cities chosen ? we think it ' s likely they ' re built on lay lines , aka veins of mystical energy running beneath the earth . whether the cities already existed when agamotto built the sanctums , or the cities sprung up around the sanctums , is never explained , but either explanation could logically fit .
cagliostro : well then i ' ll look into it and tell you everything i learn .
cagliostro : hehehe . . . as if you ' d stand a chance against me .