Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher
| Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher | |
|---|---|
 A scene from the film where Paul Pennyfeather (Robin Phillips) meets and falls under the spell of an immensely rich society beauty who visits the school at which he teaches on sports day. | |
| Directed by | John Krish |
| Written by | Ivan Foxwell Alan Hackney Hugh Whitemore |
| Produced by | Ivan Foxwell |
| Starring | Robin Phillips Donald Wolfit Geneviève Page Felix Aylmer Colin Blakely |
| Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
| Edited by | Archie Ludski |
| Music by | Ron Goodwin |
Production company | Ivan Foxwell Productions |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,970,000 |
Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher is a 1968 British comedy film directed by John Krish and starring Robin Phillips, Geneviève Page and Donald Wolfit.[1] It is an adaptation of the novel Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh.
The film was made with a budget of $1,970,000.[2]
Plot summary
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Paul Pennyfeather is an Oxford divinity student who finds himself expelled after a gang of drunken freshmen remove his pants and he is accused of exposing himself to a girl. Looking for work, he retains the services of an unsavory employment agency that secures a position for him at a sleazy Welsh boarding school for boys, presided over by the colourful Dr. Fagan. On staff at the school are an assortment of distasteful screwballs; Mr. Prendergast is a withdrawn former clergyman; Captain Grimes is a one-legged two-timer with his eye on Fagan's daughter, Flossie; and Soloman Philbrick is an undercover criminal posing as Fagan's butler.
Cast
- Robin Phillips as Paul Pennyfeather
- Donald Wolfit as Doctor Augustus Fagan
- Geneviève Page as Margot Beste-Chetwynde
- Colin Blakely as Solomon Philbrick
- Felix Aylmer as Judge
- Robert Harris as Prendergast
- Leo McKern as Captain Grimes
- Patrick Magee as Maniac
- Donald Sinden as Prison Governor
- Griffith Jones as Sir Humphrey Maltravers
- Paul Rogers as Chief Warder
- Rodney Bewes as Arthur Potts
- Patience Collier as Flossie Fagan
- Kenneth Griffith as Mr Church
Box Office
According to Fox records the film required $3,100,000 in rentals to break even and by 11 December 1970 had made $1,475,000 so made a loss to the studio.[3]
References
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | Decline and Fall (1968)". British Film Institute. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p255
- ^ Silverman, Stephen M (1988). The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. L. Stuart. p. 328.
External links
- Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher at IMDb
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- Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher at the TCM Movie Database
- Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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