Guest House Paradiso
Directed by	Ade Edmondson
Produced by	Phil McIntyre
Written by	Rik Mayall Ade Edmondson
Starring	Rik Mayall Adrian Edmondson Vincent Cassel Hélène Mahieu Bill Nighy Simon Pegg Fenella Fielding Lisa Palfrey Kate Ashfield Steve O'Donnell Sophia Myles Emma Pierson James D'Arcy Kate Loustau
Distributed by	Universal
Running time	89 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£3,000,000
IMDb profile

Guest House Paradiso is a 1999 comedy slapstick movie, starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, and directed by Edmondson. It is based on their comedy television series Bottom. The key difference in the characters is in their names: Rik's character, known as "Richard Richard" in the TV show, is here referred to as "Richard Twat" (although he regularly and angrily insists on the pronunciation "Thwaite"). Ade's character changes from "Edward Elizabeth Hitler" in the TV/Live show to "Edward Elizabeth Ndingo-m'baba". Image File history File links Guest_house_paradiso. ... Adrian Edmondson Adrian Edmondson (sometimes credited as Ade Edmondson, born 24 January 1957 in Bradford, Yorkshire, Britain) is a British actor, comedian, director, and writer who gained fame as Vyvyan in The Young Ones in the early 1980s. ... Richard Michael Rik Mayall (born 7 March 1958) is an English comedian and actor. ... Adrian Edmondson Adrian Edmondson (sometimes credited as Ade Edmondson, born 24 January 1957 in Bradford, Yorkshire, Britain) is a British actor, comedian, director, and writer who gained fame as Vyvyan in The Young Ones in the early 1980s. ... Richard Michael Rik Mayall (born 7 March 1958) is an English comedian and actor. ... Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, director and writer. ... Vincent Cassel (born November 23, 1966) is a French actor. ... Bill Nighy (IPA: ; born December 12, 1949) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning English actor. ... Simon John Pegg (born 14 February 1970 in Gloucester) is an English comedian, writer and film and television actor. ... Fenella Fielding (born November 17, circa 1930) is an English-born actress. ... Lisa Palfrey is a Welsh television actress best known for playing the character of Rhiannedd Frost in the Welsh soap Pobol y Cwm. ... Kate Ashfield (born 5 January 1972) is an award-winning English actress best-known for co-starring in the 2004 movie Shaun of the Dead. ... Steve ODonnell (or Stephen, or Steven) may refer to: Steve ODonnell, television writer (Late Night with David Letterman, The Simpsons, Seinfeld) Steve ODonnell, television and film actor (The Comic Strip Presents. ... Sophia Myles (IPA: ) (born March 18, 1980) is an English film and television actress. ... Emma Pierson (born 30 April 1981 in Plymouth, Devon) is a British actress. ... James DArcy is an English actor. ... This article is about the American media conglomerate. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article is about the year. ... For other uses, see Slapstick (disambiguation). ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Richard Michael Rik Mayall (born 7 March 1958) is an English comedian and actor. ... Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, director and writer. ... Bottom was a British sitcom (aka britcom) of the early 1990s (and later a series of stage shows) written by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. ... Bottom was a British sitcom of the early 1990s (and later a series of stage shows) written by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. ...

The film was made on the Isle of Wight. For other uses, see Isle of Wight (disambiguation). ...

Story

Richie (Rik Mayall) and Eddie (Ade Edmondson) run the worst guest house in the United Kingdom, neighbouring a nuclear power station (the plant is probably a parody of Sellafield as a radiation leak happens during the film). The chef is an idiotic drunkard (who, as it happens is also an illegal immigrant) who can't cook and eventually leaves due to his lack of payment, the guests are totally unsatisfied (one of them played by Bill Nighy) due to the lack of service such as waiters etc, and so they all decide to leave, except for "Mrs Foxfur" (Fenella Fielding) who lives there. Richard Michael Rik Mayall (born 7 March 1958) is an English comedian and actor. ... Adrian Edmondson Adrian Edmondson (sometimes credited as Ade Edmondson, born 24 January 1957 in Bradford, Yorkshire, Britain) is a British actor, comedian, director, and writer who gained fame as Vyvyan in The Young Ones in the early 1980s. ... This article is about applications of nuclear fission reactors as power sources. ... The Sellafield facility on the Cumbrian coast, United Kingdom Sellafield is the name of a nuclear site, close to the village and railway station of Seascale, operated by Sellafield Ltd, but owned since 1 April 2005 by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. ... For other uses, see Chef (disambiguation). ... Bill Nighy (IPA: ; born December 12, 1949) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning English actor. ... A waiter in a resort setting A waiter is one who waits on tables, often at a restaurant or a bar. ... Fenella Fielding (born November 17, circa 1930) is an English-born actress. ...

The most famous scene in the film, and the most violent, is Richie and Eddie's fight in the kitchen, from smacking each other's heads in the fridge door, Richie putting meat hooks up Eddie's nose and crashing him about the place, to Eddie crushing Richie's testicles with (appropriately) a nutcracker. For other uses, see Violence (disambiguation). ... Fridge redirects here. ... Look up testes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A variety of nutcrackers A nutcracker consists of a mechanical device for cracking nuts. ...

Life seems bleak for Eddie and Richie, but things seemingly improve with the arrival of the "Nice family", with Simon Pegg playing the father. Furthermore, the famous Italian actress "Gina Carbonara" (Helene Mahieu) comes to stay in the grotty house seeking safety from her ill-tempered Fiancee (played by French actor Vincent Cassel), although her fiancee does eventually find her and arrives at the guest house near the end of the film. Simon John Pegg (born 14 February 1970 in Gloucester) is an English comedian, writer and film and television actor. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Vincent Cassel (born November 23, 1966) is a French actor. ...

Further on in the movie Richie finds some fish, which fell off a lorry heading away from the nuclear power station (the fish were contaminated by a radiation leak and were to be destroyed), whilst running over Eddie's head. Richie and Eddie don't realise that the fish were contaminated until they feed them to the guests. Hours later the guests are expelling huge quantities of green vomit at high velocity - all except for Gina Carbonara who is apparently the only guest who did not eat the fish. In the resulting chaos, Gina's violent boyfriend is propelled out of a window into the sea by a tidal wave of vomit from the rest of the guests and presumably drowned. For other uses, see Fish (disambiguation). ... Emesis redirects here. ...

Agents from the secret service arrive to hush up the incident and give Eddie and Richie a suitcase containing ten million pounds in exchange for Richie's Porn and a second case containing new identities for the duo and Gina and first class tickets to the Caribbean, In exchange for Eddie's booze. They reluctantly accept, and head to the Caribbean Because of both the secrecy of secret services and the controversial nature of the issues involved, there is some difficulty in separating the definitions of secret service, secret police, intelligence agency etc. ... West Indies redirects here. ... West Indies redirects here. ...

Trivia

• Featured an early appearance by Sophia Myles, who went on to star in Thunderbirds[1], Tristan & Isolde[2] and Doctor Who (2006).
• Film debut for Simon Pegg, who would later star in the cult films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.

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Quotations

Richie: Did you have a shower?
(Bill Nighy's character): Actually the water was cold.
Richie: Good grief, we are British, you know. We invented cold showers; to stop people masturbating!
(Couple walk off)
Richie: Oh! So perhaps that's why you're so upset about the (louder) lack of hot water! (Discreetly and whispering to himself) Yes!
Bill Nighy (IPA: ; born December 12, 1949) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning English actor. ...

Eddie: What's wrong Rich?
Richie (after being burned in the eye with a candle): Candle in the eye!
Eddie: What?
Richie: Candle in the eye!
Eddie: Righto! (shoves the candle into Ritchie's other eye)

Mr. Johnson: Look, Mr Twat...
Richie: It's pronounced Thwaite!
Mr. Johnson: Well it's spelt twat. (Pointing to letters on nametag) T.W.A.T. TWAT!
Richie: Would you keep your voice down!? We do have normal guests as well!

Mrs. Johnson: Can I ask where your eggs come from?
Richie: Hen's vaginas.

Richie: Pheeb. One boiled egg.
Eddie: Hang on, I'll write it down.
Richie: No, don't write it down. Just remember it.
Eddie: Okay...How do you spell egg?

Richie: (Rips off a piece of paper and hands it to Eddie) Look, here's the order, now copy that and cook it.
Eddie: But, it'll taste all papery.

External links

• Guest House Paradiso at the Internet Movie Database