The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
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Directed by	Christopher Monger
Produced by	Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Sarah Curtis Sally Hibbin Robert Jones Scott Maitland Paul Sarony
Written by	Ivor Monger
Starring	Hugh Grant Ian McNeice Tara Fitzgerald Colm Meaney Kenneth Griffith
Music by	Stephen Endelman
Cinematography	Vernon Layton
Editing by	David Martin
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date(s)	May, 1995 (Cannes Film Festival) May 12, 1995 August 4, 1995 October 26, 1995 January 11, 1996 May 11, 1996
Running time	99 min.
Country	UK
Language	English
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Details

The movie is based on a story heard by Christopher Monger from his grandfather about the real village of Taff's Well (Ffynnon Taf in Welsh), Cardiff, Wales and its neighbouring Garth Mountain. Due to 20th century urbanisation of the area, it was filmed in the more rural Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant in mid Wales. Taffs Well is a village located just north of the City of Cardiff in South Wales, United Kingdom. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Cardiff (English:  Welsh: ) is the capital of Wales and its largest city. ... Motto: (Welsh for Wales forever) Anthem: (Welsh for Land of My Fathers) Capital Cardiff (Caerdydd) Largest city Cardiff (Caerdydd) Official language(s) Welsh, English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification    - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056... View of The Garth Mountain Garth Hill (also called Garth Mountain) is a mountain located in South Wales. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant is a village in Powys, Wales, lying on the River Rhaeadr by the Berwyn Mountains. ...

Plot

The movie is set in 1917 (with World War I in the background) and revolves around two English cartographers, the pompous Garrad and his junior Anson, who arrive at the fictional Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw (Rough Fountain in Welsh) to measure its "mountain" - only to cause outrage when they conclude that it is only a hill because it is slightly short of the required 1000 feet. The villagers, aided and abetted by the wily Morgan the Goat and Reverend Jones (who after initially opposing the scheme, grasps its symbolism in restoring the community's war-damaged self-esteem), conspire with Anson to delay the cartographers' departure while they build an earth cairn on top of the hill to make it high enough to be considered a mountain. Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz... Cartography is the study of map making and cartographers are map makers. ... Motto: (Welsh for Wales forever) Anthem: (Welsh for Land of My Fathers) Capital Cardiff (Caerdydd) Largest city Cardiff (Caerdydd) Official language(s) Welsh, English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification    - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056... A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... The panoramic view from Connors Hill, near Swifts Creek, Victoria A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain, in a limited area. ... One of many cairns marking British mass graves at the site of the Battle of Isandlwana. ...

In regard to its humorous and affectionate description of the locals, the movie has often been compared with Waking Ned Devine, an Irish comedy film written and directed by Kirk Jones. Waking Ned a. ...

Cast

• Hugh Grant as Reginald Anson
• Ian McNeice as George Garrad
• Tara Fitzgerald as Betty
• Colm Meaney as Morgan the Goat
• Kenneth Griffith as Reverend Robert Jones

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born September 9, 1960 in London, England) is an English actor. ... McNeice as Vladimir Harkonnen in the Sci-Fi Channels Dune miniseries Ian McNeice (born October 2, 1950 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK) is an internationally known English television and movie actor. ... Tara Fitzgerald (born September 18, 1967 in Sussex) is an English actress most widely known for her film roles in Sirens (opposite Hugh Grant) and the 1996 film Brassed Off. ... Colm Meaney as Miles OBrien Colm J. Meaney ( or , a variant of Callum; born May 30, 1953 in Dublin, Ireland) is an actor widely known for his role as Miles OBrien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Kenneth Griffith (October 12, 1921 – June 25, 2006) was a Welsh actor and documentary film-maker. ...

Excerpt

One of the most obscure jokes in the film occurs when a mechanic is asked about a nondescript broken part he has removed from a car, and replies "I don't know what you call it in English, but in Welsh we call it a bechingalw". Bechingalw means "whatjumacallit". Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...

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• See also Garth Mountain