The Tall Guy

The Tall Guy (OT: The Tall Guy ) is a romantic comedy from 1989 The film was the directorial debut of Mel Smith.. Richard Curtis When writing the screenplay had incorporated his experiences from many years of cooperation with Rowan Atkinson.

The film includes cameos from Melvyn Bragg and Jonathan Ross.

Action

Main character and narrator is Dexter King, an American actor who works in London and Camden Town platonic lives with his "educated, charming ... nymphomaniac " landlady. He has been playing for six years the boobies in the long Doppelconférence The Tall Guy in the Ron Anderson plays the main role.

Because of his chronic hay fever investigated Dexter to a doctor where he meets the nurse Kate and quickly falls in love with her.

Shortly afterwards, Dexter is fired from Ron. After a role in a new play by Steven Berkoff is denied because of " lack of Wrath" him first, Dexter gets the starring role in a new musical by the Royal Shakespeare Company, the one based on The Elephant - a wicked parody of the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber songs like He's Packing His trunk and a finale that ends with the words: " Somewhere up in heaven there's an angel with big ears"

During rehearsals Dexter succumbs to the advances of a married Mitdarstellerin. On the opening night of the new musical, Kate rhymes of evidence together that Dexter has an affair and leaves him.

After a televised ceremony in which his former boss Ron seems now to be with Kate, are Dexter, just before the curtain rises, its role in Elephant! on and is planning a passionate appeal to Kate to take him back. Dexter captures Ron in his dressing room and steals his car, to explain Kate on the busy hospital ward his case. Kate finally gives him a second chance.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack includes Siffres Labi It Must Be Love, played by Madness. In the film there is a montage in which several characters sing this song, including a cameo of Madness singer Suggs. More titles are Let the Heartaches Begin ( Long John Baldry ), Heartbreak Hotel ( Sam Williams), Breaking Up Is Hard to Do and Crying in the Rain (both from Phil Pope).

Alternative Version

There are substantial differences between the American edition of the film and the original version, including cut and replaced scenes and crosstalk of British slang and pop culture references. Thus, for example, in the scene in which John Inman reads the nominees of the theater awards, called instead of the British, three American actor.

Criticism

" A lively, sometimes somewhat brittle comedy, imaginative and fun dialogues, although some fail biting swipes too tasteless. "

1989 in film Paul Webster (producer) Film score Adrian Biddle London Borough of Camden Labi Siffre Madness (band) Film editing Cameo appearance
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