2012 - Dir.: John Madden
Shown at The FeckenOdeon on 29th September, 2012
The credits say that this film is based on the book "These Foolish Things" by Deborah Moggach. If fact, apart from the basic premise of a hotel for retired ex-pats in India, the two have little in common. The main character in the book has disappeared and the tone has been lightened to make it an exercise in that peculiarly British film genre - whimsy.
Whimsy
: 1) A Light or Fanciful Notion; 2) A Quaint or Unusual idea
The FeckenOdeon can be said to be a whimsical enterprise and many of the films we’ve shown over the years can be classified as whimsical. The much loved Ealing Comedies were classics of whimsy and their influence and style has never been forgotten by British film makers. For decades British character actors have enjoyed portraying quaint folk - Irene Handl, Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellers via Arthur Lowe, Eric Sykes, Peter Butterworth… and ending up with the magnificent collection of national treasures on our screen tonight. Admittedly today’s quaint characters are a lot grander that those of yore - great Shakespeareans and classicists abound - but the net result is a great joy. Quaint, light, fanciful and fun - but always with that bitter-sweet hint of truth.
Before you ask....Celia Imrie is 60, Bill Nighy is 63, Tom Wilkinson is 64, Penelope Wilton is 66, Ronald Pickup is 72, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench are both 78 - and Dev Patel is just 22 years old The outdoor scenes in India were filmed in Jaipur and Udaipur in Rajasthan.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is actually Ravla Khempur, a charming rural palace hotel in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, about an hour outside the spectacular lakeside city of Udaipur. With a history dating from the early 17th Century, the palace was once famed for its stud of fine Marwari horses and is still home to dancing stallions which perform when requested in front of the magnificent turreted building.
Before you ask....Celia Imrie is 60, Bill Nighy is 63, Tom Wilkinson is 64, Penelope Wilton is 66, Ronald Pickup is 72, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench are both 78 - and Dev Patel is just 22 years old The outdoor scenes in India were filmed in Jaipur and Udaipur in Rajasthan.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is actually Ravla Khempur, a charming rural palace hotel in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, about an hour outside the spectacular lakeside city of Udaipur. With a history dating from the early 17th Century, the palace was once famed for its stud of fine Marwari horses and is still home to dancing stallions which perform when requested in front of the magnificent turreted building.
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