Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
Gender: Muzical
Director: Philip Saville
Date of release: 25 Apr 1966
Description
The Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse London and Broadway musical hit Stop the World, I Want to Get Off is given literal treatment in this filmization. Newley stars as Littlechap, whose allegorical rise to success is countered by the instability of his private life. Like the play, the film is staged impressionistically, with Newley decked out in mime makeup and periodically stopping the action to address the audience, and with all the women in his life -- German, American and "Typically English" -- played by a single actress (Millicent Martin, taking over from the stage version's Anna Quayle). In Wizard of Oz fashion, the play itself is lensed in color, while the brief prologue, showing the actors preparing for their performance, is in black-and-white. The production includes such standards (and perennial audition pieces) as What Kind of Fool Am I? and Gonna Build a Mountain.Extra
Runtime | 100 minute |
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Producer | Warner Bros. |
Language | English |
Themes | musical based on play or musical |
Actors | Millicent Martin Valerie Croft Leila Croft Tony Tanner Neil Hawley |
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