Death at a Funeral (2007)

Regisseur:

Frank Oz

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Dean Craig (written by)

Premierendatum:

11. Juli 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Komödie

Werbezeile:

From director Frank Oz comes the story of a family that puts the F U in funeral.

Plot:

Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.

Plot Keywords:

Aunt | Funeral | Mother Son Relationship | Cousin Cousin Relationship | Corpse

Filmpreise:

2 wins

Nutzerkommentare:

Nearly Died Laughing

Besetzung

Matthew Macfadyen	...	Daniel (as Matthew MacFadyen)
Keeley Hawes	...	Jane
Andy Nyman	...	Howard
Ewen Bremner	...	Justin
Daisy Donovan	...	Martha
Alan Tudyk	...	Simon Smith
Jane Asher	...	Sandra
Kris Marshall	...	Troy
Rupert Graves	...	Robert
Peter Vaughan	...	Uncle Alfie
Thomas Wheatley	...	Reverend Davis
Peter Egan	...	Victor
Peter Dinklage	...	Peter
Brendan O'Hea	...	Undertaker
Jeremy Booth	...	Mourner

Alternativ:

Sterben für Anfänger (Deutschland)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and drug content.

Länge:

90 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | Deutschland | UK | Netherlands

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

France:U | South Korea:15 | Germany:6 | Taiwan:R-12 | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-7 | UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | Sweden:Btl | USA:R (certificate # 43149) | Australia:M | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:6 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13

Drehorte:

Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Firma:

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment

Dies und das:

Filmed in seven weeks.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Simon gets out of the bathroom window he is completely naked, but moments later he appears in the same position leaning over to spit and you can see the edge of his underwear at the bottom right of the screen.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Daniel: [giving instructions to the pallbearers] Just, uh, straight through there and to the left, please.

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Soundtrack:

Love our Time Today

Nearly Died Laughing

I went to this screening expecting it to be a serious movie -- you don't expect to be laughing at a movie with both "Death" and "Funeral" in the title -- but this film was hilarious! It wasn't just me -- the theater was full of people screaming with laughter and clapping at various moments.

Alan Tudyk is hilarious every moment he is on screen. Finally this underrated actor has gotten a good-sized part where he can show off his comedy skills.

Most of the actors are British and I did not recognize them, but they were excellent.

One I recognized was Jane Asher (she was Paul McCartney's girlfriend in the 60s -- he shoulda married her -- she's still alive and she's not a gold-digger). She plays the very composed widow here. (Oddly she has fewer creases on her face than her middle-aged sons.)

This film reminded me a bit of "Four Weddings and a Funeral", but even more of those British madcap black comedies of the 60s with Alec Guinness or Peter Sellers.