Isobel named her firstborn child in her grandmothers honour. Overview of great mcgonagall, the, 1974, directed by joseph mcgrath, with spike milligan, peter sellers, julia foster, at turner classic movies. The great mcgonagall film, a 1974 british comedy film about mcgonagall. Though mcgonagalls solicitations are rejected by the queen, it doesnt stop the turgid prose, and pathos, from overflowing as mcgonagall hilariously attempts to become the greatest poet in the land. Prime members enjoy free twoday delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, tv shows, original audio series, and kindle books. The great mcgonagall 1975 film complet en francais a 20170427t18.
Twelve times that professor mcgonagall proved to us all that she is the greatest character in the harry potter series. See the full list of the great mcgonagall cast and crew including actors, directors. Buy poetic gems to enjoy mcgonagall, and buy the wrong box and the party and dr. Potentially amusing material comes to grief as the film fails to find an appropriate visual style for milligans predominantly verbal humour. This film, from 1974, spends some 85 minutes getting nowhere. Aug 26, 2015 master minerva mcgonagall owner minerva mcgonagall additional details mcgonagalls wand was particularly well suited to her magical abilities. Mcgonagall makes it sound like she is going to reprimand harry, but, instead, she throws everyone in a loop and offers him a biscuit instead. The great mcgonagall 1974, directed by joseph mcgrath film. Biography of obscure scottish poet, william mcgonagall. Sellers heads the cast list but in fact, as queen victoria, has very little to do or say. She is best known as deputy headmistress of hogwarts and parttime tabby cat, but there is more to learn about professor minerva mcgonagall. Mcgonagall might have a better chance of accomplishing this if he had any talent, but he is hilariously inept. Minerva mcgonagalls dress robes from harry potter and the goblet of fire.
Anyone who remembers with affection radios goon show will immediately recognise the style of humour which launched spike and peters careers, complete with some of the most familiar voice characterisations. An outofwork scottish weaver spike milligan wants to be queen victorias peter sellers poet laureate. The plot is abandoned somewhere in the middle of the film in favor of a series of. Dress up as the great transforming hogwarts teacher with this complete professor mcgonagall costume tutorial and overview for fans of harry potter. We sell over half a million new and used cds, dvds, blurays, games and vinyl, spanning all kinds of genres and consoles, with prices starting from just. The great mcgonagall 1974, directed by joseph mcgrath. Though mcgonagall s solicitations are rejected by the queen, it doesnt stop the turgid prose, and pathos, from overflowing as.
She was the grandmother of isobel mcgonagall nee ross and the greatgrandmother of. His talent made him a sort of victorian chris evans but without the cash. After moving about a bit in scotland, looking for work, the family settled in dundee, sometime in the late thirties. Wands made from the fir tree work very well for transfiguration, which is where mcgonagall excelled and was the class she eventually taught at hogwarts. The film premiere at the abc in bloomsbury in london is being remembered exactly 45 years since it got off to a. It is mostly about spike milligan in goon show mode, but that show would last a little under 30 minutes during which it had strong support from the rest of established goons. Unfortunately the whole of the rest of the world disagreed. Must be agreat movie, as since it arrived its been on a stack of other unwatched movies i havent watched yet that are also great, like black swan and the pat. It is a humorous biopic of the scottish poet william mcgonagall that includes several. This is the perfect accessory for making your favorite witch look just like her favorite character from the harry potter series. Buy the complete mcgonagall new impression by william mcgonagall isbn. William topaz mcgonagall, the worlds greateset poet.
If youre looking for something new to listen to, watch or play, look no further than the musicmagpie store. A few moments of inspired milligan, but mostly something of a drag. This cult british comedy is set in victorian britain and depicts an unemployed scottish weaver who decides to devote his life to poetry. The interrogator from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. Others before mcgonagall, much abler men, have tried in vain in scotland to make a living by peddling their verses. Alexander wilson, who subsequently became the great american ornithologist, for instance. Mcgonagall was born in 1830 in edinburgh, of irish emigre parents. The great mcgonagall is a 1974 british comedy film directed by joseph mcgrath and starring spike milligan in the title role, peter sellers as queen victoria and julia foster as mrs mcgonagall.
Spike milligan, peter sellers, julia foster, john bluthal, victor spinetti, valentine dyall, julian chagrin, clifton jones, charlie. The ever intrepid sandy khan shared the following item with the newsletter and for which i am extremely glad, as its awesome. The great mcgonagall is a film directed by joseph mcgrath with spike milligan. See the full list of the great mcgonagall cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.
What it is, is nothing more than a visual goon show. The great mcgonagall 1975 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. With spike milligan, peter sellers, julia foster, john bluthal. She did this because she missed her family and the magical community, which she had to leave behind when she married a muggle man. The great mcgonagall is a 1974 british comedy film directed by joseph mcgrath and starring spike milligan in the title role, peter sellers as queen victoria and. Watch the great mcgonagall, the british comedy by joseph. I love peter sellers and william mcgonagall and i was really looking forward to the movie, but it was surreally bad, lame, weird, dumb, and almost entirely unfunny.
That matchless british farceur spike milligan stars in the great mcgonagall. The great mcgonagall william topaz mcgonagall, the worlds greateset poet. Mcgonagall would have been exceedingly glad to have had a tenth of what they earn. Poor spike, illserved by the cinema, here an attempt to get the lunacy of the q series on celluloid goes awry. The data is only saved locally on your computer and never transferred to us.
Minerva mcgonagallharry potter film series played by maggie smith maggie smith as professor minerva mcgonagall, harry potter and the goblet of fire, 2005 minerva mcgonagalll at the yule ball dame maggie smith. Jul 16, 2018 the great wizarding war official trailer snape and the marauders sequel. Dec 20, 2007 the great mcgonagall reminds me of the worst examples of charity telethon comedy, where the cast and crew are performing to please themselves rather than to entertain the audience. Sep 23, 2015 say what you want about albus dumbledore and harry potter being the best characters to walk the halls of hogwarts. In the new york times, richard eder wrote the great mcgonagall, which opened yesterday at the cinema village, is endearing, and parts of it are lovely and hilarious. The great mcgonagall 1975 william topaz mcgonagall, the worlds greateset poet. Mar 12, 2011 sadly the great mcgonagall was all but buried on its original release.
Apr 15, 20 the interrogator from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. A direct sequel to our harry potter fan film severus snape and the marauders. The great mcgonagall was the seventh in a string of flops for sellers, whose career improved with his next film the return of the pink panther 1975. The great mcgonagall 1975 film complet en francais hd. Duration 95 minutes release date 1974 laugh track none broadcast details last repeat.
Revuetype sketches inspired by the life of william mcgonagall, the 19th century scot and selfstyled poet who wrote verse not unlike milligan. In episode of season 2 of the canadian tv series murdoch mysteries, a murder victim is holding a copy of a book entitled the collected works of william topaz mcgonagall. Maggie smith full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. It was produced and financed by the selfstyled king of sexploitation david grant, who having insisted on some totally pointless nudity in a couple of scenes wrote the film off as tax loss. William topaz mcgonagall spike milligan is an unemployed scottish weaver who decides to devote his life to poetry. William mcgonagall, a scottish poet often known by this name. The great mcgonagall william topaz mcgonagall spike milligan is an unemployed scottish weaver who decides to devote his life to poetry. Minerva mcgonagall is portrayed by british actress dame maggie smith in the film adaptations of harry potter and the philosophers stone, chamber of secrets, prisoner of azkaban, goblet of fire, order of the phoenix, halfblood prince and in deathly hallows. A 1974 movie called the great mcgonagall starred spike milligan as a fictionalised william mcgonagall. The great mcgonagall 1974 an outofwork scottish weaver spike milligan wants to be queen victorias peter sellers poet laureate. Professor mcgonagall, harry potter and the deathly hallows. Falling in love with queen victoria played by peter sellers he donates his major poetic works to her and, despite many rejections, dreams of one day becoming poet laureate.
Spike plays the eponymous hero of the movie, the great mcgonagall, the. The story concerns indigent scotsman william mcgonagall, who aspires to become poet laureate of great britain. First and foremost it must be said that this is not a biopic of william mcgonagall. The carol burnett show official recommended for you. The great poets william mcgonagall delphi classics.
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