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Comedy film

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1 The greatest successes, however, came with the films of the Monty Python team, including ________ (1971), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) and Monty Python's Life of Brian in 1979.

2 A number of French comedians were also able to find an English speaking audience in the '50s, including Fernandel and ________.

3 The British film industry produced a number of highly successful film series, however, including the Doctor series, the St. Trinian's films and the increasingly bawdy ________.

4 Screwball comedies, such as produced by ________, exhibited a pleasing, idealized climate that portrayed reassuring social values and a certain optimism about everyday life.

5 ________

6 One of the major developments of the 1990s was the re-emergence of the romantic comedy film, encouraged by the success of ________ in 1989.

7 Examples of these films include ________, The Princess Bride, Night at the Museum, Groundhog Day, Click and Shrek.

8 Another example of an Action Comedy is Pineapple Express, in which ________ takes on a more action oriented role than usual, while still retaining a humorous aspect to the movie.

9 They usually included a degree of social comment, and featured ensemble casts which often included ________ or Stanley Holloway.

10 But serious black comedies (also known as dramatic comedies or dramedies) were performing also well, such as The Weather Man, ________ and Shopgirl.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the comedy film House!, called an "Ealing-style light comedy", tells the story of how an aged bingo hall deals with the encroachment of an international conglomerate?
  • the comedy film Skills Like This, created by a first-time director, won the award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2007 South by Southwest film festival?
  • the first feature film of director Paul Verhoeven is Business Is Business, a 1971 comedy film about two prostitutes in Amsterdam?
  • the upcoming comedy film Hamlet 2 was the top purchase at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival placing it second behind the US$10.5 million record set by Little Miss Sunshine at the festival in 2006?
  • the 2008 Hindi comedy film C Kkompany marks the directorial debut of scriptwriter Sachin Yardi?
  • the 1985 comedy film Head Office has established stars such as Danny DeVito starring in roles that are little more than bit parts?
  • part of the 1975 comedy film Linda Lovelace for President was shot on the campus of the University of Kansas?
  • several private homes in the Los Cerritos neighborhood of Long Beach, California have been used in movies, including depicting the Bueller family's Chicago home in the 1986 comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
  • the 2008 teen comedy film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist was Lorene Scafaria's ninth screenplay but first novel adaptation?
  • the 1983 rock and roll comedy film Get Crazy was a tribute to the famed Fillmore East theater, where director Allan Arkush once worked as an usher?
  • Fun Little Movies is the first United States company to produce comedy films to play on mobile phones worldwide?
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