Main specs
Actor(s): John Rhys Davies, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman, Diana Quick, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Connie Booth, Brian Glover, Mark Frankel, Janet Suzman, Gina Bellman, Maryam D'Abo, David De Keyser, Julie Walters, Alec McCowen, Shirley Stelfox
Director(s): Anand Tucker, Gary Sinyor, Vadim Jean, Terry Jones
Genre: Comedy
Classification: 18 years and over
Production Year: 1988
Running Time: 4 hours 48 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: In 'Wilt' Henry Wilt is a teacher of liberal studies to students on day-release from the nearby pie factory. His night-time fantasies are full of ways in which to murder his bossy wife Eva. In 'Leon The Pig Farmer' a young Jewish estate agent suffers an identity crisis when he discovers that his real father is a Yorkshire pig farmer. 'Personal Services' is a riotous comedy which takes a look behind the scenes at the sex-life of the British. The story was inspired by the life of Cynthia Payne, the notorious Madam, who was cleared by the courts of brothel keeping.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): ITV DVD; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 20/10/2003
No of Discs: 3
Catalogue No: 37115 05673
Barcode: 5037115056733
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo English
Special Features: Interviews with Mel Smith & Griff Rhys Jones - Stars, Unseen Footage, WILT Featurette, Director's Commentary, BAFTA Nominated Short Film THE UNKINDEST CUT
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DVD Description
Three classic cult comedies bound up in one box.
WILT:
The popular comedy duo Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith star in this comedy based on the Tom Sharpe novel. Henry Wilt (Jones) is a lecturer who is under the thumb of his domineering wife. Wilt lands himself in hot water when he makes a fool of himself at a party with an inflatable doll, which he later buries on a building site. Unfortunately, Wilt's wife has also gone missing and the local police--led by Inspector Flint (Smith)--are convinced that it was a real body that Wilt was hiding.
PERSONAL SERVICES:
A seemingly conservative woman and her clientele of kinky connoisseurs become daily tabloid sensations when it's discovered that her suburban brothel caters to some of Great Britain's elite. Members of Parliament, diplomats, judges, bankers, and even men of the cloth are all caught with their pants down in England's scandal of the decade.
LEON TH EPIG FARMER:
Leon (Mark Frankel), a young Jewish Londoner, quits his job at an uncouth real estate firm and begins to work part-time for his mother's catering company. On a delivery to a local sperm bank, he discovers that he is the product of a botched artificial insemination and his father's sperm was confused with that of a northern pig farmer. His family is disconsolate over the news, so Leon decides to go up to Yorkshire to meet his biological dad. The farmer and his wife are thrilled to learn that they have a son; they quickly make an effort to integrate his Jewish culture with their own, learning certain key Yiddish expressions and how to cook kosher food. Even so, Leon does not take easily to farm life. When he mistakenly injects sheep semen into a pig, however, Leon creates a stir by creating what might be the first ever kosher pig. He escapes with the animal to London, where both of his families meet and exchange "cultural dialogue." (Not to be confused with LEON, THE PROFESSIONAL.)
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