Join internationally respected artist Alwyn Crawshaw on a fabulous cruise on board the ... more
elegant Saga Rose.Alwyn joins the ship in Jordan and cruises down the Red Sea to Egypt, then up through the Suez Canal to Israel. Finally, he crosses the Mediterrane...
Advantages: Very original, surreal and funny show. Disadvantages: Could be shorter
I only came across ?Cruise of the Gods? when I became addicted to Little Britain (as a lot of us did, during the far superior first series), I just started searching for other comedies featuring David Walliams and Matt Lucas. This was one of the few DVD?s that I found, and it especially drew my attention because Rob Brydon co-starred (who I had been watching on the fantastic ?The Keith Barret Show?). I had missed it when it had aired in 2002, so I was going to take a bit of a risk in buying the DVD, with this in mind it took me a couple of years to eventually buy it.
I decided to pluck up the courage to buy it when I got into Steve Coogan?s comedy, so I went on a hunt for the DVD. I say hunt because it was very hard to obtain, I regretted waiting so long to buy it. I eventually found a copy in HMV, it was the last in the shop ...
Advantages: entertaining, well acted Disadvantages: some of the regulars are missing
Carry On Cruising was made in 1962 & was the last one to be written by Norman Hudis & the first one in colour !
This one is set - you might have guessed ! - on a boat, captained by Sid James.
Kenneth Williams & Kenneth Connor form part of his crew, but many of the other regulars - Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey - are absent for this one.
Instead we have Lance Percival as the chef, fitting in well with the rest of the cast, with the glamour aspect fulfilled by Liz Fraser (her second Carry On) & Dilys Laye.
For me, the friendship & rivalry between these two women is the core of the film & they both play their roles excellently.
Esma Cannon again has a captivating & memorable role, this time as Bridget Madderley.
The film is entertaining & well worth watching. ...
Advantages: Introduction of Dilys Laye Disadvantages: Samey twee script
THOUGHTS ON CARRY ON CRUISING
As I watch each Norman Hudis film in turn I find it more and more difficult to find something new to say, as it always seems to be a case of 'seen it all before'. It is something we have now come to expect and Carry On Cruising is no exception.
Set on the SS Happy Wanderer this film recounts the experiences of passengers and crew on a cruise. Sid James plays the Ship's Captain and seeks nothing less than total professionalism from his staff. With the likes of Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Jimmy Thompson, Lance Percival and Cyril Chamberlain as first-timers on the ship, Captain Wellington Crowther typically gets less aptitude than he bargained for.
Sid simply regenerates his Sergeant role from Carry On Constable, trying in vain to run a tight ship. From the moment he first meets his new crew you ...
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