Stiff Upper Lips
Date: 1998
Director: Gary Sinyor
Production Company: Cavalier Features, Impact Pictures, Ivory Hall, Yorkshire Television, Isle of Man Film
Stars: Peter Ustinov, Prunella Scales, Georgina Cates, Samuel West
Location(s): Isle of Man, Latina, Lazio, Rome (Italy), Tamil Nadu (India)
Region(s): Italy, North, Rest Of The World
Storyline:
An ageing aunt attempts to force her niece into marrying a boring upper class gentleman by taking her and the suitor on a trip to Italy and India in the hope that the young woman will forget about the handsome peasant she has fallen for.
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Cambridge - 1908, where the hands on the clock approach noon as two Hurdlers prepare to race. In reality, King William's College at Castletown, Isle of Man.
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Spectators look along the track in anticipation as the hour begins to strike.
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Cheers urge the competitors on as the Hurdlers (David Artus and Kevin Furlong) appear around a corner.
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Picking up a glass that was resting on one of the hurdles, Edward Ivory (Samuel West) takes a sip of Champagne.
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Looking up from his book, Cedric Trilling (Robert Portal) glances over at Edward when he calls "Fancy a snifter?".
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As he shouts above the cheers "I hope you'll be more fun when you meet my Sister" Edward walks onto the track where the Hurdlers run into him.
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Travelling by train with Cedric, Edward alights at Ivory's End station. Castletown station on Victoria Road, Castletown.
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Hudson Senior (Charles Simon) collapses and dies under the wight of the luggage that he's left to unload. The Isle of Man Railway's Castletown station also appears in 'Thomas and the Magic Railroad'.
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At Ivory Hall, Emily Ivory (Georgina Cates) holds the ladder for Aunt Agnes as she cleans the windows after firing Rosie the maid for leaving dust on a picture frame. The Nunnery off Old Castletown Road in Douglas, Isle of Man. The building can also be seen in 'Relative Values'.
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With suitcases falling from the car for Hudson Junior to retrieve, Edward drives Cedric towards the family home. Looking along an unnamed road towards Howe Road in Cregneash, Isle of Man.
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Getting out of the Siddeley-Deasy, Edward and Cedric are met by Aunt Agnes and Emily. The Nunnery in Douglas.
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When Aunt Agnes rings a bell while the family eat hot muffins, Hudson Junior (Frank Finlay) leaves his gardening tasks and walks over to pour tea.
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Deciding that Cedric is a potential suitor for Emily, Aunt Agnes (Prunella Scales) makes her way to the village inn to look for George who had rescued Emily from drowning. Looking south-west from Howe Road in Cregneash with St. Peter's church to the left.
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Stopping Aunt Agnes in the lane, Mr. Tweeb (Richard Braine) asks if there is any news following his proposal to her niece. Near the Smithy in the village of Cregneash to the south-west of Port Erin.
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Having been employed as servant for their forthcoming trip to Italy, George (Sean Pertwee) helps Hudson Junior pack the lawn. The grounds of the Nunnery, across the River Glass from Douglas.
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Emily opens the window of her room in Rome to see the dome of Santi Luca e Martina.
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Aunt Agnes looks out over the rooftops of the city. The dome of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican stands in the left distance.
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While waiting for dinner to be served, Edward asks his sister to swap rooms with him as his view is of a brick wall. Villa Spigarelli in Anzio, Lazio located by Steve Randall.
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George holds parasols over Agnes and Emily as they go out sightseeing.
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Cedric and Edward follow as Aunt Agnes and Emily continue their perambulation.
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The family tour the sights. The Triton Fountain in Piazza Barberini,
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Castor, one of the two Dioscuri on top of Cordonata, the monumental ladder that goes up to Piazza del Campidoglio.
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Aunt Agnes peers up at the Coliseum. The cut out effect suggests chroma keying at the Coliseum on Piazza del Colosseo in Rome.
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According to Edward's guidebook, if they turn left then right they should be standing directly in front of the Eiffel Tower. Facing the steps of the Palazzo Senatorio on Piazza del Campidoglio.
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George is asked to lay the lawn for tea to be served. Palazzo Senatorio looking towards the statues of the river Gods, to the left the Nile and the Tiber just visible in the right background.
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Failing to arouse Cedric's interest in her, Emily takes an interest in George after a picnic. This appears to be the ruins of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in the Garden of Ninfa near Rome.
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As requested, George follows Emily through ruined walls before she asks him to kiss her. Likely to be within the Garden of Ninfa on Via Ninfina, Cisterna di Latina in the province of Latina.
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Emily runs breathlessly away after the brief liaison.
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George catches up with Emily and the pair continue their embrace before Aunt Agnes calls to her. Ruins in the Garden of Ninfa in the territory of Cisterna di Latina.
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After spending the night together, Emily and George wonder what they should do next before he proposes and she asks for her breakfast. Steve Randall found Villa Spigarelli on Viale Coriolano, Anzio 00042.
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Receiving a letter declining his offer of marriage, George makes his way to a tavern.
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Entering the building George begins to drink.
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After Agnes gives George the day off, it's Edward turn to carry the trunk containing the lawn.
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Finding that Italy is too foreign, Aunt Agnes takes the family to India . . . which is more English.
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When they are unable to find accommodation in Delhi, Cedric's Great Uncle Horace (Peter Ustinov) puts the family up on his plantation. The red and white brick wall suggests the grounds of the Fernhills Royal Palace at Ootacamund in Tamil Nadu.
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Following an outburst by Horace about their servant, Aunt Agnes storms off saying that they won't stay where their not welcome. The grounds of Fernhills Royal Palace at Ootacamund, or Ooty.
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Learning that Horace has designs on her, a revitalised Agnes decides that they shall remain. The Fernhills Royal Palace at Ootacamund in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu.
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Emily and Cedric relax while Horace and Agnes play elephant polo. The Fernhills Royal Palace at the hill station of Ootacamund.
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After Emily tells George that she's with child, her Aunt receives a letter meant for George and Cedric opens one concerning the pregnancy. The Bungalow at the Craigmore Tea Plantation in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India.
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When Emily leaves the plantation, Edward and Cedric, dressed as an Indian, set out to look for her followed by a Crowd believing that they are following Gandhi.
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Hudson Junior relays the lawn after the family return home with Horace. The Nunnery in Douglas, Isle of Man.
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The night before her marriage to Cedric, Emily dreams that she stabs the groom with a cake knife. The lawn at the Nunnery off Old Castletown Road in Douglas.
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At the church, Cedric welcomes Guests, greeting them in Greek and Latin.
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Hudson Junior runs behind the car holding Emily's train.
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As Cedric continues his multi-lingual welcomes, George races towards the church after escaping from incarceration in India.