The Best of Benny Hill
1974 British film by John Robins From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1974 British film by John Robins From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Best of Benny Hill is a 1974 film version of material from the television comedy series The Benny Hill Show. This movie features sketches from the early Thames Television years, from 1969 to 1973. The sketches in the film are from episodes produced and directed by John Robins.[1]
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| The Best of Benny Hill | |
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| Directed by | John Robins |
| Written by | Benny Hill |
| Produced by | John Robins Roy Skeggs |
| Starring | Benny Hill |
| Music by | Benny Hill Boots Randolph |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | EMI Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
Sketches include:
The original programs were recorded on videotape (studio interiors) and shot on 16 mm film (location footage); the videotaped material was transferred to 35 mm film as a telerecording, and the 16 mm footage was blown up to 35 mm.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This questionably titled anthology features material that has been directly lifted (complete with studio audience laughter) from several series of The Benny Hill Show, some of them quite archaic (Tupper Time is a parody of Simon Dee's programmes). The quality of the videotape transfers is variable, with everything that is not in close-up tending towards distortion. The quality of the comedy, however, is consistent: basic British sauce – delivered with much nudging, winking and leering – that reveals Hill's obsession with the comic possibilities of speeded-up film and of being found attractive by both men and women. As a writer, Hill is too often content to contrive his material to fit his jokes; as a performer, he seems to have reached his prime in the late Fifties."[2]
The british film distributor Walton Films released a shortened edition of the movie on three Super 8 film reels.[citation needed]
Anchor Bay Entertainment released the movie on DVD in 2001 for Region 1 format; it would later be re-released by Lionsgate Home Entertainment following Lionsgate's 2016 acquisition of Anchor Bay.
It was released by Network on DVD and Blu-ray in Region 2 format in 2016.
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