| 词条 | Spanish Fly (1975 film) |
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| name = Spanish Fly | image = | image_size = | caption = | director = Bob Kellett | producer = Gerald Flint-Shipman Peter James | writer = Peter James José Luis Martínez Mollá Robert Ryerson | music = Ron Goodwin | narrator = | starring = Terry-Thomas Leslie Phillips Graham Armitage Sue Lloyd |studio=Winkle Productions Quadrant Films Izaro Films | distributor = EMI Films | released = February 1976 | runtime = 86 minutes | country = United Kingdom Spain | language = English | budget =£250,000[1] | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}Spanish Fly is a 1976 British-Spanish comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Terry-Thomas, Leslie Phillips, Graham Armitage, Sue Lloyd and Nadiuska.[1] [2] PlotAn impotent British fashion designer heads out to Spain for a photo shoot and encounters an old school rival who has inadvertently added an aphrodisiac to the local wine. Cast
ProductionImpact-Quadrant Films was a company run by Peter James and Kent Walwin which specialised in financing and distributing horror films. They wanted to move into the British domestic sex comedy market, having noticed that there were no challenges to the Carry On Films. They made a small investment in Can You Keep It Up for a Week? which was successful and they began to look at making a whole feature.[1] A Canadian distributor had success with a Leslie Phillips film and asked if they could have another Phillips was about to go to Australia for a year so they had a script written quickly, about an escort agency. Nobody liked it so James and Walwin wrote a 110 page treatment over "a long weekend" which was turned into a script by a writer.[1] EMI Films provided 40% of the £250,000 budget. A Spanish company provided 8% and the rest came from James, his associate and four English backers, one of them a lawyer.[1] The film was part of a six-picture slate from EMI Films, which also included Evil Under the Sun, Ace's High and big screen adaptations of The Likely Lads and Sweeney.[3] It was filmed in Menorca. Terry-Thomas was suffering from the effects of Parkinson's Disease at the time.[4] The film featured designs from Peter Reger.[5] ReceptionThe film was released with a heavy advertising campaign, including a novelisation of the script, a song "Fly Me" (because the BBC would not play a song called "Spanish Fly").[1] Box OfficeThe film sold to 25 countries, something James attributed to the fact that unlike many British sex comedies it featured foreign locations.[1] James wanted to make a sequel French Kiss but none eventuated.[1] CriticalBarry Norman called it the least funny British funny film ever made.[6]References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/51743?view=cast |title=BFI Film & TV Database: SPANISH FLY (1975) |accessdate=16 October 2013 |publisher=The British Film Institute}} 2. ^SPANISH FLYMonthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 43, Iss. 504, (Jan 1, 1976): 34. 3. ^Boost for studiosThe Guardian 9 July 1975: 5. 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.terry-thomas.co.uk/features.html|website=Terry Thomas Fellowship|title=Features}} 5. ^'We hold our board meetings in bed'The Guardian 26 Aug 1975: 11. 6. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Decline and fall of the funny filmThe Observer 8 Feb 1976: 32 External links
10 : 1975 films|Spanish films|British films|Films shot at Elstree Studios|English-language films|1970s comedy films|Films directed by Bob Kellett|British comedy films|Films scored by Ron Goodwin|EMI Films films |
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