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British Comedy & Satire
British comic film, from Ealing's polite savagery to absurdist troupe work, generally organised around class, embarrassment, and institutional failure.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Terry Gilliam · 1975
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Robert Hamer · 1949
In the Loop
Armando Iannucci · 2009
Withnail & I
Bruce Robinson · 1987
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