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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

"A romantic comedy about a town that wouldn't give up. A man who couldn't get out. And the mountain that brought them together."

1995

1h 31m

6.3(321 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Overview

When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.

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Miramax

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant

Reginald Anson

Tara Fitzgerald

Tara Fitzgerald

Betty

Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney

Morgan the Goat

Ian McNeice

Ian McNeice

George Garrad

Ian Hart

Ian Hart

Johnny Shellshocked

Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

Reverend Jones

Tudor Vaughan

Thomas Twp

Hugh Vaughan

Thomas Twp Two

Robert Pugh

Robert Pugh

Williams the Petroleum

Robert Blythe

Robert Blythe

Ivor

Creative team

Directed by: Christopher Monger
Written by: Ivor Monger
Christopher Monger
Produced by: Sarah Curtis
Paul Sarony

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