Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5547 Films to Buy & Rent
Town and Country (2001)
- Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn…
- Negotiating Woody Allen–country, this big–budget fizzer sees Warren Beatty as a Manhattan architect who goes into full mid–life…
Trailer Park Boys - Season 1 & 2 (TV Series) (2001-2006)
- Dir. Mike Clattanburg
Feat. Rob Wells, Mike Smith, John Paul Tremblay
- A gratifyingly lowbrow mockumentary series based around the lives of a set of eccentrically vulgar residents of a trailer park, mainly two petty…
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Will Mellor, Sheridan Smith, Natalie Casey
- Brit sitcom following a group of five 20 somethings in Cheshire who regularly meet at the local pub to discuss the trials and tribulations of life.…
Va Savoir (Who Knows) (2001)
- Dir. Jacques Rivette
Feat. Jeanne Balibar, Sergio Castellitto, Jacques Bonnaffe…
- Skilful romantic farce interweaves the lives of six characters connected to an Italian theatre troupe on tour in Paris (doing Pirandello’s ‘As…
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (2001)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Timothy Spall, Michael Begley, Katy Cavanagh…
- Timothy Spall gives a maniacal performance in this satirical comedy about door–to–door salesmen, playing a vacuum cleaner salesman who…
Van Wilder - Party Liason (2001)
- Dir. Walt Becker
Feat. Tara Reid, Ryan Reynolds, Tim Matheson
- Freewheeling 'college comedy' in which perenial undergrad Reynolds must use his social skills to make a living after his allowance is cut off. Fairly…
Very Annie-Mary (2001)
- Dir. Sara Sugarman
Feat. Rachel Griffiths, Jonathan Pryce
- Set in the tiny Welsh village of Ogw and embracing the national obsession with singing, this doggedly eccentric comedy is not for all tastes yet has…
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
- Dir. David Wain
Feat. Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Marguerite Moreau…
- Set in the charmingly unhip summer–camp 'Camp Firewood', this wettingly hilarious satire of 1970s and 80s culture, mores and cliches is…
When Brendan Met Trudy (2001)
- Dir. Kieron J Walsh
Feat. Peter McDonald, Flora Montgomery
- A Roddy Doyle–concocted boy–meets–girl comedy with a gentle twist – he’s a straightlaced schoolteacher, she’s a…
Would I Lie to You Again? (2001)
- Dir. Thomas Gilou
Feat. Richard Anconina, Jose Garcia, Bruno Solo…
- Boys–will–be–boys comedy revisits the ‘Jewish’ entrepreneurs of WOULD I LIE TO YOU?, now in need to an all–new…