For other uses, see Stiff upper lip (disambiguation).
1997 British film
Stiff Upper Lips
Directed by
Gary Sinyor
Written by
Paul Simpkin and Gary Sinyor
Produced by
Nigel Savage Babs Thomas Stephen Margolis Keith Richardson Bobby Bedi Ricky Posner Nigel Savage
Starring
Sean Pertwee Georgina Cates Prunella Scales Peter Ustinov Samuel West Frank Finlay Brian Glover Robert Portal
Edited by
Peter Hollywood
Music by
David Hughes John Murphy
Production companies
Impact Pictures Yorkshire Television Isle of Man Film
Distributed by
Metrodome
Release dates
February 1997 (1997-02) (AFM)
November 1997 (1997-11) (BFI London Film Festival)
June 12, 1998 (1998-06-12) (United Kingdom)
August 27, 1999 (1999-08-27) (United States)
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Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Box office
£203,000 (UK)[1]
Stiff Upper Lips is a 1997 film directed by Gary Sinyor and starring Sean Pertwee, Georgina Cates, Robert Portal, Samuel West, Prunella Scales, Peter Ustinov, and Brian Glover in his final film role. It is a broad parody of British period films, especially the lavish Merchant Ivory productions of the 1980s and early 1990s. Although it specifically targets A Room with a View, Chariots of Fire, Maurice, A Passage to India, and many other films, in a more general way Stiff Upper Lips satirises popular perceptions of certain Edwardian traits: propriety, sexual repression, xenophobia, and class snobbery.[2] It was filmed on location in Italy, India, and on the Isle of Man.
^ ab"British biz at the box office". Variety. 14 December 1998. p. 72.
^"Movies : The Misadventures of Peter Ustinov : His latest film, 'Stiff Upper Lips,' lets him poke fun at the staid English stereotype that so many people wrongly think he embodies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
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