HIPPOPOTAMUS, THE

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• Release Year: 2017
• Genre: Comedy
• Plot: A country manor mystery that's actually a deliciously wicked comedy of manners, The Hippopotamus is a rollicking adaptation of the best-selling novel by Stephen Fry. It centers on a lapsed poet, failed drama critic, redundant husband and hard-working drunk, Ted Wallace (the mellifluously voiced Roger Allam in a rare starring role). Fired from his newspaper job, Ted leaps at the chance to drown his sorrows at his old friend's country estate, Swafford Hall. A series of spiritual healings have recently put the household in a tizzy. The purported miracle worker is his hosts' teenage son, Ted's godson, David (Tommy Knight). Lord and Lady Logan are set on sharing their boy's 'gift' with the world, blissfully unaware that his 'laying on of hands' trick involves, well, an emphasis on 'laying.' At odds with a colorful party of fellow guests only too ready to swallow anything they're told, Ted sets out to prove the miracles are a hoax and save the young man from a lifetime of embarrassment.
• Cast: Roger Allam; Tim Charles; Rod Glenn; Amanda Holt; Amy Marchant; Adrian Bouchet; Simon Markey; Claire Lacey; Andrew Alexander; Russell Tovey; Paul Bown; Emily Berrington; Dean Ridge; Thaila Zucchi; Fiona Shaw; Matthew Modine; Tommy Knight; John Standing; Benedict Taylor; Lyne Renee; Emma Curtis; Tim McInnerny; Richard Glover; Charlie Norton; Sebastian Croft; Emma West; Geraldine Somerville; Issy Van Randwyck; Scott Chambers; A.k. Steppa; Claudie Nedelec; Jo Reed; P.R. Baker; Adam Broomfield Strawn; Cristian Lazar; Jo Wheatley; Pam Reeve; Adam Lezemore; Daniel Eghan; Joanne Shore; Paul Giddings; Adelle Parker; Danisa Malcom Hunda; Joanne Westcott; Paul Whittingham; Aditya Satchit; Darren Hart; Joden Joseph-Wright; Pauline Singh; Adrian Klein; Dave McLaren; Johanna Smitz; Pauline Yong; Aidan O'Gallaghan; David Georgiou; John Duggan; Petek Hood; Alexander Ryv Vrboski; David Hyndman; John Jones; Peter Fielder; Alice Williamson; David McLaren; John McKenzie; Peter Knight; Alice Woodhouse; David Sullivan; John Richardson; Peter Williams; Amanda Friggieri; David Swallow; John Watson; Peter Wilson; Amanda Hieber; Dawn Johnson; Jonathan Sanders; Phil Clarke; Amanda Hope; Dean Weir; Jonathon Daley; R. Butler; Deborah McKenzie; Joseph Simpson-Bushell; Rabin Gurung; Andrew Bendon; Deborah Rock; Joshua Roberts-Mensam; Ramela Hodges; Andrew Gruszka; Denis Khoroshko; Julyanne Bath; Raymond Dunbar; Angus Edgley; Derek Field; Kahmal Scaley; Richard Battizum; Anikie Maguire; Diana Fairbairn Smith; Kathryn Smith; Richard Lavender; Anil Sanchania; Diane Crush; Katie Bunting; Robert-Anthony Artlett; Anna Hallas Smith; Dolton Wynter; Kaveh Khativi; Robert D. Hayward; Anna Jamieson; D.G. Smith; Keith German; Robert Evans; Annette Boak; Duane Francis; Kerry Hoare; Robert Mandik; Annie Ray Williams; Eden Avital Alexander; Kevin Hudson; Robert Scott; Antonia Perna; Edmund Lahiff; Kevin Vose; Roman Shepel; Antonio Cicalese; Edward Harris; Kish Alam; Ronnie Waller; Apostolos Neophitou; Eiena Dana; Kishore Bhatt; Roy Martin Thorn; Auriol Hatcher; Elizabeth Donker Curtius; Kristina Indienko; Russell Gillary; Azul Sharma; Emma Barua; Laura Davies; Ruth Shaw; Barbara Mewton; Emma Zuccaro; Leslie Dowson; Sally Woodfield; Barry Oakes; Eva Crankson; Letizia Bartolomi; Sam Shoubber; Ben Handforth; Feizal Mowlabocus; Levente Jakab; Sandy Knight; Bern Collaco; Franklyn Gellnick; Lily Fielding; Sarah Best; Bharat Mistri; Garry Thomas; Lisa McKendrick; Sarah Drager; Bogna Bargiel; Gary Jordan; Louise Taylor; Bradley Miller; Geoffrey Osborne; Louise Varney; Scott Gray; Bruce Langley; Georgia Marney; Lucian Grant; Sean Donnelly; Bruno Enrique; Gillian Ludden; Maria Louisa; Selena Chambers; Bryony Kay; Glenn Lean; Mariano Manzella; Sergio Marini; Carol Eden; Graham Kettridge; Mariia Bashkatova; Sharif Islam; Carola Wilkins; Hannah Amelia Jauregui; Mark Ryder; Silvia Crastan; Caroline Guy; Harry Ward; Martin Robinson; Simon Kirk; Catherine Scovell; Hayley Wagner; Martina Lauson; Solomon Taiwo Justified; Cathy Henderson; Helen Banks; Michael Barwett; Stavros Oikonomou; Chanelle Sadie Paul; Helen Field; Mick Slaney; Steve Waller; Charles Albert; Howard Platt; Miguel A. Caycedo; Steven Day; Charles Sandford; Hua Li; Miranda Greenfield; Steven Waller; Charlie S. Jones; Ian Brown; Mo Jones; Stuart Handley; Chris Cain; Imre Elekes; Nana-Kofi Adams; Susan Hodgetts; Christine Keates; Iris Cohen; Narinder Guraya; Teresa Shaughnessy; Claire Ashton; Israr Azam; Neelima; Thelma Day; James Miller; Izevbuwa Amadasun; Nevish Mandil; Toby Dysterre-Clark; Janet Jones; Jacqueline Whecan; Niala Butt; Tramaine Reindorf; Janet Knight; Jacqui Golledge; Nic James; Victoria New; Jason Newell; Jade Clarke; Nick Stewart; Vinita Sharma; Jenni Allen; James Heather; Olivia Hope; Virginia Lana; Jennifer Day; Caroline Kelly; Osa Edeley; William Martin; Leon Davies; Dawn Lovegrove; John Jencks; Stephen Fry; Blanche McIntyre; Tom Hodgson; John Finnemore; Robin Hill
• Director: John Jencks
• Runtime: 1:28
• Company: Electric Shadow
• Media Format: Movie