The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain movie storyline. Two English cartographers visit the small South Wales village of Ffynnon Garw, to measure what is claimed to be the “first mountain inside of Wales”. It’s 1917, and the war in Europe continues. The villagers are very proud of their “mountain”, and are understandably disappointed and furious to find that it is in fact a “hill”. Not to be outwitted by a rule (and the Englishmen who enforce it), the villagers set out to make their hill into a mountain, but to do so they must keep the English from leaving, before the job is done.
The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain is a 1995 British film with a story by Ifor David Monger and Ivor Monger, written and directed by Christopher Monger. It was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival[1] and was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
The film is based on a story heard by Christopher Monger from his grandfather about the real village of Taff’s Well, in the old county of Glamorgan, and its neighbouring Garth Hill. Due to 20th century urbanisation of the area, it was filmed in the more rural Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant and Llansilin in Powys. The Welsh Male Voice Choir used to provide background music throughout the film was, in fact, the London-based Gwalia Male Choir.
The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain (1995)
Directed by: Christopher Monger
Starring: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Ian McNeice, Ian Hart, Kenneth Griffith, Tudor Vaughan, Hugh Vaughan, Lisa Palfrey, Dafydd Wyn Roberts
Screenplay by: Ifor David Monger, Ivor Monger, Christopher Monger
Production Design by: Charles Garrad
Cinematography by: Vernon Layton
Film Editing by: David Martin
Costume Design by: Janty Yates
Set Decoration by: Liz Griffiths
Art Direction by: Chris Lowe
Music by: Stephen Endelman
MPAA Rating: PG for mild language.
Distributed by: Miramax Films
Release Date: May 12, 1995
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