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Sous le plus petit chapiteau du monde

Titre original : The Smallest Show on Earth
  • 1957
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 20min
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Peter Sellers, Virginia McKenna, Bernard Miles, Margaret Rutherford, and Bill Travers in Sous le plus petit chapiteau du monde (1957)
Comedy

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  • Réalisation
    • Basil Dearden
  • Scénario
    • William Rose
    • John Eldridge
  • Casting principal
    • Virginia McKenna
    • Bill Travers
    • Margaret Rutherford
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • NOTE IMDb
    7,0/10
    2,4 k
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Basil Dearden
    • Scénario
      • William Rose
      • John Eldridge
    • Casting principal
      • Virginia McKenna
      • Bill Travers
      • Margaret Rutherford
    • 49avis d'utilisateurs
    • 28avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
    • Nomination aux 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 nomination au total

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    Virginia McKenna
    Virginia McKenna
    • Jean Spenser
    Bill Travers
    Bill Travers
    • Matt Spenser
    Margaret Rutherford
    Margaret Rutherford
    • Mrs. Fazackalee
    Peter Sellers
    Peter Sellers
    • Percy Quill
    Bernard Miles
    Bernard Miles
    • Old Tom
    Francis De Wolff
    Francis De Wolff
    • Albert Hardcastle
    • (as Francis de Wolff)
    Leslie Phillips
    Leslie Phillips
    • Robin Carter
    June Cunningham
    June Cunningham
    • Marlene Hogg
    Sidney James
    Sidney James
    • Mr. Hogg
    George Cross
    • Commissionaire
    George Cormack
    George Cormack
    • Sam Bell
    Stringer Davis
    • Fred Emmett
    Michael Corcoran
    • Taxi Driver
    The Blake Twins
    • Cast Members
    • (non crédité)
    Terry Burton
    • The First Customer
    • (non crédité)
    John Bush
    • Cast Member
    • (non crédité)
    Ted Carroll
    Ted Carroll
    • Bijou Cinema Patron
    • (non crédité)
    Jimmy Charters
    • Bijou Cinema Patron
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • Basil Dearden
    • Scénario
      • William Rose
      • John Eldridge
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    10Hup234!

    A must-see film for those who love film.

    Who hasn't seen a forlorn, forgotten little neighborhood theatre and fantasized about reopening it, and making it work? For Jean and Matt, though, who have no options after starting over in a strange city, it becomes a necessity. The hopeless crusade becomes the kind of poignant-yet-hilarious stuff that makes for an unforgettable film. Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellers and Bernard Miles, as the former staff members recalled from retirement, have a magical scene together in the Bijou's darkened auditorium one night after closing time, recalling the old days with a silent film and the disused piano. Great stuff. I only wish the film was longer.
    8captainpat

    A rare treat

    I saw this film on DVD. It was part of a package of 50 old films - it hadn't been restored and appeared much older than its 50 years. I had trouble reading the titles and credits.

    What ever happened to all those old cinemas? This is one of them. In one scene the projectionist is having a horrid time and the film burns causing a "melt" before the audience. I experienced this at a local theatre in Papua New Guinea and it took me right back. And how the audience would tolerate it. Well sort of.

    The scene where the three old codgers watch a silent film is very touching. In fact, I thought this would surface again in the film but it didn't.

    It was delightful. The ending is not your stereotypical Hollywood film that we accept as the norm.

    If you can get this film - it is well worth the watch.
    jimor

    Charming, and a wonderful for lovers of theatres.

    'THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH' may not have been exactly that since there were certainly smaller, but it was a case of a fictional small "electric theatre" (the once British way of differentiating a movie theatre from a legitimate theatre or 'music hall,' as they designated their version of the American vaudeville). This delightful British film is as heart warming and sometimes hilarious as the other reviewers here describe, but it is the wonderful interaction between the story, the sets, and the actors that balance the film and make it a classic. This 19th century 'kinema' was styled in the manner of the traditional British 'music hall' of live performers, but held early projection equipment (hence the double entendre about projectionist Peter Sellers' 'equipment.') Such asides will be over the heads of the kiddies, but the pleasant pacing and careful dialogue of the actors will please the adults for whom this comedy is intended.

    The story of a young couple inheriting a cinema and finding that it is not quite the money-maker they imagined would have been prosaic were it not for the clever settings and the three fossils who maintained the old "Bijou" (French for 'jewel'). If it were ever a jewel, it had lost its luster as the years passed and patrons flocked to the newer nearby movie palace, the "Grand." Desperate to keep their jobs, the 'fossils' (veteran scene-stealers: Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford, and Bernard Miles) took pains to refresh the old place to please new owner Bill Travers, a too seldom used actor of mild presence but uniquely suited to this role. The character of the Bijou's "commissionaire" (doorman, janitor, and boiler keeper) Miles in the end tries too hard and creates the only jarring note in the film, which is otherwise tender and memorable. The device of having latter day elevated trains roar past the cinema was inspired and created some memorable scenes, as when the building shakes to the slow start up of the train, or when Bill Travers' character is almost rattled off the ladder as he attempts to relight the old roof sign. There are many wonderful sight gags and other fine bits that one will long remember.

    For those who also like old theatres, it may be of interest to know that the exterior of the Bijou was actually a set created at the meeting of two existing elevated train bridges on Christchurch Ave. at the Kilburn LT station in London. The interior was also a set, but so well done that you would swear that you were in a real 19th century 'opera house.' The design is thought to be derived from the real Palace of Varieties at Camberwell. The movie palace with the pipe organ - "the Grand" - was actually the Gaumont Palace (later the Odeon, now Apollo) in Hammersmith, London. And the use of the fictional name of "Sloughborough" for the town is another little joke since it means 'low place or mire.' These details can be confirmed in the journal of the British "Cinema Theatre Association's" magazine "PICTURE HOUSE," No. 19, Winter 93-94, pages 37 and 38, (where there are photos in this and the previous issue) furnished to this reviewer courtesy of Mr. Brian J. Hall of England.

    One reviewer said that the only flaw was that the story was too short and I must concur in that, and that is the only real flaw I can find in the film as well. There is a difficulty, however, in appreciating the quality of the film from the most common versions of the VHS-NTSC format videos now available. IMDB/Amazon lists two ASIN numbers of versions made by the same French Canadian firm, Madacy, which produced them in EP speed, rather than the usual SP speed that allows for quality. Since Amazon never indicates the speed of a tape, I cannot tell if their third variation produced by 'VCI Classics (American Prudential)' is also in this slow speed of poor quality. Not only is the image poor, but the sound is downright difficult to understand! Amazon's sister company, The Internet Movie Data Base, now lists two CD versions about to be released, and we can but hope that they were made from restored masters and are the pleasure that the original film is.

    P.S.: Two years before the movie "Majestic" (starring Jim Carrey) debuted, the director wrote on the THEATRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S web site that he was searching for information about historic theatres for his forthcoming unnamed movie. This reviewer responded with information and said that the description of it he gave sounded something like "The Smallest Show on Earth." He responded that he was amazed that anyone remembered the 1956 British film, but that it was indeed an inspiration for his movie. Look closely at the lobby in "Majestic" and you will see it clearly resembles that in the 'Bijou,' even if the facades were much different. These films turned out very differently, but at least the architecture rewards lovers of theatres
    8jpm-15

    Sweet-natured, droll, in its own quiet way a sublime comedy.

    It seems to me that in recent years most filmmakers believe that to hold a viewer's interest a film must be fast-paced, full of conflict, and in short "edgy". The British comedies from the this time are leisurely paced, and work extraordinarily well because they are full of wit, first-class acting, and not a small dose of irony. For me, "The Smallest Show on Earth" is a "sleeper". In the US I suspect it is lesser known than "The Mouse that Roared" and some of the wonderful Alec Guinness comedies; but I find its' gentility and droll humor to be wonderful! (I would also add that I think that it's a shame Peter Sellers - who has a marvelous supporting role as a doddering projectionist - is best known to moviegoers in the US from his Pink Panther movies, which I think were mostly a waste of his prodigious talents.)
    8TuckMN

    Some good laugh-out-loud scenes make this a great small film.

    A delightful story of a young couple that inherit The Bijou -- a broken down movie theater -- and against their wishes make a go of it.

    Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers play Jean and Matt -- the young couple.

    I was familiar with Ms McKenna's work but Bill Travers was new to me.

    He has a wonderful Laurence Olivier air about him and is very appealing as an actor. His only other film that I am at all familiar with was "Born Free."

    I was half way through the film before I realized that Percy Quill the projectionist with a drinking problem was Peter Sellers. Even though he was about 32 when the film was released he plays a little old man -- and superbly.

    The wonderful character actress Margaret Rutherford, who made a career out of playing Miss Marple, is absolutely enchanting as the somewhat dotty Mrs. Fazackalee.

    Why are old, somewhat crazy men in British films always named Tom? For whatever reason, Bernard Mills as Old Tom is quite a piece of work. A tendency to take things a little to literally is what drives his character -- that and the fact he is pretty much nuts.

    It seems like many British films from this period look very much like filmed plays -- which this movie very definitely did.

    Unfortunately the print that I saw for this film was in nearly as bad a shape as the movies being shown at "The Bijou." A good reason for more and better film restoration -- even for the films that we do not always think of as classics.

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    • Anecdotes
      The production insurers declined to cover Dame Margaret Rutherford, so all of her scenes were squeezed into seven days.
    • Gaffes
      When the young couple arrive in "Sloughborough", in the north of England, they climb out of the taxi in front of Hammersmith underground station in London.
    • Citations

      Hardcastle: A nice young couple like yourself, you've no business in this business. If you'd seen your great uncle what it did for him in the end! That old battle-ax Mrs. Fazackalee! I remember when she was a wee slip of a thing, pretty as a picture - a "B" picture, mind yuh!

      [laughs]

    • Connexions
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    • Date de sortie
      • 17 septembre 1958 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Royaume-Uni
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Big Time Operators
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Christchurch Avenue, Kilburn, Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni(exterior of Bijou Cinema)
    • Sociétés de production
      • British Lion Films
      • Shepperton Studios
      • Hallmark Productions
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    • Couleur
      • Black and White

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