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The staff of Grace Bros. take a trip to Costa Plonka while the department is being remodeled.The staff of Grace Bros. take a trip to Costa Plonka while the department is being remodeled.The staff of Grace Bros. take a trip to Costa Plonka while the department is being remodeled.
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OK, it's creaky, incredibly dated, and the sets (or was there just one set?!) are wobbly, but that's all part of the charm. It's also quite perceptive of the attitude of the British abroad, that still persists to this day. My friends and I always seem to end up quoting from this film when we go abroad!
The best scene has to be when the myopic Ernest Grainger, who's never been on a plane before, enters what he thinks is the lavatory (it's actually the cockpit). 'Oh, I'm sorry - will you be long?' he says to the pilot. 'About two hours' replies the pilot. 'Oh dear- I'll go to the other end' replies Mr Grainger. Absolutely priceless!
The best scene has to be when the myopic Ernest Grainger, who's never been on a plane before, enters what he thinks is the lavatory (it's actually the cockpit). 'Oh, I'm sorry - will you be long?' he says to the pilot. 'About two hours' replies the pilot. 'Oh dear- I'll go to the other end' replies Mr Grainger. Absolutely priceless!
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- TriviaAndrew Sachs was hired as Carlos, the Spanish manager of Costa Plonka's Don Barnardo Palace, to capitalise on his then-current fame as hapless hotel waiter Manuel in the British TV series L'hôtel en folie (1975), which was still being broadcast on television when this movie was made and released.
- GoofsDuring evening meal, all the Grace Bros staff needed to use the lavatory - only Mrs Slocombe and Captain Peacock actually DID use it.
- Quotes
Mr. Dick Lucas: [Mr. Humphries waltzes into the airport in a pink outfit] Oh blimey, it's the sugar plum fairy!
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- Werden Sie schon bedient?
- Filming locations
- Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK(studio and most interiors)
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- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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