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Water (1985 film)

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Water is a 1985 British comedy film scripted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, directed by Clement, and starring Michael Caine. [1]

54 relations: A Private Function, Alan Igbon, Alfred Molina, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Ariston Records, Bill Persky, Billy Connolly, Brenda Vaccaro, Bullshot (film), Carlton-Browne of the F.O., Chris Stainton, Crown colony, Dennis Dugan, Dick Clement, Dick Shawn, Douglas Slocombe, Eddy Grant, Eric Clapton, Fred Gwynne, Fulton Mackay, George Harrison, HandMade Films, Ian La Frenais, Jimmie Walker, Jimmy Helms, John Cleese, Jon Lord, Lance Ellington, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Thatcher, Maureen Lipman, Michael Caine, Michael Moran (music producer), Michael Palin, Mighty Gabby, Monty Python, Multiracial, Passport to Pimlico, Paul Heiney, Ray Cooper, Reggae, Rhamnus purshiana, Ringo Starr, Ruby Wax, Saint Lucia, Serial (1980 film), Shepperton Studios, The Big Time (TV series), The Concert for Bangladesh, The Honorary Consul (film), ..., Trevor Laird, United States invasion of Grenada, Valerie Perrine, 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands. Expand index (4 more) »

A Private Function

A Private Function is a 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith.

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Alan Igbon

Alan Igbon is a British actor, of West African and Irish background.

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Alfred Molina

Alfredo "Alfred" Molina (born 24 May 1953) is an English actor.

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Anchor Bay Entertainment

Anchor Bay Entertainment (formerly Video Treasures), (also known as Anchor Bay Films) is an American home entertainment and production company.

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Ariston Records

Ariston Records was a record label established in Milan, Italy, by Alfredo Rossi (1925–2008).

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Bill Persky

Bill Persky (born September 9, 1931) is an American Emmy Award-winning director, screenwriter, producer, and actor for television.

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Billy Connolly

Sir William Connolly, (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor from Glasgow.

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Brenda Vaccaro

Brenda Buell Vaccaro (born November 18, 1939) is an American stage, television, and film actress.

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Bullshot (film)

Bullshot is a 1983 film, based on the stage play Bullshot Crummond.

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Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (U.S. title: Man in a Cocked Hat) is a 1959 British comedy film made by the Boulting Brothers.

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Chris Stainton

Christopher Robert "Chris" Stainton (born 22 March 1944, Woodseats, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is an English session musician, keyboard player, bassist and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s.

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Crown colony

Crown colony, dependent territory and royal colony are terms used to describe the administration of United Kingdom overseas territories that are controlled by the British Government.

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Dennis Dugan

Dennis Barton Dugan (born September 5, 1946) is an American actor, director, and comedian.

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Dick Clement

Dick Clement, OBE (born 5 September 1937) is an English writer known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais.

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Dick Shawn

Dick Shawn (born Richard Schulefand, December 1, 1923 – April 17, 1987) was an American actor and comedian.

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Douglas Slocombe

Ralph Douglas V Slocombe OBE, BSC, ASC (10 February 1913 – 22 February 2016) was a British cinematographer, particularly known for his work at Ealing Studios in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as three ''Indiana Jones'' films.

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Eddy Grant

Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese-British musician.

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Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, (born 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Fred Gwynne

Frederick Hubbard Gwynne (July 10, 1926July 2, 1993) was an American actor, artist and author.

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Fulton Mackay

William Fulton Beith Mackay (12 August 1922 – 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and playwright, best known for his role as prison officer Mr. Mackay in the 1970s television sitcom Porridge.

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George Harrison

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

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HandMade Films

HandMade Films is a British film production and distribution company.

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Ian La Frenais

Ian La Frenais, OBE (born 7 January 1936) is an English writer best known for his creative partnership with Dick Clement.

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Jimmie Walker

James Carter Walker Jr. (born June 25, 1947), known professionally as Jimmie Walker, is an American actor and comedian.

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Jimmy Helms

James D. Helms (born September 27, 1941) is an American soul singer, known as a member of Londonbeat but who also had solo hits like "Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse".

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John Cleese

John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.

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Jon Lord

John Douglas Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with Deep Purple, as well as Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men.

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Lance Ellington

Lance Ellington is an English singer, songwriter, and actor.

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Leonard Rossiter

Leonard Rossiter (21 October 1926 – 5 October 1984) was an English actor.

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Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.

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Maureen Lipman

Maureen Diane Lipman, CBE (born 10 May 1946) is a British film, theatre and television actress, columnist and comedian.

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Michael Caine

Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr., 14 March 1933) is an English actor, producer, and author.

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Michael Moran (music producer)

Michael "Mike" Moran (born 4 March 1948 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) is a keyboard musician, songwriter and record producer.

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Michael Palin

Michael Edward Palin (pronounced; born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter.

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Mighty Gabby

Anthony Carter (born 30 March 1948), better known as Mighty Gabby or simply Gabby, is a Barbadian calypsonian and folk singer, and a Cultural Ambassador for the island of Barbados.

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Monty Python

Monty Python (also collectively known as The Pythons) were a British surreal comedy group who created their sketch comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus, which first aired on the BBC in 1969.

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Multiracial

Multiracial is defined as made up of or relating to people of many races.

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Passport to Pimlico

Passport to Pimlico is a 1949 British comedy film made by Ealing Studios and starring Stanley Holloway, Margaret Rutherford and Hermione Baddeley.

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Paul Heiney

Paul Heiney (born Paul Wisniewski 20 April 1949) has been a radio broadcaster or television reporter in the United Kingdom for over forty years, but remains best-known as a former presenter of That's Life!.

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Ray Cooper

Raymond "Ray" Cooper (born 19 September 1947) is an English virtuoso percussionist.

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Reggae

Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

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Rhamnus purshiana

Rhamnus purshiana (cascara buckthorn, cascara, bearberry, and in the Chinook Jargon, chittem and chitticum; syn. Frangula purshiana, Rhamnus purshianus) is a species of buckthorn native to western North America from southern British Columbia south to central California, and eastward to northwestern Montana.

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Ringo Starr

Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, songwriter, singer, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles.

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Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax, (born Ruby Wachs; 19 April 1953) is an American actress, mental health campaigner, lecturer, and author who holds both American and British citizenship and who has resided in the United Kingdom since the 1970s.

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Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia (Sainte-Lucie) is a sovereign island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean.

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Serial (1980 film)

Serial is a 1980 American comedy film produced by Paramount Pictures.

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Shepperton Studios

Shepperton Studios is a film studio located in Shepperton, Surrey, England with a history dating back to 1931.

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The Big Time (TV series)

The Big Time was a British documentary and reality television series made by the BBC, consisting of 15 original episodes which ran from 1976 to 1980.

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The Concert for Bangladesh

The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country was originally spelled) was the name given to two benefit concerts organised by former Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar.

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The Honorary Consul (film)

The Honorary Consul, also known as Beyond the Limit, is a 1983 British-Mexican drama film directed by John Mackenzie and starring Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins and Elpidia Carrillo.

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Trevor Laird

Trevor Laird (born 11 July 1957) is an English actor.

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United States invasion of Grenada

The United States invasion of Grenada was a 1983 invasion led by the United States of the Caribbean island nation of Grenada, which has a population of about 91,000 and is located north of Venezuela, that resulted in a U.S. victory within a matter of weeks.

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Valerie Perrine

Valerie Ritchie Perrine (born September 3, 1943) is an American actress and model.

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1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands

On 2 April 1982, Argentine forces launched the invasion of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), beginning the Falklands War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_(1985_film)

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