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The Bed Sitting Room

1969 · 91 min

A surreal, deadpan comedy that makes nuclear annihilation feel like a grimly funny fever dream of crumbling England.

Directed by
Richard Lester
Genres
Comedy, Science fiction
Starring
Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Michael Hordern
Tagline
The great nuclear misunderstanding lasted 2 minutes and 28 seconds (including the peace treaty)
Overview
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.

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Directed by
Richard Lester
Genres
Comedy, Science fiction
Starring
Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Michael Hordern
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • death
  • identity
  • isolation
  • politics
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • single country house
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour8
Realism2
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, science fiction
Directed by
Richard Lester
Written by
John Antrobus
Starring
Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Michael Hordern, Arthur Lowe, Mona Washbourne, Richard Warwick, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
Music
Ken Thorne
Cinematography
David Watkin
Runtime
91 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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