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Bullshot (film)
Bullshot is a 1983 British comedy film, based on the stage play Bullshot Crummond. The play's title is a parody of the 1929 film Bulldog Drummond, the lead character having elements of Drummond and Biggles.
It was the first of two films made by Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais for HandMade Films, the second being Water.
Set in the 1930s, Bullshot follows the absurd adventures of Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond, a dim-witted but overconfident British hero, as he attempts to rescue Professor Fenton and stop the evil Count Otto von Bruno and Lenya von Bruno from stealing a secret energy formula. A parody of vintage adventure serials, the film features exaggerated heroics, slapstick comedy, and spoofed melodrama. Crummond ultimately defeats the villains and saves the day with the help of Rosemary Fenton.
The film was based on the play Bullshot Crummond which was first performed in the 1970s and had toured in North America, including a four-year run in San Francisco and a year's run in Los Angeles. While in Los Angeles the makers tried to pitch the play as a film but could not find interest.
Ron House was auditioning for Dick Clement and told the director about Bullshot Crummond. Clement was interested and was sent a copy of the production filmed for cable television in 1979. Clement showed this to HandMade Films who agreed to finance.
Alan Shearman, Diz White, and Ronald E. House reprised their roles from the original stage production. "Ron, Diz and I have worked together for 12 years," said Shearman. "Then suddently there were two more people, Dick and Ian [La Frenais], on the exact same wavelength. It was marvellous. HandMade Films are pretty marvellous as well. We had never realised that people in the film industry worked the way that they do - taking a close interest in what you are doing but at the same time letting you go and do it in your own way."
Principal photography took place primarily at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England, with some location shooting in and around London. The film was shot mostly on studio sets designed to mimic the exaggerated and stylised look of 1930s adventure serials. The production sought to retain the theatrical and spoof-driven tone of the play. Filming began April 1983.
The film was poorly reviewed by British critics except for Barry Norman. The Observer felt "the appropriate length for this kind of thing is a ten minute sketch." The Evening Standards felt it "has a good chance of winning an audience if critics keep quiet about it" calling it "a good looking parody" that "as for jokes, it blows every one that director Dick Clement tries to set up."
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Bullshot (film)
Bullshot is a 1983 British comedy film, based on the stage play Bullshot Crummond. The play's title is a parody of the 1929 film Bulldog Drummond, the lead character having elements of Drummond and Biggles.
It was the first of two films made by Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais for HandMade Films, the second being Water.
Set in the 1930s, Bullshot follows the absurd adventures of Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond, a dim-witted but overconfident British hero, as he attempts to rescue Professor Fenton and stop the evil Count Otto von Bruno and Lenya von Bruno from stealing a secret energy formula. A parody of vintage adventure serials, the film features exaggerated heroics, slapstick comedy, and spoofed melodrama. Crummond ultimately defeats the villains and saves the day with the help of Rosemary Fenton.
The film was based on the play Bullshot Crummond which was first performed in the 1970s and had toured in North America, including a four-year run in San Francisco and a year's run in Los Angeles. While in Los Angeles the makers tried to pitch the play as a film but could not find interest.
Ron House was auditioning for Dick Clement and told the director about Bullshot Crummond. Clement was interested and was sent a copy of the production filmed for cable television in 1979. Clement showed this to HandMade Films who agreed to finance.
Alan Shearman, Diz White, and Ronald E. House reprised their roles from the original stage production. "Ron, Diz and I have worked together for 12 years," said Shearman. "Then suddently there were two more people, Dick and Ian [La Frenais], on the exact same wavelength. It was marvellous. HandMade Films are pretty marvellous as well. We had never realised that people in the film industry worked the way that they do - taking a close interest in what you are doing but at the same time letting you go and do it in your own way."
Principal photography took place primarily at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England, with some location shooting in and around London. The film was shot mostly on studio sets designed to mimic the exaggerated and stylised look of 1930s adventure serials. The production sought to retain the theatrical and spoof-driven tone of the play. Filming began April 1983.
The film was poorly reviewed by British critics except for Barry Norman. The Observer felt "the appropriate length for this kind of thing is a ten minute sketch." The Evening Standards felt it "has a good chance of winning an audience if critics keep quiet about it" calling it "a good looking parody" that "as for jokes, it blows every one that director Dick Clement tries to set up."