Blame It on the Bellboy (Original title)
Dates: 1992 (Copyright), 24 January 1992 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Mark Herman
Synopsis: Three strangers with similar names go to Venice for very different reasons only to have the bellboy send them off on one another's missions.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1992Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 78 mins Length: 7043 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v321 n7 6 Mar 1992: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: British Board of Film Classification - Monthly List of Cinema Films January 1992 Page: 1
Title: [British Board of Film Classification - Monthly List of Cinema Films - January 1992: no known title]Language: English
In: Empire n32 February 1992 Page: 25
Title: New filmsAuthor: NEWMAN, Kim Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v1 n11 March 1992 Pages: 38-39
Title: [Sight and Sound - v1 n11 March 1992: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 2 Feb 1992 Pages: 79-80
Title: [Variety - 2 Feb 1992: no known title]Author: ELLEY Derek Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Review. Credits
In: Sight and Sound v2 n5 September 1992 Page: 66
Title: [Sight and Sound - v2 n5 September 1992: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note
In: The Hollywood Reporter v316 n49 9 Apr 1991 Page: 58
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v316 n49 9 Apr 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n802 12 Apr 1991 Page: 21
Title: [Screen International - n802 12 Apr 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: In Camera Summer 1991 Page: 9
Title: [In Camera - Summer 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Brief credits and note of film stock used.
In: Premiere v5 n2 October 1991 Page: 79
Title: Premiere's ultimate fall preview.Article type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: A brief, light-hearted preview of the film as part of a series of previews of autumn releases.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7061 FeetBFI identifier: C-693933
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7080 FeetStock date: 1991BFI identifier: C-693932
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1317297
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7061 FeetBFI identifier: C-693933
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Dates: 1992 (Copyright), 24 January 1992 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Mark Herman
Synopsis: Three strangers with similar names go to Venice for very different reasons only to have the bellboy send them off on one another's missions.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1992Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 78 mins Length: 7043 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(194)
©: Hollywood Pictures Company, Made by/Created by: Bellboy Films Limited, Presents: Hollywood Pictures, [Presented] In association with: Silver Screen Partners IV, Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Inc., Produced by: Jennifer Howarth, Produced by: Steve Abbott, Production Manager: Rosanna Roditi, Production Supervisor: Linda Bruce, Production Co-ordinator: Diane Chittell, Production Co-ordinator: Franca Tasso, Production Accountant: Maggie Phelan, Assistant Production Accountant: Jane Trower, Assistant Accountant: Lyndy Noakes, Accounts Secretary: Sophie Dasic, Financial Controller: Ian Miles, Financial Accountant: Una Hoban, Production Accountant: Stefano Priori, Assistant Accountant: Carla Zacchia, Fiscal Representative: Enzo Sisti, Unit Manager: Claudio Carrer, Location Manager: Enrico Ballarin, Producer's Assistant: Sarah Fleet, Production Secretary: Manuel Vecchina, Production Assistant: Alessandro Bressanello, London Contact: Alison Odell, Production Runner: Alex Abraham, Production Runner: Dominique De Langes, Production Runner: Tommaso Dabalà, Production Runner: Roberto Cargnielli, Assistant Director: Jonathan Benson, 1st Assistant Director: Guido Cerasuolo, 2nd Assistant Director: Melvin Lind, 3rd Assistant Director: Antony Ford, Script Supervisor: Libbie Barr, Casting Director: Irene Lamb, Crowd Casting: Daniela Foà, Crowd Marshall: Luigi Gallina, Written by: Mark Herman, Director of Photography: Andrew Dunn, Camera Operator: Philip Sindall, Steadicam Operator: Massimo Monico, Focus Puller: Ian Jackson, Clapper Loader: Mark Milsome, Camera Assistant: Piero Clemente, Gaffer: Frank Heeney, Best Boy: George Vince, Electrician: Dave Escoffery, Electrician: Terry Townsend, Electrician: Terry McGuinness, Electrician: Paul Wood, Electrician: Arduino Rizzi, Electrician: Dario Gardi, Electrician: Tullio Tombolani, Electrician: Michele Pizzardello, Generator Operator: Mauro De Marchi, Grip: Richard Broome, Grip: Stefano Biscaro, Grip Assistant: Michele Turchetto, Unit Stills: Frank Connor, Special Effects Supervisor: Ian Wingrove, Senior SFX Technician: Terry Glass, Special Effects Technician: Tim Willis, Special Effects Technician: Dave Eltham, SFX Rigger: Clive Andrews, Edited by: Michael Ellis, 1st Assistant Editor: Charles Ireland, 2nd Assistant Editor: George Reed, Production Designer: Gemma Jackson, Art Director: Peter Russell, Assistant Art Director: Lucy Richardson, Assistant Art Director: Tony Stringer, Set Decorator: Peter Walpole, Production Buyer: Roger Hulme, Props Buyer: Andrea Biscaro, Property Master: Bruce Bigg, Chargehand Props Storeman: Ray Rose, Chargehand Dressing Props: Brian Humphrey, Dressing Props: Peter Bigg, Stan Cook, Chargehand Stand-by Props: Danny Hunter, Stand-by Props: Colin Burgess, Props Runaround: Terry Keogh, Propsman: Floriano Porzionato, Art Department Assistant: Sarah (Toad) Tozer, Construction Manager: Ray Barrett, Construction Buyer: Michael King, Stand-by Stagehand: John Dyer, Stagehand: Peter Browne, Stagehand: Kenneth Langridge, Des Oboy, Practical Electrician: Tom O'Sullivan, Stand-by Rigger: Tom Lowen, Chargehand Rigger: Robert Clarke, Rigger: Iain Lowe, Les Beaver, Labourer: Mario Vianello, Interpreter/Labourer: Andrea Morucchio, Emilio Benacchio, Stand-by Painter: Roy Martin, Supervising Painter: Adrian Start, Painter: Douglas Regan, Painter: Albert Roper, Painter: Arthur Healy, Painter: Jeff Sullivan, Painter: Syd Regan, Painter: E.T. McLaren, Painter: Robert Betts, Painter: Michael Gunner, Painter: Adam Campbell, Painter's Labourer: Robert Hartnell, Supervising Plasterer: Paul Tappin, Plasterer: Geoff Wiles, Plasterer: Alan Ashby, Plasterer: Neil Clark, Plasterer: Philip Babbage, Plasterer: Steve Brown, Plasterer's Labourer: Raymond Churchouse, Stand-by Carpenter: Steve Challenor, Supervising Carpenter: Michael Nugent, Chargehand Carpenter: Arthur Holland, Carpenter: Peter Murray, Carpenter: Edward Sinclair, Carpenter: Gavin Gordon, Carpenter: Nick Russo, Carpenter: Shaun Walsh, Carpenter: Trevor Dyer, Carpenter: Gary Stopps, Carpenter: Reginald Keywood, Carpenter: David Bubb, Carpenter: Kelvin Carter, Carpenter: Thomas McCarthy, Carpenter: Brian Neighbour, Carpenter: Paul Duff, Art Department Carpenter: Paolo Pugiotto, Costume Designer: Lindy Hemming, Assistant Costume Designer: Debbie Scott, Wardrobe Supervisor: Anthony Black, Wardrobe Assistant: Steven Eyre, Shizuko Omachi, Make-up Supervisor: Cherry West, Make-up Artist to Dudley Moore: Brogan Lane, Make-up Assistant: Barbara Southcott, Ann Marie Ward, Chief Hairdresser: Norma Webb, Titles by: Plume Partners, Opticals by: Capital FX, Peter Watson Associates, Music by: Trevor Jones, Solo Guitar Played by: John Williams, Solo Trumpet Played by: Maurice Murphy, String Score Performed by: The Guildhall String Ensemble, [The Guildhall String Ensemble] Leader: George Salter, Synthesizers Performed by: Guy Dagul, Synthesizers Performed by: Roger King, Trevor Jones, Conducted by: Guy Dagul, Orchestrations by: Trevor Jones, Orchestrations by: Guy Dagul, Lawrence Ashmore, Music Editor: Robin Clarke, Assistant Music Editor: Mark Atkins, [The Guildhall String Ensemble Recorded] At: CMMP Studio London, Sound Mixer: Peter Glossop, Boom Operator: Martin Trevis, Sound Maintenance: Richard Finney, Re-recording Mixer: Robin O'Donoghue, Re-recording Mixer: Dominic Lester, Sound Editor: Leslie Hodgson, Assistant Sound Editor: Hermione Byrt, Dialogue Editor: John Ireland, Assistant Dialogue Editor: Kerry Kohler, Footsteps Editor: Peter Musgrave, Assistant Footsteps Editor: Victoria Boydell, [Sound] Jobfit Trainee: Patrick Doherty, Stunt Co-ordinator: Andy Bradford, Stunts: Abbi Collins, Stunts: Nick Wilkinson, Speedboat Consultant: Sam Samuel, Boat Co-ordinator: Alfio Galli, Unit Nurse: Catherine Amey, Unit Doctor: Dr Lorenzo Corbetta, Armourer: Gino De Rossi, Unit Publicist: Susan d'Arcy, Artiste Car Driver: John King, Unit Car Driver: Senna Mortty, Geoff Oldman, Catering by: Set Meals Limited, Catering Manager: Paul Caldicott, Chef: Steve Rogers, Caterer: Jennifer Cooper, Catering Assistant: Sabrina Rampin, Made on location in Venice and at: Lee International Studios
Cast
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Dudley Moore (Melvyn Orton), Bryan Brown (Charlton Black), Richard Griffiths (Maurice Horton), Andreas Katsulas (Scarpa), Patsy Kensit (Caroline Wright), Alison Steadman (Rosemary Horton), Penelope Wilton (Patricia Fulford), Bronson Pinchot (bellboy), Jim Carter (Rossi), Alex Norton (Alfio), John Grillo (hotel manager), Andrew Bailey (shady character), Ronnie Stevens (man on plane), Enzo Turrin (senior policeman), Andy Bradford (Italian victim), Lindsay Anderson (Mr Marshall)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(10)
In: The Hollywood Reporter v321 n7 6 Mar 1992 Page: 12, 30Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v321 n7 6 Mar 1992: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: British Board of Film Classification - Monthly List of Cinema Films January 1992 Page: 1
Title: [British Board of Film Classification - Monthly List of Cinema Films - January 1992: no known title]Language: English
In: Empire n32 February 1992 Page: 25
Title: New filmsAuthor: NEWMAN, Kim Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v1 n11 March 1992 Pages: 38-39
Title: [Sight and Sound - v1 n11 March 1992: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 2 Feb 1992 Pages: 79-80
Title: [Variety - 2 Feb 1992: no known title]Author: ELLEY Derek Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Review. Credits
In: Sight and Sound v2 n5 September 1992 Page: 66
Title: [Sight and Sound - v2 n5 September 1992: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note
In: The Hollywood Reporter v316 n49 9 Apr 1991 Page: 58
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v316 n49 9 Apr 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n802 12 Apr 1991 Page: 21
Title: [Screen International - n802 12 Apr 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: In Camera Summer 1991 Page: 9
Title: [In Camera - Summer 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Brief credits and note of film stock used.
In: Premiere v5 n2 October 1991 Page: 79
Title: Premiere's ultimate fall preview.Article type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: A brief, light-hearted preview of the film as part of a series of previews of autumn releases.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7061 FeetBFI identifier: C-693933
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7080 FeetStock date: 1991BFI identifier: C-693932
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1317297
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7061 FeetBFI identifier: C-693933
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)