Parodic biopic of william topaz mcgonagall, regarded by some as the worst english language poet. William mcgonagalls parents, charles and margaret, were irish. With numerous notes and asides on their provenance by the poet himself, including the account of his debut as macbeth in the tragedy by mr wm shakespeare, this collection was published in. The great mcgonagall 1974 cast and crew an outofwork scottish weaver spike milligan wants to be queen victorias peter sellers poet laureate. The great mcgonagall 1975 film complet en francais hd. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of the great mcgonagall with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. He won notoriety as an extremely bad poet who exhibited no recognition of nor concern for his peers opinions of his work. Poor spike, illserved by the cinema, here an attempt to get the lunacy of the q series on celluloid goes awry.
Mcgonagall might have a better chance of accomplishing this if he had any talent, but he is hilariously inept. The great mcgonagall is a film directed by joseph mcgrath with spike milligan, peter sellers, julia foster, john bluthal, year. In 1963, sellers introduced the world to his bestknown character, inspector clouseau, the pink panthers bumbling master of disguise. I love peter sellers and william mcgonagall and i was really looking forward to the movie, but it was surreally bad, lame, weird, dumb, and almost entirely unfunny. William mcgonagall pennys poetry pages wiki fandom. Greece transliterated title mcgonagall, o tromeros.
Revuetype sketches inspired by the life of william mcgonagall, the 19th century scot and selfstyled poet who wrote verse not unlike milligan. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Spike milligan, peter sellers, victor spinetti, valetyne dyall and. After moving about a bit in scotland, looking for work, the family settled in dundee, sometime in the late thirties.
This cult british comedy is set in victorian britain and depicts an unemployed scottish weaver who decides to devote his life to poetry. Mcgonagall makes it sound like she is going to reprimand harry, but, instead, she throws everyone in a loop and offers him a biscuit instead. In 1877, 40 years into the reign of queen victoria, an anonymous letter arrived at the offices of the dundee weekly news. William topaz mcgonagall, who was born in dundee in 1830 and died in edinburgh in 1902, has a strong claim to being the worst poet in the history of the english language. Professor mcgonagall had been sat for hours stiffly on the brick wall when dumbledore and his sherbet lemons arrived, followed shortly by a downcast hagrid. Genres comedy, international director joseph mcgrath starring peter sellers, spike milligan, victor spinetti.
There was in fact a real william mcgonagall, the scottish notoriously bad, bad. In the mcgonagall biography rowling wrote for the pottermore site, she explains that mcgonagall is named after william mcgonagall, widely agreed upon as the worst poet in english history. So, in a way, is his movie, with all bad jokes, carelessness and confusion. With spike milligan, peter sellers, julia foster, john bluthal.
Robert mcgonagall jr was a scottish halfblood wizard, who was the youngest child and second son of muggle robert mcgonagall snr and witch isobel ross biography. The great mcgonagall 1975 the great mcgonagall 1975 the great mcgonagall 1975 the image could not be loaded. Comedian spike milligan with comedian and singer harry secombe in april 1978 larking around. Biography of obscure scottish poet, william mcgonagall. William mcgonagall the tay bridge disaster duration. It is a humorous biopic of the scottish poet william mcgonagall that includes several of mcgonagalls actual poems, his appearing in the title role of macbeth and his improvement of the bards plot. I know its a great movie, it has the word great in its title. Its the product of a man who has seemingly given up on life, and wants to hit his audience upside the head with its sordid. It was a message in doggerel rhyme, a tribute to a local vicar who has.
Unfortunately the whole of the rest of the world disagreed. The brand of humor devised 20 years ago by britains goon showspike milligan, peter sellers and harry secombeand revived more recently by monty pythons flying circus, has a. It was here that the young mcgonagall was sent to work, as a handloom weaver his fathers trade. Fields juggling routine in the 1934 film the old fashioned way. The great mcgonagall no doubt amused its makers, who thought it would be funny to send up a bad poet endlessly mocked by fate and society, but on screen its no ed wood of poesy.
Overview of great mcgonagall, the, 1974, directed by joseph mcgrath, with spike milligan, peter sellers, julia foster, at turner classic movies. The great mcgonagall 1974 an outofwork scottish weaver spike milligan wants to be queen victorias peter sellers poet laureate. Pink panther strikes again 1976, and revenge of the pink panther 1978. Peter sellers the official website of peter sellers. His mother and older sister minerva worked together to teach him and his older brother, malcolm, that they could not go around flaunting their magic they also worked to hide the. Peter sellers as queen victoria, the great mcgonagall, 1975 ry458m from alamys library of millions of high. His irish surname is a variation on mag congail, a popular name in county donegal. Worst poet ever the amazing true story of sir william topaz mcgonagall teaser duration.
I love peter sellers and william mcgonagall and i was really looking forward to the movie, but it was surreally bad, lame, weird. His talent made him a sort of victorian chris evans but without the cash. Mcgonagall was born in 1830 in edinburgh, of irish emigre parents. After a broken year at hogwarts, with severus snape appointed headmaster, and the awful alecto and amycus carrow replacing professor mcgonagall as deputy headmasters dont even get us started on this, the head of gryffindor house was somehow still a tower of strength when we bumped into her again, on the cusp of a great battle. Mcgonagallica smatra preobrazbu najtezom i najzahtjevnijom granom magije. Duration 95 minutes release date 1974 laugh track none broadcast details last repeat. Na pocetku price je zamjenica ravnatelja u skoli vjesticarenja i carobnjastva u hogwartsu, predstojnica doma gryffindora i profesorica preobrazbe koju je pocela predavati u decembru 1956. Watch the great mcgonagall, the british comedy by joseph. The great mcgonagall reminds me of the worst examples of charity telethon comedy, where the cast and crew are performing to please themselves rather than to.
The great mcgonagall 1975 directed by joseph mcgrath genres comedy, historical film subgenres parodyspoof, satire run time 95 min. What makes him special is not just his talent for staggeringly awkward rhythms and. Man the boundaries, protect us, do your duty to our school. The story of william mcgonagall, the worst poet in the. Twelve times that professor mcgonagall proved to us all that she is. The great mcgonagall 1975 the great mcgonagall 1975. Also known as aka original title the great mcgonagall. William topaz mcgonagall, the worlds greateset poet. Professor mcgonagalls most memorable moments wizarding. Minerva mcgonagall is awake in the middle of the night, and there she finds that even the facades that are the most sound can sometimes crack.
He wrote some 200 poems, including the infamous tay bridge disaster and the famous tay whale, which are widely regarded as some of the worst in british history. The story concerns indigent scotsman william mcgonagall, who aspires to become poet laureate of great britain. The great mcgonagall 1974 joseph mcgrath, spike milligan. The great mcgonagall is a 1974 british comedy film directed by joseph mcgrath and starring. The chapter that made us fall in love with professor. Although in reality he is turned away when he tries to present it to her, he dreams of being honoured and made poet laureate. Buy poetic gems to enjoy mcgonagall, and buy the wrong box and the party and dr.
The story concerns indigent scotsman william mcgonagall, who. In that moment when the three left harry on the steps of number four, privet drive, we caught a glimpse of mcgonagalls soft heart for a full minute the three of them stood and looked at the little bundle. There are thousands of mediocre poets, and millions of ordinarily bad ones, but mcgonagall stands above or should that be below. The great mcgonagall 1975 film complet en francais a 20170427t18. That matchless british farceur spike milligan stars in the great mcgonagall. The great mcgonagall 1974, directed by joseph mcgrath. Books by william mcgonagall author of collected poems. Standup poet, armchair revolutionary and recumbent rocker elvis mcgonagall is the sole resident of the graceland caravan park somewhere in the middle of nowhere. It is a humorous biopic of the scottish poet william mcgonagall that includes several of mcgonagall s actual poems, his appearing in the title role of macbeth and his improvement of the bards plot. The great poets william mcgonagall delphi classics.
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