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The Hippopotamus

Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.

Director

John Jencks

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Production

The Electric Shadow Company

Awards

1 nomination

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http://www.hippothemovie.com/

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Ted Wallace

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Bassianus

Beatrice Quiet

Nancy Chunkle

Marcus Andronicus

Ally Pecher

Anita Hare

Matthew Lake

Andrew Alexander

Rupert Keynes

Roddy

Jane Swann

Emily Berrington

Simon Logan

Mrs. Vance

Anne Logan

Michael Logan

David Logan

Podmore

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Benedict Taylor

Valerie Richmonde

Clara Richmonde

Oliver Mills

Nigel Ogden

Young Simon

Young David

Sebastian Croft

Dr. Fraser

Rebecca Logan

Geraldine Somerville

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Issy van Randwyck

Roman Wallace

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Claudie Nedelec

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Adam Broomfield Strawn

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Danisa Malcom Hunda

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Joanne Westcott

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Paul Whittingham

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Joden Joseph-Wright

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Aidan O'Gallaghan

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Alexander Ryv Vrboski

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Alice Williamson

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Alice Woodhouse

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John Richardson

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Amanda Friggieri

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Jonathan Sanders

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Deborah McKenzie

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Joseph Simpson-Bushell

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Joshua Roberts-Mensam

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Denis Khoroshko

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Richard Battizum

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Diana Fairbairn Smith

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Richard Lavender

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Robert-Anthony Artlett

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Anna Hallas Smith

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Robert D. Hayward

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Annie Ray Williams

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Eden Avital Alexander

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Antonio Cicalese

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Apostolos Neophitou

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Roy Martin Thorn

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Elizabeth Donker Curtius

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Russell Gillary

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Sally Woodfield

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Feizal Mowlabocus

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Franklyn Gellnick

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Lisa McKendrick

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Geoffrey Osborne

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Selena Chambers

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Mariano Manzella

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Graham Kettridge

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Mariia Bashkatova

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Hannah Amelia Jauregui

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Martin Robinson

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Catherine Scovell

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Cathy Henderson

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Michael Barwett

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Stavros Oikonomou

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Chanelle Sadie Paul

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Miguel A. Caycedo

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Charles Sandford

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Miranda Greenfield

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Charlie S. Jones

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Christine Keates

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Narinder Guraya

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Teresa Shaughnessy

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Izevbuwa Amadasun

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Toby Dysterre-Clark

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Jacqueline Whecan

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Tramaine Reindorf

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Jacqui Golledge

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Ted Wallace Rebecca Logan

'T. S. Eliot said that - The Hippopotamus

'T. S. Eliot said that

'I published five collections
of poetry in eight years - The Hippopotamus

'I published five collections of poetry in eight years

'Over time, the scab became a scar - The Hippopotamus

'Over time, the scab became a scar

'All the arteries and veins are dried out. - The Hippopotamus

'All the arteries and veins are dried out.

'These days, I turn
whiskey into journalism. - The Hippopotamus

'These days, I turn whiskey into journalism.

Ah-ah-ah! Ah! Ah! - The Hippopotamus

Ah-ah-ah! Ah! Ah!

Noble patricians, patrons of my right, - The Hippopotamus

Noble patricians, patrons of my right,

If ever Bassianus, Caesar's son, - The Hippopotamus

If ever Bassianus, Caesar's son,

You're not defending this
fecal matter, are you? - The Hippopotamus

You're not defending this fecal matter, are you?

Goes rather against the grain,
being a critic, doesn't it? - The Hippopotamus

Goes rather against the grain, being a critic, doesn't ...

Know that the people of
Rome, for whom we stand - The Hippopotamus

Know that the people of Rome, for whom we stand

Have, by common voice, in
election for the Roman empery... - The Hippopotamus

Have, by common voice, in election for the Roman empery...

Get off the stage and
find new representation! - The Hippopotamus

Get off the stage and find new representation!

Where is the man responsible
for this theatrical audia? - The Hippopotamus

Where is the man responsible for this theatrical audia?

It is the director who should be ejected, - The Hippopotamus

It is the director who should be ejected,

'I haven't seen such a
load of shit on the stage - The Hippopotamus

'I haven't seen such a load of shit on the stage

We need to put up a strong front, - The Hippopotamus

We need to put up a strong front,

I know you've been told by
people cleverer than you - The Hippopotamus

I know you've been told by people cleverer than you

I know my writing for you
makes you feel successful. - The Hippopotamus

I know my writing for you makes you feel successful.

I know you know I could walk into any job - The Hippopotamus

I know you know I could walk into any job

I also know you took culture - The Hippopotamus

I also know you took culture

You would censure me? - The Hippopotamus

You would censure me?

You're the one bringing down the tone - The Hippopotamus

You're the one bringing down the tone

I bet you never had a wank
that wasn't focus-grouped, - The Hippopotamus

I bet you never had a wank that wasn't focus-grouped,

Why don't you take your
freckled ass on a sabbatical - The Hippopotamus

Why don't you take your freckled ass on a sabbatical

You may have been the great
hope for British poetry - The Hippopotamus

You may have been the great hope for British poetry

When... when did you
last do anything at all? - The Hippopotamus

When... when did you last do anything at all?

I have about as much need of you - The Hippopotamus

I have about as much need of you

'No use denying the fact
we all feel undervalued. - The Hippopotamus

'No use denying the fact we all feel undervalued.

'To be told officially
that we are off the case - The Hippopotamus

'To be told officially that we are off the case

'Paradoxically, this
increases our self-esteem - The Hippopotamus

'Paradoxically, this increases our self-esteem

'Finding myself at leisure, - The Hippopotamus

'Finding myself at leisure,

'It was unlikely a poem would come - The Hippopotamus

'It was unlikely a poem would come

'S0, I listed, as is my custom, - The Hippopotamus

'S0, I listed, as is my custom,

'The rare words annoy the punter, - The Hippopotamus

'The rare words annoy the punter,

'A painter has oils, acrylics and pastels. - The Hippopotamus

'A painter has oils, acrylics and pastels.

'A musician has entire machines - The Hippopotamus

'A musician has entire machines

You may not remember me. - The Hippopotamus

You may not remember me.

Jane Swann. One of the Berkshire Swanns? - The Hippopotamus

Jane Swann. One of the Berkshire Swanns?

Cast your mind back to a small
font, a baby and a rising poet. - The Hippopotamus

Cast your mind back to a small font, a baby and a rising poe...

Where the last of the
semi-famous get assholed. - The Hippopotamus

Where the last of the semi-famous get assholed.

Sooth. You see before you
a recently fired man. - The Hippopotamus

Sooth. You see before you a recently fired man.

'Jane's home lived up to
my ripest expectations. - The Hippopotamus

'Jane's home lived up to my ripest expectations.

'As degrading a cocktail
of over-priced cliches - The Hippopotamus

'As degrading a cocktail of over-priced cliches

'Any given surface - The Hippopotamus

'Any given surface

That thing on the sofa's
a Kazakh placenta sheet. - The Hippopotamus

That thing on the sofa's a Kazakh placenta sheet.

'In the taxi over, Jane had
mentioned she had a job for me. - The Hippopotamus

'In the taxi over, Jane had mentioned she had a job for...

'I demurred, of course, - The Hippopotamus

'I demurred, of course,

'But she told the driver to keep driving - The Hippopotamus

'But she told the driver to keep driving

My doctor tells me I have
three months to live. - The Hippopotamus

My doctor tells me I have three months to live.

That's ballsy. - The Hippopotamus

But it's a grotty age and a grotty world - The Hippopotamus

But it's a grotty age and a grotty world

Do you believe in miracles? - The Hippopotamus

Do you believe in miracles?

As in calming the storms and
feeding the multitudes? - The Hippopotamus

As in calming the storms and feeding the multitudes?

Give us a fag. - The Hippopotamus

A marvelous and mysterious
thing has happened to me, - The Hippopotamus

A marvelous and mysterious thing has happened to me,

I don't know what you have in mind, - The Hippopotamus

I don't know what you have in mind,

You sure? No interest? - The Hippopotamus

You sure? No interest?

Well, it might be ungodfatherly
of me to suggest, - The Hippopotamus

Well, it might be ungodfatherly of me to suggest,

Well, you're forgiven. - The Hippopotamus

Well, you're forgiven.

And I'd pay you handsomely. - The Hippopotamus

And I'd pay you handsomely.

25,000 now and the rest either
later or left in my will. - The Hippopotamus

25,000 now and the rest either later or left in my will.

The doctors say I'm going to die.
I don't believe I will. - The Hippopotamus

The doctors say I'm going to die. I don't believe ...

Something happened to me at Swafford Hall. - The Hippopotamus

Something happened to me at Swafford Hall.

And if the truth is you're not cured? - The Hippopotamus

And if the truth is you're not cured?

Jane, there must be 1,000 journalists - The Hippopotamus

Jane, there must be 1,000 journalists

Delicious girl, since your
mother and I parted ways, - The Hippopotamus

Delicious girl, since your mother and I parted ways,

I could be out of the house - The Hippopotamus

I could be out of the house

'Jane was mad, certainly, - The Hippopotamus

'Jane was mad, certainly,

'I was perfectly happy to labor - The Hippopotamus

'I was perfectly happy to labor

'I envied those careless peasants - The Hippopotamus

'I envied those careless peasants

'Mine was a more elusive quarry, - The Hippopotamus

'Mine was a more elusive quarry,

'My last visit to swafford
had been amusing enough, - The Hippopotamus

'My last visit to swafford had been amusing enough,

♪ Now the pale moon shining ♪ - The Hippopotamus

♪ Now the pale moon shining ♪

Davey wanted to come, - The Hippopotamus

Davey wanted to come,

There was a young man called Simon, - The Hippopotamus

There was a young man called Simon,

He thought it a shame
that his very own name - The Hippopotamus

He thought it a shame that his very own name

♪ Hold your hats ♪ - The Hippopotamus

♪ Hold your hats ♪

'The home of the Logan family since 1984 - The Hippopotamus

'The home of the Logan family since 1984

'After doing something
sinister for Margaret Thatcher - The Hippopotamus

'After doing something sinister for Margaret Thatcher

- Oh! Oh! Ha-ha!
- Just... just plain Ted. - The Hippopotamus

- Oh! Oh! Ha-ha! - Just... just plain Ted.

Ah! Podmore, is it not? - The Hippopotamus

Ah! Podmore, is it not?

Oh, very well, Master David. - The Hippopotamus

Oh, very well, Master David.

And then after dinner, I can
take you round the east wing. - The Hippopotamus

And then after dinner, I can take you round the east wing.

Oh. Whiskey's right, isn't it? - The Hippopotamus

Oh. Whiskey's right, isn't it?

'Since becoming his godfather, - The Hippopotamus

'Since becoming his godfather,

'Mine, brief and infrequent - The Hippopotamus

'Mine, brief and infrequent

'His, almost monthly, impossibly tedious - The Hippopotamus

'His, almost monthly, impossibly tedious

'He looked up to his father, Michael, - The Hippopotamus

'He looked up to his father, Michael,

'The truth is, - The Hippopotamus

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Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.

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Director: John Jencks

Writer: Stephen Fry, Blanche McIntyre, Tom Hodgson

Production: The Electric Shadow Company

Genre: comedy

Year: 2017

MetaScore: 46/100

ImdbRating: 6.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Aug 2017

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: http://www.hippothemovie.com/

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