Topsy Turvy: Japanese No! Japanese Yes!

[@mturynP]

Andy Serkis' motion-capture work here looks _amazingly_ natural. Kudos to him and the animators.

[@gogiggs6416]

Jim Broadbent's performance in this film is one of my favorite lead performances in a film ever.

[@BuckyNugget]

agreed! He's both taskmaster and petulant child.

[@Nothing-db1zy]

I like it too, but, being a recent fan of his, my opinion is just suspicious. What did you think about his voice? I was a little bugged about it, for it seems a little over acted, forced ... I don't know!

[@Harriet-Jesamine]

This Film is insanely humorous and poignant simultaneously. Been in my top since I worked at a Cinema in 1999 and first saw it!

[@joyceharrison1682]

"Will this take long? I'm to arrange a mazurka at four o'clock." Gosh, I love this film.

[@BuckyNugget]

Andy Serkis!

[@markhager2216]

Martin Savage is DYING at that piano with his newspaper. Broadbent is amazing. And the whole issue of “if you speak English loudly enough, everyone can understand it” is a tradition in much of the English speaking world. Broadbent (Gilbert) continuing tor refer to the woman as “Miss Sixpence Please” cracks me up every time.

[@BuckyNugget]

hahaha... you gotta love the level of respect and disrespect Gilbert shows everyone!

[@Sshooter444]

Sullivan's music is unforgettable, just perfect.

[@nefersguy]

absolutely brilliant scene from a Superb film. "if he doesn't speak english he's hardly likely to speak italian - Mrs Rutherford! "

[@andrea22213]

Ahh The marvellous Dorothy Atkinson as Miss Jessie Bond. Magnificent

[@tywilliamnash5078]

I love this film, and I have it too. I watch it at least once a year. Lots of people have tried to reproduce 'Three Little Maids' on stage, but nothing compares or even comes even close to this. These girls nail it. I love Timothy Spall's performance singing some song about the Emperor and the daughter-in-law elect. He nails it.

[@davidwalker8955]

As always a great film by Mike Leigh .

[@Lucadance]

I love this movie! I periodically think of this scene and the very funny D'Auban character. An excellent film. Perfect in every way.

[@redwolf481]

@Shamborn andy serkis is great in this...I can't tell u how many times I have seen this movie and i never knew it was him

[@johnerwin6617]

One of my few ALL TIME FAVORITE films. Thanks for the post!! :)

[@almadora]

i'd love to see the scene where he announces he cuts the mikado song, and all the surrounding backstage talk and collaborative revolt to reinstate his number. some of the best stuff in a truly excellent film.

[@Stantzs]

wow, you can tell the cast loved every minute of that,

[@johnerwin981]

a 'great' scene from the movie. Also, the 2 actresses in their dressing room, conversing w/ each other another scene i enjoyed. Thanx again fr th posts from the movie!

[@maggiesmith856]

It would have been nice if Gilbert had thought to hire a translator. You can see them thinking "The British are weird !"

[@aclark903]

変な外人

[@malkamusik]

This film is more of an interesting character study of various peoples' lives back in Victorian England, and less a musical. However, the musical performances are excellent!! If you haven't yet, SEE THIS FILM!

[@treesny]

Although the characters, almost all of whom are actual historical figures, are presented vividly thanks to the sharp screenplay and a brilliant cast, the true subject of this great film is to show the blood, sweat and tears that theater folk put in so that an audience will enjoy their seemingly "effortless" work. One of the few films about the theater that shows how it really is!

[@adpny]

@Shamborn I loved Another Year. I notice Jim Broadbent was in both films. It's nice to see actors who have worked repeatedly with Mike Leigh over the years.

[@tnrc75]

Thank you VERY MUCH! Absolute brilliance.

[@CaptainSiberia]

Fantastic!

[@bluegrassbobify]

The Criterion bluray is being released on March 29th!! The cover is truly topsy-turvy, unlike the cover of my current DVD from 1999. It was the first DVD I ever bought

[@krogdog]

GROSMITH RULES!!! Martin Savage just oozes charisma in this movie!

[@georgemonet1888]

But didn't he tell Leelee that this was just low burlesque on the river Thames during the dressing room scene? So is it an original Japanese Opera or low burlesque on the river Thames?

[@CarlosEmilioEsq]

That's the funny part. He told his actors whatever he needed to tell them to get them to do as he wanted. It was interesting how he handled them. Some he coddled and was sweet as pie with, others he was firmer and colder to. Great backstage dynamic.

[@peterdavies2960]

‘Oh please don’t think I’m prejudice! 😲´ -Sir William Gilbert aka Jim Broadbent aka Professer Horace Slughorn 😂

[@ShaddySoldier]

Dude you've commented this same thing 3 times over the past year lol

[@maggiesmith856]

I think the guy dancing around is Andy Serkis (Gollum).

[@thomashogan16]

Yes. He is.

[@merledoughty5787]

Arthur Sullivan had visited Libertys in London during an exposition by the Japanese and Ms 6 pence please was named after one of the ladies there I have a great tape of this

[@operettas_are_lovely]

Come along tortoise!! Such a great scene. :D

[@TheSoundsage]

Brilliant- almost miraculous

[@ジョルジュメリエス]

英語全然分からんから字幕付きでちゃんとこの映画見たい

[@jonp3890]

Hihihihi

[@TylerDevilMcCrudden]

Was that naoko mori

[@phxsns1]

I just love how Gilbert calls the Japanese woman "Miss Sixpence Please".

[@alcockell]

Her minimal English from the cultural exchange seen earlier...

[@phxsns1]

@@alcockell Right

[@peterdavies2960]

As Professor Slughorn aka Jim Broadbent would say ‘oh please don’t think I’m prejudice! No!’ 😂

[@Kiyotea.clarinet]

Yay for japanese?

[@EmperorGarm]

For those of you playing at home and don't understand this comment, you should watch this movie from the beginning so that you can appreciate the set up this becomes a wonderfully understated joke.

[@diddymuck]

nyaaa

[@niskycat]

@YuukiUchiha14 lol yesssss! I remember that!

[@redwolf481]

where is andy serkis

[@diddymuck]

that's not to say its a brilliant piece, but a product of its time.

[@braintree2]

Oh, diddymuck. You must be such a fun person to be around!

[@Karusik123]

And mine!

[@Sapphonouveau]

lol - it's a shame Torchwood wasn't as good as Topsy Turvy, but she was still good in it.

[@naota8]

The First Weeaboos

[@michaeloflannagen]

I think Mickey Rooneys Japanese character??? in Breakfast at Tiffanys belongs right beside this questionable take on Japanese culture.

[@BuckyNugget]

I definitely look at this movie differently than I did 20 years ago :/

[@misterwibble6411]

@@BuckyNugget I don't. There's nothing wrong with this scene at all and it's in no way racist in any way.

[@misterwibble6411]

absolute nonsense. God save us from people who see racism everywhere. Please pray tell us in what way this scene is questionable?

[@misterwibble6411]

@@BuckyNugget why would i want to read your carefully selected web article that has an axe to grind......

[@diddymuck]

the mikado is a flagrant insult to the Japanese when taken in its basics. Much like Porgy and Bess in America.

[@thomashogan16]

Not really. Calm down.

[@ShaddySoldier]

Bro it's a play, chill out lmao

[@treesny]

The Mikado is a fierce and brilliant satire on Victorian England society, with its rigid class system, repressed eroticism and a great vein of bloodthirstyness underneath its "civilized" exterior. The Japanese veneer has never fooled anyone, nor was it meant to: from the opening chorus on, Gilbert is sending up the stereotypes that the English had about Japanese society. The comparison with Porgy and Bess is completely inappropriate.

[@michaeloflannagen]

Boring scene. Who cares. Give me Amadeus. Now that was a movie. Sideshow Bob is brilliant at singing and sending up this awful song.

[@misterwibble6411]

trololololo fail. You must try harder. troll fail is fail.