Round 6: Tossup 12

A sullen-faced policeman in this film suddenly yells “get in the back of the van!” In this film, an eccentric character who likes the “je ne sais quoi about a firm young carrot” was inspired by its director’s interactions with Franco Zeffirelli on the set of Romeo and Juliet. One of this film’s protagonists tells a farmer, “we’ve gone on holiday by mistake!” To elicit a real reaction from an actor who was born in Eswatini, this film’s director secretly replaced (*) water with vinegar in a scene in which his character drinks from a can of lighter fluid. In this film’s last scene, one of the title characters faces the camera and delivers the “what a piece of work is a man!” monologue from Hamlet. Characters in this Bruce Robinson film include Danny the Drug Dealer and Monty, played by Richard Griffiths. For 10 points, what cult English film about an alcoholic actor (10[2])stars Richard E. Grant? ■END■ (10[2])

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