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Wilt [1988]

Starring: Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman, Diana Quick, Jeremy Clyde
Director: Michael Tuchner
Format: Dolby PAL Surround Sound
Released: 03 Jun 1996
RRP: £4.99
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suprised - By: D. abbott, 12 Aug 2007
love the book,saw this film first on itv cut to ribbons & didnt like it then.but seen the dvd suprisingly funny & enjoyable.good for a giggle.
Wilt's rubber tango in East Anglia - not to be missed!! - By: , 31 Aug 2004
Wilt - faithful attention to the book on the whole, some deviation (blow-up doll aside) but nonetheless both book & film hugely entertaining.

Tom Sharpes' acid wit is brought to life in this sardonic swipe at the Police Forces who 'protect & serve' us, & bureaucracy, served up on the same plate with our sympathy being evoked for Wilty. Causing us to ponder on the lives of those other poor devils who are obliged to try & teach in similar environments.

Its seems obvious where Sharpe's sympathies lie in the book & this transposes well to the film, the characters of Wilt & Inspector Flint are portrayed brilliantly by that well known comedy duo 'Smith & Jones'. The dialogue, as in the book, is magic!

Wilt being tied to a Blow-Up doll, falsely accused of murder, & vainly protesting his innocence. Maintaining the theme of farce, the piece of evidence that could have 'cleared' him, had been used by a toilet-roll challlenged Wilt to serve an urgent 'bathroom' need.

Tom Sharpe's literary swipes at the corrupt, powerful, snobbish & any other eligible targets never fail to deliver with copious doses of humour, irreverent & bizarre situations & truck loads of irony. To see his books brought to life on film or TV is precious & not to be missed.

This film is hugely entertaining. I would suggest an 'evening in' with the DVD & any other like minded individuals & be entertained. Reallly entertained.

WILT - By: Dan Lee, 17 Jan 2004
This film is absolutely F**king hilarious. Griff Rhys Jones is superb as the Uptight college lecturer Henry Wilt who is constantly sarcastic as ever, but the star of the show is undoubtably Mel Smith who plays the very over ambitious Inspecter Flint who is hell bent on nailing an innocent man for murder, just so he can grease his way up the ranks. Alison Steadman is amusing as Wilt's wife. This film still makes me crease up 15 years after it was made. Look out for Charles Lawson (alias Jim Macdonald from Corrie)
A good adaptaion of the book to film. - By: , 04 Dec 2003
If you are a Tom Sharpe fan this is a must have. The story is quite faithful to the book, although deviating a bit at the end of the movie. I've shown it to people who have not read the book & apart from bursting with laughter most of them got started on the books as well. The picture quality is not perfect at times (a bit grainy) & subtitles are available in english only. I still recommend this buy.