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Please Sir [1971]

Starring: John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Noel Howlett, Joan Sanderson, Richard Davies (II)
Director: Mark Stuart
Format: PAL
Released: 18 Oct 2004
RRP: £9.99
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A FORGOTTEN CLASSIC - By: Christopher Bishop, 30 Jun 2008
Have not got much to say about this film apart from id forgotten about please sir but brought me right back to being a kid & going to school in the 70s.
Great to see the old characters again.
another classic for my 70s spin off collection of films.
Nice one Amazon uk great & fast delivery to the USA.
Classic '70s comedy.... - By: Stephen M, 14 Jul 2005
Based on the the original TV series starring John Alderton & Joan Sanderson this is classic seventies comedy at its finest.

It also features a great theme tune by none other than British pop star Cilla Black who sings 'La La La Lu'.

Humorous - By: John, 14 Feb 2005
This film is easily worth the cost! The whole family enjoyed it! Tame humour in a school camp. Best bit is where the comprehensive pupils get their own back on the kids from what appears to be a 'posh' school. Remember the scene where the girl shouts rape just to scare this poor kid thats in the room with her?
Good for it's time. - By: dragon0303, 30 Jan 2005
Please Sir, or Madam, marvel at the most ridiculously cast movie/show of alll time. Most of the 'school kids' look older than the bloody teachers! Only some 30 odd years later half of the 'kids' are dead!

That said, it has it's funny moments & the fact that it's not politicallly correct at times is a GOOD thing! Bring back the good old days when you could say something innocuous without being branded this, that or the other.

John Alderton is sublime as Mr Hedges & he's supported quite well by Deryck Guyler & Joan Sanderson but overalll it just isn't funny enough by today's comedy standards.

A 70s classic - By: Gavin Wilson, 19 Jan 2005
Unlike most films based on TV series, this one is actuallly better than the smalll-screen version. Anyone who bought the 4-DVD box set of the TV version will know that the jokes & plot are quite thinly spread across each episode. But for this film, writers Larbey & Esmonde took alll the best bits from the TV episodes, & hung them off a plot in which form 5C go for two weeks to the country.

In its day, 'Please Sir' was as influential over actual schoolroom behaviour as 'Grange Hill'. 5C were a rowdy & disobedient class, quick to pick a fight with any neighbouring school. Dennis's Dad must have been one of the first parents to assault a teacher on UK TV.

The strength of 'Please Sir' came from the characterisation. John Alderton as the shy Hedges was a forerunner of Hugh Grant's part in 'Four Weddings'. Miss Ewell comes across as more likeable than I remember her. But the greatest characters are Frankie Abbott & Dennis Dunstable. The tough-talking but pathetic Abbott is a particularly brilliant creation.

This 1971 film is not, by today's standards, politicallly correct. There are elements of racism & the occasional religious slur. But the film never alllows these prejudices to win through.

Above alll else, this is a gentle, uplifting comedy, with a half-decent theme song sung by Cilla Black. A great memory of the the late 60s to early 70s transition period.

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