| The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983) Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1983
Running Times:
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby CREDITS PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Celandine Films/The Monty Python Partnership/Universal Pictures
Producer: John Goldstone SCRIPT
Script: Terry Gilliam DIRECTION
Director: Terry Gilliam
1st Assistant Director: Jonathan Benson, Gary White
2nd Assistant Directors: Matthew Binns, Bobby Wright, Derek Harrington, Paul Taylor PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Roger Pratt
Clapper Loaders: Mark Gridlin, Sue Knight
Focus Puller: John Ignatius
Grips: Malcolm Smith, Tony Gridlin
Gaffer: Roy Rodhouse
Electricians: Geo. J. White, John Clark, Toby Tyler
Best Boy: Reg Parsons
Stills: Clive Coote SOUND
Sound Mixer: Debbie Kaplan MAKE-UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Elaine Carew
Hair: Maureen Stephenson, Sallie Evans
Wardrobe: Joyce Stoneman VISUAL EFFECTS
Model Makers: Westbridge Studios, Michael Beard, Peter Pullen DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: John Beard OTHER SOURCES
Continuity: Maggie Jones
Production Assistant: Patricia Carr LOCATIONS
Locations: England, UK; Scotland, UK; Battersea Power Station, London, England, UK; The Royal Masonic School, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Studio: EMI Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, England, UK STUNTS
Fight Arranger: William Hobbs CAST
Sydney Arnold
Guy Bertrand
Andrew Bicknell
Ross Davidson
Myrtle Devenish
Tim Douglas
Eric Francis
Matt Frewer
Billy John
Russell Kilmister
Peter Mantle
Len Marten
Peter Merrill
Cameron Miller
Gareth Milne
Larry Noble
Paddy Ryan
Leslie Sarony
John Scott Martin
Eric Stovell
Wally Thomas
Jack Armstrong
Robert Carrick
Douglas Cooper
George Daly
Chick Fowles
Terry Grant
Robin Hewlett
Tommy Isley
Juba Kennerley
Tony Lang
John Murphy
Terry Rendell
Ronald Shilling
Albert Welch PLOT SUMMARY
Driven to drastic measures by the appalling
greed and arrogance of their new young corporate masters, the ageing
staff of the Crimson Permanent Assurance rebel. Having cast off their
oppressors, they uproot their building and set sale to plunder other
multi-nationals. Later, they invade the main feature, Monty
Python's Meaning of Life
(1983).
AVAILABILITY Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures Germany
DVD Distributor: Universal (31196) UK
DVD Distributor: Universal (UDR90066) USA
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures
Video Distributor: MCA
Laserdisc Distributor: MCA/Universal Home Video (16031)
DVD Distributor: Image Entertainment (ID 4226 USDVD) CENSORSHIP HISTORY Finland
Rating: K-16 Germany
Rating: 16 Norway
Rating: 15 Sweden
Rating: 15 UK
Rating: 18 USA
Rating: R TIMELINE 1983
June
22: France - theatrical release August
5: Finland, Sweden - theatrical release
26: West Germany - theatrical release 1998
March
18: USA - DVD release (Image Entertainment (ID 4226 USDVD)) 2000
September
4: UK - DVD release (Universal (UDR90066)) October
5: Germany - DVD release (Universal (31196)) 2002
January
22: Czech Republic - theatrical release LINKS SEE ALSO
Monty
Python's The Meaning of Life
(1983)
KEYWORDS insurance brokers; yuppies; pirates |
