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John
Hannah plays: Matthew, one of Charles' gang of friends
Summary: Hugh Grant
plays Charles, a "serial monogamist" who meets an American, Carrie (Andie
MacDowell), at the wedding of their mutual friends. The movie follows
Charles' and his friends' attempts, at various social gatherings, to find
love and settle down.
My thoughts:
Charles' gang of friends, Tom (James Fleet), Fiona (Kristin Scott Thomas),
David (David Bower), Scarlett (Charlotte Coleman), Matthew (John Hannah),
and Gareth (Simon Callow), were the best part of the movie, and I personally
liked them better than either of the main characters.
One of the most memorable
parts of the movie was Matthew's reading of "Funeral Blues" by W.H. Auden,
which is also included on the movie's soundtrack
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Funeral
Blues
Stop
all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent
the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence
the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring
out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let
aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling
on the sky the message He Is Dead.
Put
crepe bows round the white necks of public doves,
Let
the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He
was my North, my South, my East and West.
My
working week and my Sunday rest,
My
noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I
thought that love would last forever; I was wrong.
The
stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack
up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour
away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For
nothing now can ever come to any good.
--
W. H. Auden
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Four Weddings and a Funeral
News: It was voted #23 in the British Film Institute's Top
100 British Films of the Century. |