Bean (1997)

Director:

Mel Smith

Writers:

Rowan Atkinson (characters) &
Richard Curtis (characters) ...

Release Date:

7 November 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

One Man. One Masterpiece. One Very Big Mistake.

Plot:

Bean works as a caretaker at Britain's formidable Royal National Gallery, and his bosses want to fire him because he sleeps at work all the time...

Plot Keywords:

Whistler's Mother | London England | Los Angeles California | Briton Abroad | Portrait

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Rowan Atkinson	...	Mr. Bean
Peter MacNicol	...	David Langley
John Mills	...	Chairman (as Sir John Mills)
Pamela Reed	...	Alison Langley
Harris Yulin	...	George Grierson
Burt Reynolds	...	General Newton
Larry Drake	...	Elmer
Danny Goldring	...	Security Buck
Johnny Galecki	...	Stingo Wheelie
Chris Ellis	...	Det. Butler
Andrew Lawrence	...	Kevin Langley
Peter Egan	...	Lord Walton
Peter Capaldi	...	Gareth
June Brown	...	Delilah
Peter James	...	Dr. Rosenblum

Also Known As:

Bean: The Movie (USA) (video box title)
Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie (Hong Kong: English title)
Dr. Bean (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for moments of risque humor.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:PG | South Korea:12 | Italy:T | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35186) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Polygram Filmed Entertainment

Trivia:

The soundtrack album for this film contains "(I Want To Be) Elected" by Alice Cooper, as sung by Bruce Dickinson. Rowan Atkinson appears in the song, making comments throughout as Mr. Bean, who is running for British prime-minister. His lines contain many references to Atkinson's series "Black Adder the Third" (1987). For example, Vincent Hanna appears reading off the votes, like he did on the first episode of Blackadder III. Like in that episode, all the parties listed off "no votes" until Atkinson's, who received all the votes (so Bean gets elected in the song). Also, Bean's speech starts off "Unacustomed as I am to public speaking..." like Prince George's did in the episode "Sense and Senility".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Near the start of the film, Bean is late for his meeting. In the meeting the boss greets everyone with a "good afternoon" when only just earlier it has shown Bean look at his watch and it was around 9:00 am.

Quotes:

Mr. Bean: [at the virtual rollercoaster ride talking to David] Brace yourself!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Chlopaki nie placza (2000)

Soundtrack:

He's A Rebel

Successful transformation to the big screen

Warning:Plot Giveaways

Bean the movie is a triumph in the cinema world. For once a film based on the T.V. series has worked. It may be the case the best jokes are altered versions of what appeared on the small screen but are slotted into the story line with immense skill. Just before Bean gets the Turkey stuck on his head when asked had he cooked a turkey before he nods his head in an unsure "mmmm" mannner.

The best thing about Bean the movie is the for once it is the Americans who are made to look stupid. Whereas in many movies the British are the joke being portrayed as posh in Bean it the Americans who are laughed at for being simply to stupid to realise this so called doctor bean is in fact not a doctor.

On hearing Mr Bean was hitting the big screen I was at first very concerned that it would not work for him to talk . However many of the funniest lines are when he does open his mouth such as when he calls a 50 million dollar painting a big picture of an old bat.

Very recommended