Plots with a View (2002)

Director:

Nick Hurran

Writer:

Fred Ponzlov (writer)

Release Date:

4 December 2002 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A comedy where love finds new life and death is something to laugh about.

Plot:

A woman who's husband is cheating on her and an undertaker who's in love with her for ages, decide to fake her death so they can be together. However, the other town's undertaker who loves over-the-top funerals complicates things. |

Plot Keywords:

Coffin | Fake Accident | Undertaker | Wales | Fake Death

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Hannah Higgins	...	Young Betty
Joshua Jenkins	...	Young Boris (as Josh Jenkins)
Shaun Phillips	...	Young Hugh
Alfred Molina	...	Boris Plots
Brenda Blethyn	...	Betty Rhys-Jones
Robert Pugh	...	Hugh Rhys-Jones
Menna Trussler	...	Dilys Rhys-Jones
Jerry Springer	...	Himself
Naomi Watts	...	Meredith Mainwaring
Lee Evans	...	Delbert Butterfield
Christopher Walken	...	Frank Featherbed
Lennie Huhtala	...	Albert Pontefreece
Padrig Owen Jones	...	Willie
Miriam Margolyes	...	Thelma & Selma
Stan Stennet	...	Albert Edwards

Also Known As:

Grabgeflüster (Germany) (video title)
Grabgeflüster - Liebe versetzt Särge (Germany)
Plotz with a View (UK)
Undertaking Betty (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content/humor.

Runtime:

France:94 min (Dinard Festival of British Cinema)

Country:

UK | USA | Germany

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-7 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Brazil:14 | USA:PG-13 | Italy:T | Chile:TE | USA:R (edited version) | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK

Company:

Snowfall Films

Trivia:

While filming scenes in Llantrisant, Wales, Lee Evans fell from a window and landed on a large nail. The sharp spike pierced his body and narrowly missed one of his kidneys.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lee Evans & Christopher Walken go to Plots to see Betty's body Lee Evans does not have his false teeth in.

Quotes:

Betty Rhys-Jones: Why couldn't I have fallen in love with a travel agent?

Movie Connections:

References "The Jerry Springer Show" (1991)

Soundtrack:

Begin The Beguine

Almost as good as "Waking Ned Devine"

Two funeral directors in a Welsh village? English humour as opposed to that other stuff from over the Atlantic? How could I resist. My wife and I saw it on March the 6th for our belated Valentines day celebration and both of us enjoyed some good belly laughs. We were going to see another movie later but decided not to because we wanted the experience of THIS movie to stay with us for the evening.

The mortuary scene in the last 20 minutes of the film is worth the wait. It raises issues rarely talked about in the community, but I know three funeral directors, and the humour is right on the money

Highly recommended and congratulations to the writers. Without you all the actors, directors and the others havn't a job on any Monday.