Carry On - The Ultimate Collection [DVD]

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In 1969, the UK television channel ITV televised a Christmas special recorded by Thames Television; entitled Carry On Christmas, it was watched by over eight million viewers. [10] Subsequent Christmas specials were recorded in 1970, 1972 and 1973. In 1975, a 13-episode television series was commissioned by ATV for ITV. Carry On Laughing ran for two seasons, with six half-hour episodes in season one and seven in season two. The writer Penelope Gilliatt wrote: "The usual charge to make against the Carry On films is to say that they could be so much better done. This is true enough. They look dreadful, they seem to be edited with a bacon slicer, the effects are perfunctory, and the comic rhythm jerks along like a cat on a cold morning. But if all these things were more elegant, I do not really think the films would be more enjoyable: the badness is part of the funniness." [11] Filmography [ edit ] Film No Screenwriter Michael Pertwee completed two scripts entitled Carry On Flying and Carry On Smoking– with the latter being based on life within a fire station. Peter Rogers was not keen on either film idea as he was worried that a potential disaster involving either an aeroplane or a fire could happen while the film was on general release. [30] Rogers commissioned a new script from Talbot Rothwell who initially completed a draft for a camping-themed film. Again, Rogers was not keen and asked Norman Hudis to adapt a film script from a short story written by Eric Barker based on a group of holiday makers on a cruise in the Mediterranean. Rothwell's camping script was filed away and used five years later for Carry On Camping. [31] Filming on Cruising began on 8 January 1962 and lasted two months. It was the first film of the series to be shot in colour and was released in April 1962. [32] Carry On Henry's pre-production title was "Anne of a Thousand Lays"– and was as the title suggested; a parody of the Richard Burton film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). Sid James wore the same costume used by Burton in the earlier film. [83] Gerald Thomas managed to secure royal permission to film in the grounds of Windsor Castle– a first for any British film. [84] Filming started in October 1970 and finished the following month. Henry was released in February 1971. [85] Ritman, Alex (30 May 2016). "British 'Carry On' Producer at Center of Series of Fraud Allegations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 13 November 2016.

Carry On Sergeant (1958) is about a group of recruits doing National Service; its title, a command commonly issued by army officers to their sergeants in the course of their routine duties, was in keeping with its setting. The film was sufficiently successful to inspire a similar venture, again focusing on an established and respected profession in Carry On Nurse. When that too was successful, further forays with Carry On Teacher and Carry On Constable established the series. This initial 'pattern' was broken with the fifth film in 1961, Carry On Regardless, but it still followed a similar plot to that of many of the early films—a small group of misfit newcomers to a job make comic mistakes, but come together to succeed in the end.

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A fully restored box set containing the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth Carry On films, fully remastered and restored in high definition.

Heath, Paul (12 April 2017). "Exclusive Interview: Jonathan Sothcott for We Still Steal The Old Way". The Hollywood News. In the song Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others by The Smiths, one of the lines is "As Anthony said to Cleopatra, as he opened a crate of ale, oh, I say", making reference to Carry on Cleo. The films depict not a more innocent time, but a more dutiful time in terms of what sex meant between men and women during a period after the second world war as the Cold war was taking shape. And the films and film makers frame sex and romance in that vein. Containing the ninth to twelfth editions in the long-running series, Carry On Collection 3 will be issued by Australian distributor Via Vision on 8th November. The films are spoofs of James Bond, Hollywood epic Cleopatra, American Westerns, and Hammer horror films, respectively.

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Carry On Doctor was the first medical theme–based Carry On film for eight years, and was the first of two Carry On films to star the comedian Frankie Howerd. It was also to be the last film of the series according to Peter Rogers. [57] Joan Sims was originally asked to play the part of "Matron" after her earlier success playing a similar part in Doctor in Clover, but the part eventually went to Hattie Jacques. [58] With the Carry On prefix still an unfavourable title among Rank producers, Rothwell initially entitled the script "Nurse Carries on Again". [58] Doctor was also the first of four Carry On films to have illustrations on the opening credits. They were drawn by Larry, an illustrator for Punch. [59] Production started in September 1967 and finished the following month. Doctor was released in December that year. [60]

Acting Headmaster William Wakefield decides to apply for a post at a new school after 20-years service at Maudlin Street Modern School. Before he can leave he must deal with a visit by a Ministry of Education Inspector, but when a senior boy pupil overhears Wakefield plans to leave at the end of term, he and his school chums plan to sabotage every endeavour that might earn Wakefield praise. Carry On Constable (1960) White, Jim (17 March 2008). "A British comedy classic that could carry on". London: Telegraph.co.uk . Retrieved 12 December 2010. [ dead link] Carry On Down Under was considered when, while on holiday in Australia, Gerald Thomas scouted locations and spoke to the Australian Film Commission about a potential film. The production was abandoned when finance fell through, and a complete script written by Vince Powell is included in the book Fifty Years of Carry On. Carry On going strong: Farces of nature", The Independent (online edition), 19 March 2008, accessed 22 July 2013This selection of films, in terms of DVD presentation, is okay, but inconsistent as not all films fill the screen, and one film that has the proper aspect ration only fills a portion of the screen with a low resolution transfer. The Carry On series is a long-running British sequence of comedy films, stage shows and television programmes produced between 1958 and 1992. Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated from 1958 to 1966, and the Rank Organisation from 1967 to 1978, the films were all made at Pinewood Studios. [1] The series' humour relied largely on innuendo and double entendre. [2] There were thirty-one films, four TV Christmas specials, one television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End and provincial stage plays, [3] all made on time and to a strict budget. [4]