FUTTOCKS END AND OTHER SHORT STORIES [1970 / 1964 / 1965 / 1969 / 2021] [Blu-ray] [UK Release] Four BRITISH LION Short Films Starring Top British Comedians!
A notable presence in the British film industry for several decades and a key director of 1970’s film comedies – including outings for Frankie Howerd, Alf Garnett and Danny la Rue – Bob Kellett also produced four of the funniest short films ever made for British cinema.
Starring Ronnie Barker, Richard Briers, Bernard Cribbins, Barbara Windsor, David Lodge, Wilfrid Brambell, Joan Sims and Michael Hordern, these films were "wordless" – their humour carried by performance, sound effects and music – and have all been newly restored in High Definition by Network's in-house award-wining Restoration Team from original film elements in their original exhibited 1.66:1 aspect ratio.
FILM FACT: When you load up the Blu-ray Disc, before you get the Menu, you would get to see the following Theatrical Trailers feature in the 1960’s and 1970’s when you went to the cinema before the main feature film started and this is what you would get to view:
Theatrical Trailers [1961 / 1952] [1080p] [1.66:1] [5:56] Here they announce OUR NEXT PRESENTATION that is a U Certificate and what is shown is two hilarious and very funny Tony Hancock films and they are ‘THE PUNCH AND JUDY MAN’ and ‘THE REBEL.’ But they also announce a bonus Pathé News newsreel, which would have been shown before the two Tony Hancock films as an added bonus, which was a standard practice in the 1950’s and the 1960’s.
FUTTOCKS END [1970]
Cast: Sir Michael Hordern, Ronnie Barker, Roger Livesey, Julian Orchard, Kika Markham, Mary Merrall, Hilary Pritchard, Peggy Ann Clifford, Richard O'Sullivan, Jennifer Cox, Suzanne Togni, Sammie Winmill, Barrie Gosney, Ernest C. Jennings, Kim Kee Lim and Aubrey Woods
Director: Bob Kellett
Producers: Bob Kellett and David Frost
Screenplay: Ronnie Barker (original screenplay)
Composer: Robert Sharples (music composed and conducted)
Cinematography: John Coquillon (Director of Photography) (lighting cameraman)
Image Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: 2.0 LPCM Stereo Audio
Subtitles: None
Running Time: 50 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: BRITISH LION / Network
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A HOME OF YOUR OWN [1964]
Cast: Ronnie Barker, Richard Briers, Peter Butterworth, Bernard Cribbins, Bill Fraser, Norman Mitchell, Ronnie Stevens, Fred Emney, Janet Brown, Gerald Campion, Bridget Armstrong, George Benson, Douglas Ives, Jack Melford, Thelma Ruby, Tony Tanner, Aubrey Woods, Helen Cotterill, Barrie Gosney, Harry Locke, Thorley Walters and Henry Woolf
Director: Jay Lewis
Producer: Bob Kellett
Screenplay: Jay Lewis (original screenplay) and Johnny Whyte (original screenplay)
Composer: Ron Goodwin
Cinematography: Denys Neil Coop (Director of Photography) (lighting cameraman)
Image Resolution: 1080p (black-and-White)
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: 2.0 LPCM Stereo Audio
Subtitles: None
Running Time: 42 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: BRITISH LION / Network
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SAN FERRY ANN [1965]
Cast: Wilfrid Brambell, David Lodge, Ron Moody, Joan Sims, Graham Stark, Ronnie Stevens, Barbara Windsor, Rodney Bewes, Catherine Feller, Lynne Carol, Warren Mitchell, Aubrey Woods, Hugh Paddick, Joan Sterndale-Bennett, Sandor Elès, Fred Emney, Thomas Gallagher, Barrie Gosney, Paul Grist, Anne Kellett, Bettine Le Beau, Andreas Malandrinos, Brian Murphy, Henry Woolf, Tex Fuller (uncredited) and Ian Wilson (uncredited)
Director: Jeremy Summers
Producers: Bob Kellett and John G. Berry
Screenplay: Bob Kellett (original screenplay)
Composer: Burnell Whibley
Cinematography: Billy Williams, O.B.E., B.S.C. (Director of Photography)
Image Resolution: 1080p (Black-and-White)
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: 2.0 LPCM Stereo Audio
Subtitles: None
Running Time: 55 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: BRITISH LION / Network
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VIVE LE SPORT [1969]
Cast: Liane Engeman, Barrie Gosney and Beth Morris
Director: Terry Green
Producer: Bob Kellett
Screenplay: Robert Fuest (uncredited)
Composer: Harry South (music)
Cinematography: John Wyatt (Director of Photography)
Image Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: 2.0 LPCM Stereo Audio
Subtitles: None
Running Time: 26 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: BRITISH LION / Network
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Andrew’s Blu-ray Review: ‘FUTTOCKS END AND OTHER SHORT STORIES’ [1970 / 1964 / 1965 / 1969] and I remember watching ‘FUTTOCKS END AND OTHER SHORT STORIES’ on the original inferior DVD release many years ago and finding the slapstick comedy very funny indeed. All these years later still made me smile a lot, with some of it naturally due to the nostalgia factor.
A notable presence in the British film industry throughout the 1960’s – 1970’s, you had Bob Kellett was known for directing classic British comedy feature film spin-offs, including ‘Up Pompeii’ and its sequels (1971 – 1972) with Frankie Howerd, ‘The Alf Garnett Saga’ [1972] with Warren Mitchell and ‘Are You Being Served?’ [1977] with John Inman. ‘FUTTOCKS END AND OTHER SHORT STORIES’ was his foray into comedy films and includes a collection of four of the funniest short films ever made for British comedy.
Bob Kellett produced some of the funniest short films ever made for British cinema. Drawing from a band of British classic talent, that features Ronnie Barker, Richard Briers, Bernard Cribbins, Barbara Windsor, David Lodge, Wilfrid Brambell, Joan Sims, Michael Hordern and many more.
These wordless “sound effect comedies” utilised the talent of their hilarious ensemble cast, harking back to the silent era comedies incorporating slapstick and music and have all been beautifully restored.
‘FUTTOCKS END’ is joined by other “silent” sound effect comedies, such as ‘A HOME OF YOUR OWN,’ ‘SAN FERRY ANN’ and ‘VIVE LE SPORT,’ though I would definitely not class ‘VIVE LE SPORT’ as a comedy… or even entertaining if truth be told. This is a journey back through time when being politically correct was just something that members of parliament were expected to be and had no other meaning.
What you get to view in ‘FUTTOCKS END,’ ‘A HOME OF YOUR OWN’ and ‘SAN FERRY ANN’ is full of leering at barely concealed boobs, prat falls, ridiculous situations and even more hilarious sound effects, this collection of short films showcases a plethora of actors who I grew up with making me laugh: Ronnie Barker, Richard O’Sullivan, Wilfred Brambell, Barbara Windsor, Rodney Bewes, Warren Mitchell and many more.
Viewed through the lens of today’s ever changing society there are many cringe inducing and no doubt to some, rage inducing moments, but these were made when the world was a different place… in more ways than one.
‘FUTTOCKS END AND OTHER SHORT STORIES’ is a great trip down memory lane for people of “a certain age,” and a time capsule of comedy for everyone, except for ‘VIVE LE SPORT’ that one really didn’t appeal to me and really didn’t fit in with the rest of the three other brilliant short British comedy films!
Here are the four short British films you get to view:
FUTTOCKS END [1970] A gathering at the decaying country pile of Futtocks End gives rise to an ongoing series of saucy misunderstandings! In this "silent" sound effect comedy, Ronnie Barker stars as Sir Giles Futtock, who has a motley group of guests stay at his country estate for the weekend and is set in the Gosford Park world of ‘FUTTOCKS END,’ a creaking manor not unlike Fawlty Towers but more stately with an equal measure of carrying on, silly walking and bedroom leering. Chaos ensues between Hawk, the butler [Sir Michael Hordern] trying to catch glimpses of the good-looking young guest, rum accidentally falling into the punch bowl, and the lost Japanese tourist and especially a series of saucy mishaps between the staff and his guests. By the way, Sir Giles Futtock is another variation on Ronnie Barker's Lord Rustless character.
BONUS: Before the film starts, you get the BRITISH BOARD OF FILM CENSORS certificate to certify that the film ‘FUTTOCKS END’ has been passed to view, but has been given an A rating for Public Exhibition to Adult Audiences and patrons under 11 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
FILM FACT: It was filmed at Grim's Dyke, the former home of W. S. Gilbert of the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas and is now owned by Harrow District Council. In 1979 the film was infamously shown, with no prior announcement or explanation by the BBC in the middle of that year's Miss World broadcast. The programme had in fact been affected by industrial action by sound engineers. Writing in The Observer, Clive James likened it to being “given a lolly to suck.” The film was released on DVD in June 2006 and was shown in Trafalgar Square as part of the 2007 St George's Day celebrations. The complete script appears in Fork Handles: The Bery Vest of Ronnie Barker (Ebury Press, 2013).
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A HOME OF YOUR OWN [1964] A British comedy film which is a brick-by-brick account of the building a young couple's dream house. From the day when the site is first selected, to the day – several years and children later – when the couple finally move in, the story is a noisy but wordless comedy of errors as the incompetent labourers struggle to complete the house. In this satirical look at British builders, many cups of tea are made, windows are broken and the same section of road is dug up over and over again by the water board, the electricity board and the gas board. Ronnie Barker's repeatedly ruined cementing; Peter Butterworth's short-sighted carpenter, and Bernard Cribbins’ hapless stonemason all contribute to the ensuing chaos.
BONUS: Before the film starts, you get the BRITISH BOARD OF FILM CENSORS informing us that This is to Certify that ‘A HOME OF YOUR OWN’ has been passed for GENERAL RELEASE because it has been given a U rating.
FILM FACT: In the 2006 interview included on the DVD's box set release, the Producer Bob Kellett said the film's idea was not his own, but came from a comic idea to "De-prestige" a building company’s vainglorious promotional film Bob Kellett and the Writers had watched.
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SAN FERRY ANN [1965] A hilariously wicked look at the British at play as a motley crew of British characters ride the “San Ferry Ann” ship to the shores of France where they embark on a weekend of calamity. A campervan family led by Dad and [David Lodge] and Mum [Joan Sims] create chaos from the moment they set their tyres on the shore resulting in frequent run-ins with the Gendarmerie. Lewd Grandad [Wilfrid Brambell] finds his own misadventures with a newly acquainted friend, a crazy German ex-soldier [Ron Moody]. Also aboard for the ride is a saucy hitchhiker [Barbara Windsor], who causes a few heads to turn including that of a fellow hitchhiker traveller [Ronnie Stevens] who pursues her affection with comic results. But what we do get to see is a typical prudish British couple trying to disrobe on the beach to their swimwear, which was so very typical and ridiculous in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
BONUS: Before the film starts, you get the BRITISH BOARD OF FILM CENSORS informing us that This is to Certify that ‘SAN FERRY ANN’ has been passed for GENERAL RELEASE because it has been given a U rating.
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VIVE LE SPORT [1969] Two British swinging dolly-birds roar through Europe in their classic brightly classic coloured “Mini Cooper S” car and are being chased across Europe by a not so sinister organization who are after a colour 35mm roll of film that's been hidden beneath one of the Minis spot lamp covers! To me, I am slightly confused why they included this film, and was also a totally pointless waste of time, but I suppose it was because it was produced by Bob Kellett. But what it does show you are lots of wonderful nice Continental scenery and because of the period it was filmed, there is not a lot of traffic on the roads and it was a really good job the film was only just over 26 minutes.
BONUS: Before the film starts, you get the BRITISH BOARD OF FILM CENSORS informing us that This is to Certify that ‘VIVE LE SPORT’ has been passed for GENERAL RELEASE because it has been given a U rating.
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Blu-ray Image Quality – British Lion Film Distributors and Network presents these four short classic British films with a wonderful upgraded 1080p image and a 1.66:1 aspect ratio. ‘FUTTOCKS END’ and ‘VIVE LE SPORT’ have been newly scanned to 2K resolution from the original 35mm camera negatives and ‘A HOME OF YOUR OWN’ and ‘SAN FERRY ANN’ SPORT’ have been newly scanned from 35mm intermediate elements and the films ‘A HOME OF YOUR OWN’ and ‘SAN FERRY ANN’ are in very sharp wonderful black-and-white images that are a real treat to view. All were extensively restored from their original theatrical 1.66:1 aspect ratio and restoration involved both automatic and manual removal of film dirt and damage, and correction of major instability, warping and density fluctuation.
Blu-ray Audio Quality – British Lion Film Distributors and Network brings these four short classic British films with a wonderful upgraded 2.0 LPCM Stereo Audio. Here you get with these brilliant British comedy classics with lots of hilarious silent-movie style scenario with wonderful composed music by the brilliant British composers like Robert Sharples (music), Ron Goodwin (music), Jeremy Summers (music) and Harry South (music) and on top of all that you get wonderful sound effects and comedic incoherent babble in the place of dialogue and everything is crystal clear and really enhances these four comedy classics and makes what you view so much more enjoyable to watch.
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Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:
Special Feature: ‘San Ferry Annie’ [2012] [1080p] [1.78:1 / 1.66:1] [5:45] Here we get to meet Annie Kellett [Previously married to Bob Kellett / MINI MUM] and talks about how the film ‘SAN FERRY ANN’ came about and how Bob Kellett decided to make it into a silent film, but with brilliant British comedy classics with lots of hilarious silent-movie style scenario with wonderful composed music by the brilliant British composer Burnell Whibley, and Annie Kellett read the script and thought it would be a wonderful hilarious comedy film, especially as Bob Kellett wrote the original screenplay, and wanted to show a typical British people visiting the continent of Europe and mainly France, especially showing parents with their young children, and two of the babies you see held by the two British comedy actors on the ferry, were actually Annie Kellett and Bob Kellett’s children. Annie Kellett talks about the wonderful British actors in the film, that she felt were fantastic and all played their parts well. What Annie Kellett liked was being with comedy actress Joan Simms, who they both had a great time together and especially eating lots of lovely food and at that point the interview ends.
Special Feature: Feature First [2021] [1080p] [1.78:1 / 1.66:1] [7:11] Here we meet Billy Williams, O.B.E., B.S.C. [Director of Photography] and talks about starting out on his early career with his father, also named Billy, as an apprentice cameraman, and Billy Williams first worked on training films, documentaries and short films, as well an assistant, then he worked for British Transport and making films about railways, in the shipping docks and also films about motorways and his ultimate ambition was to get into feature films and when he finally got a job making feature films, he felt it was like working for the Premiere League [football] and of course at the start of his career in feature films had to start at the bottom and then slowly work his way up in different sectors of the film industry, until you actually become a professional and legitimate cinematographer. But to get a job being a cameraman for documentaries was very difficult, as you had known someone who worked in that field of filming documentaries, but then commercials arrived because the first TV commercial channel in the UK and proved a stepping stone for Billy Williams and was able to learn more about lighting techniques and also working with professional actors and also got to work with people who worked on feature films. One day Billy Williams got a phone call from a production manager David Anderson and informed Billy Williams that they were making a small black-and-white comedy film entitled ‘SAN FERRY ANN’ and was asked if he would lie to be the cinematographer and was sent the script and heard it was going to be a silent film, but with sound effects and composed music by Burnell Whibley and lots of brilliant British classic comedy actors and was at the time they would show two films, the second one was the main feature film, and ‘SAN FERRY ANN’ was the supporting feature film, and Billy Williams says that it was great fun to film it. Billy Williams also says that it was an interesting document in some ways, and illustrated how Dover Ferry Terminal and the Cross Channel Ferry has Now changed dramatically since they shot the film 1965, because since then the landscape has changed dramatically, so he feels the film is quite a historic document in a way, and the main locations for the film was the Dover Ferry Terminal, the Cross Channel Ferry and Calais in France and again says it was a great deal of fun to film, and also comments that it had an amazing star studied British comedy classic actors, and was such an enjoyable film to be involved with. Billy Williams says that in the days when we shot the film, the Dover Ferry Terminal was much quieter in 1965 than it is today, and they had to fit in with the Cross Channel Ferry’s time table schedule, especially with the loading and unloading of the vehicles, as well as loading and unloading the equipment, and with the filming on board the ferry, they had to time the filming schedule precisely, but despite this situation, Billy Williams says we had a great deal of fun, and this film led to a second film with the same producer Bob Kellett and was entitled ‘Just Like A Woman’ and was a 1967 British comedy film written and directed by Robert Fuest and starring Wendy Craig, Francis Matthews, Dennis Price, Clive Dunn and John Wood, but this time it was filmed in colour and the plot follows a wealthy couple who work in the entertainment industry and decide to separate, but soon begin to miss each other and was another film shot on location and the interior shots was in an old cinema converted to a film studio in Isleworth that is a town sited within the London Borough of Hounslow in West London, England, but one problem they had was that it was situated in the flight path of Heathrow Airport and every two minutes planes would fly over the building and of course caused lots of problems when the actors said their lines. Although the film was shot in colour, but Billy Williams preferred to film in black-and-white, and despite requesting to film it in black-and-white, but was rejected, as they said it was too risky. At that point the interview ended and overall it was a very nice and interesting interview and was also fascinating to hear Billy Williams’s fond memories of filming ‘SAN FERRY ANN’ and is well worth viewing the excellent interview with Billy Williams.
Audio Commentary for ‘FUTTOCKS END’ [2021] [1080p] [1.66:1] [00:00] Here we are introduced to director and producer Bob Kellett and is here to talk about the film ‘FUTTOCKS END’ and says he did not originally intend to direct the film ‘FUTTOCKS END’ but instead wanted to produce the film and before this happened, they were originally going to have another director in mind to do ‘FUTTOCKS END,’ but this unknown director was offered a massive amount of money to direct another big budget American film instead, and all happened a week before shooting of the film was to start, so Bob Kellett stepped in to save the day and of course he was familiar with the script, and he stuck rigid to how it was to be filmed, and so just got down to directing the film, Bob Kellett says the word FUTTOCKS is not a rude word and actually means that each of the middle timbers of a ship's frame, between the floor and the top timbers, but the Victorian attitude Americans thought it meant a rude word and if they had shot the film they wanted to entitle the film ‘A Gentleman’s Home Is His Castle’ and Bob Kellett says that was not a bad tile for the film, but not at all suitable for a British comedy film. Bon Kellett talks about the two main character actors at the start of the film and felt Michael Hordern was brilliant as the Butler and Bob Kellett always wanted Michael Hordern to be in the film and made sure he got the actor for the part. The actual house was filmed at the former home of W. S. Gilbert of the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas fame and at the time when they wanted to start filming, it was in a shocking state of repair and needed massive renovation and it took over for a month from Harrow District Council who owned it and sadly W. S. Gilbert the originally owner was found drowned in the pond on the estate. Originally Ronnie Barker wanted dialogue at the start of the film, but was persuaded to keep the film with no dialogue and in the end kept it as you see it today, and of course having the film without dialogue is even funnier, especially with funny sound effects and composed music, but most important is that there is no language barrier and can be shown in any country that does not speak the English language. On top of all that, Bob Kellett felt Ronnie Barker was perfectly cast as lord of the manor and especially appearing in the slapstick comedy film and with lots of rude lewd subtle humour. Because the film had a very tight budget, everyone had to supply their own outfits. Bob Kellett talks about the actor Roger Livesey, a very famous film and stage actor, but was 80 years of age appearing in this film and of course the easel he was carrying, wanted to be filmed using to draw sketches around the house and grounds with lots of comic timing and thoroughly enjoyed being in the film Of course before filming could proceed, they need a large house and hopefully near their main headquarters film studio do Bob Kellett contact their local Harrow District Council and asked for an large unoccupied house and they mentioned that there was a house that was originally owned by W, S, Gilbert and Bob Kellett was very interested and they asked Bob Kellett what would he be willing to pay to hire the house for a month, and explained the business of the budget restraints, and explained that that had been given £1,000 for the production costs and Harrow District Council and agreed to a deal, but because of the state of repairs to the house, had to do a massive clean-up job even before they could start filming at the house and what they found was massive amounts of mushrooms growing profusely inside the house and on top of that the house was completely empty an had to bring in all the furniture to make it looked lived in and the film was also basically a do-it-yourself type film. In the film you hear quite often of the sound effect of the toilet being flushed, and Bob Kellett had in his home two ancient toilets and so they recorded them being flushed, as they made such a great eccentric noise that suits the comic sound effects in ‘FUTTOCKS END.’ In the film you get an eight minute comic sequence in the dining room, but with multiple of technical issues with different shots, it took a whole day of filming, especially with all the comedic errors you get to view. But while the actors start their meal, you notice there is complete silence, but of course it does not last very long, as slapstick mayhem starts to happen and Bob Kellett really enjoyed filming the actors kicking the roll around like a football match and eventually Ronnie Barker kicks the roll between the old ladies leg, and you get the recorded sound of a roar of a crowd at a football match and really enjoyed filming this sequence. Bob Kellett also says that when filming the dining room scene, comic timing was totally essential, which of course is totally important for ‘FUTTOCKS END.’ The filming of ‘FUTTOCKS END’ was 100% as the script, nut of course with the dining room scene had to very flexible because of the different shots they had to film and was no easy matter, and especially setting up for the next gag, and what you see with the actors comic expressions you do not need any dialogue, and it is all there for you to view and what is going on, and that is why Bob Kellett really enjoyed making the hilarious fun film ‘FUTTOCKS END.’ As to the comic sound effects, Bob Kellett informs us was all produced in his little studio in Chancery Lane that was situated in High Holborn, London WC1V 6DR, and had Ronnie barker there to help him out to get every sound effect for each scene in the film right and was all done with different kinds of props that Ronnie Barker brought into the studio for recording. Bob Kellett says that what was a happy bonus was at the time of filming was a glorious summer and made for a very easy filming schedule and on time and of course it made so much fun for everyone and the working schedule. Bob Kellett talks again about the marvellous British actor Michael Hordern who was very well known at the time when filming ‘FUTTOCKS END’ and went onto be more well known as mainly as a theatre actor and has appeared in a lot of war films and he really enjoyed being in ‘FUTTOCKS END,’ and the rest of the well-known British actors came on-board without any hesitation when they knew who else would be in the film, ad Bob Kellett says that every day was fun, and everyone put every effort into their performances. Bob Kellett also had a little film premiere in the cellar of his studio in Chancery Lane and had a few of the cast and crew attend, but also informs us that after filming ‘FUTTOCKS END,’ went onto direct “Up Pompeii!” [1969 / 1970] the BBC Television Series that ran for two seasons and starred Frankie Howerd who starred as the slave Lurcio [pronounced Lurk-io] who Bob Kellett says was very difficult to work with, but despite this, the actor gave a great performance and the TV series was a massive audience rating hit. As the end credits appear on the screen, you get to see the second concrete ball fall off the pedestal and rolls towards the first concrete ball and Bob Kellett says that getting these two balls to end up in the right position took a lot of takes to get it how Bob Kellett wanted and the last concrete ball shoot was the last shoot of the film and Bob Kellett hopes people viewing the film enjoy it, as Bob Kellett enjoyed making the fil and at that point the audio commentary ends, and I thoroughly enjoyed hearing Bob Kellett’s in-depth talk about the film and also hearing all the anecdotes of what happened behind the scene while filming and definitely gets a five star rating from me, as Bob Kellett was so interesting listening to him and also sounds like he really enjoyed doing the audio commentary.
Special Feature: ‘FUTTOCKS END’ 8mm Version [1970] [1080p] [1.37:1] [9:22] Ronnie Barker wrote and starred in this Walton Film cut down release, for me it's a good edited comedy film and still looks funny, where you get all the comic sound effects and composed film score and is very well edited and the story flows really well, as with most Walton Film’s the colour is still very good and outstanding for an 8mm cut down version of the film. Long before the VHS Tape format came on stream, buying these 8mm cut down version of films was the only way people could watch any kind of film releases on 8mm film and of course you had to set up a viewing screen and make sure the bulb on your 8mm cine projector was 100% working order and it was quite an ordeal setting everything up, but of course when the VHS Tape revolution came on stream it was so much easier to put the VHS tape in the slot and sit back and watch any films released on this format, but the negative aspect of a VHS Tape was if a film was in widescreen, they would make you view the film as a pan and can version, which was totally horrendous, but this all changed with the release of the NTSC and PAL LaserDiscs, then the release of DVD discs and then finally, the ultimate video viewing experience with the Blu-ray format.
BONUS: Limited edition 8 page booklet written by Melanie Williams entitled SIXTIES SHORT: THE ABREVIATED COMEDY FILMS OF BOB KELLETT.
Finally, with this Blu-ray release of ‘FUTTOCKS END AND OTHER SHORT STORIES’ we get each of the shorts that has been beautifully restored to absolute pristine condition, and all look quite lovely, so very crisp and fresh. We also get a wonderful gathering of some eclectic little slices of British humour, looking better than ever before, and so ‘FUTTOCKS END AND OTHER SHORT STORIES’ certainly proves to be another cracking release from Network Distributing, and a welcome addition to any comedy fan’s collection. Highly Recommended!
Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film Aficionado
Le Cinema Paradiso
United Kingdom
