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...picture of General Washington" and displayed it prominently in the outhouse so Allen could not miss it. When he made no mention of it, they finally asked him if he had seen the Washington picture. Allen said "he thought that it was a very appropriate [place] for an Englishman to keep it ... Why they asked, for said Mr. Allen there is nothing that will make an Englishman s___ so quick as the sight of Genl Washington...
...it’s not the book. Martin Freeman (Tim from the original version of “The Office”) is the perfect casting choice for the character of Arthur Dent. His versatile facial features and weary body language perfectly embody the consistently cowardly and exasperated Englishman who really only wants a cup of tea but ends up finding love and playing a major role in the Universe’s political affairs. Alan Rickman (“Dogma”) supplies the perfect tone of voice for Marvin the clinically depressed robot and Sam Rockwell...
...Snow also describes an episode Jasper overlooks: a bizarre honeymoon she and her new husband take to the mysterious Seven Maidens islands somewhere off the Malaysian coast. For complicated reasons, the pair are accompanied by Kunichika and by Peter Wormwood, an effete young Englishman trying to tutor Johnny in the ways of the rich and British. Wormwood, the third narrator, writing years after Johnny's death, reveals all?about the murder of a British mine operator on the trip, about Kunichika's sinister connections to the Japanese troops then poised to invade the Malay peninsula, and about Johnny's growing...
Some three months after arriving in Tokyo to study the Japanese language and culture, an Englishman in his mid 20s happens upon a restaurant where he thinks he can find some pizza and beer. After checking his coat, he is horrified to be presented with a cloakroom tab for more than the garment is worth. While he tries haltingly to talk his way out of this mess, he is rescued by Ichimonji, an older and evidently much wealthier man. This patron takes the young foreigner under his protection and guides him through an evening of serious drinking at a succession...
...swathed streets with murder in their eyes. Though Richardson has the showstopper part, Holm is the class act here. With his finicky mustache and sad, knowing eyes, he poignantly deadpans Des' coaled passion for Ruth. Des alone knows what her obsession with David will lead to. Ever the decorous Englishman, he is powerless to stop...