Original title: Guest House Paradiso
Year: 1999
Country: UK
Region code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060697923940
Image: 2.35:1 (1080p)
HDR: -
Audio:
English - Dolby Digital 5.1
English - Stereo
Subtitles: English SDH
Rating: 15
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Rik Mayall , Adrian Edmondson , Vincent Cassel , Simon Pegg , Bill Nighy , Kate Ashfield
Director: Adrian Edmondson
Synopsis:
After a decade of honoring their signature characters, Richie and Eddie, across TV and stage-show appearances, British comedy legends Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson (The Comic Strip Presents..., The Young Ones) finally gave the pair the big-screen outing which they truly deserved in the riotous, vomit-soaked entertainment that is Guest House Paradiso.
When Mr Nice (Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead) and his family check in to 'the cheapest hotel in Britain' – run with maximum inefficiency and malfeasance by Richie and Eddie – it sets off an outrageous chain of events involving rubber underwear, a beautiful Italian film star (Hélène Mahieu), her abusive fiancé (Vincent Cassel, Irreversible), and a consignment of radioactive fish.
Featuring a spectacular supporting cast, which also includes Fenella Fielding (Carry On Screaming!, Hammer's The Old Dark House) and Bill Nighy (Love Actually), this slapstick tour-de-force is a latter-day classic of disreputable British comedy, which has to be seen to be believed.
Extras:
4K restoration from the original interpositive
Original 5.1 surround sound and stereo audio tracks
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso' (1999, 38 mins): archival documentary featuring interviews with actor, co-writer and director Adrian Edmondson, actor and co-writer Rik Mayall, producer Phil McIntyre, and actors Fenella Fielding, Hélène Mahieu and Simon Pegg
Paradiso Pegg (2023, 12 mins): interview with celebrated actor, writer and comedian Simon Pegg in which he looks back at his time making the film
All the Right Noises (2024, 16 mins): prolific film and television composer Colin Towns talks about his score
Finely Tuned Madness (2024, 8 mins): veteran editor Sean Barton discusses his working methods and the art of cutting comedy
Squalid Precision (2024, 19 mins): production designer Tom Brown explores the guest house
Outtakes (1999, 9 mins): mishaps and bloopers
Original theatrical trailers
Image gallery: promotional and advertising material
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet with a new essay by Jon Robertson, an archival on-set report, an archival interview with Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
UK premiere on Blu-ray
Limited edition of 6,000 copies for the UK
