Guesthouse Paradiso
Synopsis
There, beautiful actress Gina (having just jilted her fiancé Gino) wants to check in. Unsuitably dressed, Richie hides in the oven - but it ignites, fusing the underwear to his body. Eddie tries to remedy this with compressed air and a skewer - but the pants blow up, hurling Eddie onto the road. Still unconscious, a truck runs over his head, the jolt causing some fish to spill.
This, at least, eases the catering problem and Eddie incinerates the fishy windfall for dinner. Things take a turn for the worse when Mr Nice finds video evidence of Richie's panty-pilfering and threatens to sue. The guests also start to show signs of severe indigestion . . .
Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 86 mins
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
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Adrian Edmondson
- Producer
- Helen Parker, Marc Samuelson, Peter Samuelson
- Editor
- Sean Barton
- Screenwriter
- Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson
- Director of Photography
- Alan Almond
- Sound
- John Hayes
- Music
- Colin Towns
- Principal cast
- Rick Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Helene Mahieu, Vincent Cassel
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
House Films Ltd Contact: Lucy Ansbro 2nd Floor, Soho Square London W1V 5DG Tel: 020 7439 2270 Fax: 020 7439 2280 lucy@pmcintyre.co.uk
Sales Company
Universal Pictures 1 Sussex Place London W6 Tel: 020 8910 5000
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