Water (1985 film) (1985)

Original title

Water

Directed by

Dick Clement

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British governor of a Caribbean island has gone native and resists pressure from London. When the island becomes valuable, both local activists and the British government clash in a comedic spoof of colonial politics.

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What happens

Water is a 1985 British comedy film directed by Dick Clement and starring Michael Caine. It was scripted by Clement and Ian La Frenais. The plot spoofs elements of the comedies Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1958) and Passport to Pimlico (1948) and the then-recent invasions of the Falkland Islands and Grenada. Caine plays Baxter Thwaites, a Governor who has 'gone native' (similar to his role in The Honorary Consul), and Billy Connolly as local biracial activist Delgado, supported by the last performance of Leonard Rossiter, as Sir Malcolm Leveridge, and one of the last performances of Fulton Mackay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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