Scoop (1987)
- Directed by
- Gavin Millar
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A journalist is mistakenly dispatched to cover a war in a made-up African country. He becomes tangled in the chaos of foreign correspondents and local eccentrics.
satiricallight-heartedwhimsicalplayfulbriskmildly absurdunderstated
What happens
Scoop is a 1987 television film directed by Gavin Millar, adapted by William Boyd from the 1938 satirical novel Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. It was produced by Sue Birtwistle with executive producers Nick Elliott and Patrick Garland. Original music was made by Stanley Myers. The story is about a reporter sent to the fictional African state of Ishmaelia by accident. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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