Well, we were somewhat blown away by the wit and energy, big laughs, compassion, tragedy and suspense of Mr Fry's adaptation (although I have to admit I thought it was the twenties not the late thirties). Changing the name from 'Vile Bodies' was also a good idea. He gets the best out of an absolutely sterling cast too, led by Stephen Campbell Moore, Emily Mortimer, Fenella Woolgar, Michael Sheen and James McAvoy. And imagine directing Sir John Mills to sniff cocaine! ('Naughty salt'!)
With Dan Aykroyd, David Tennant, Jim Broadbent, Stockard Channing, Peter O'Toole, Julia McKenzie, Jim Carter, Simon Callow, Imelda Staunton, Richard E Grant, Bill Paterson, Simon McBurney, Harriet Walter, Angela Thorne, Guy Henry.
Great art direction / cinematography (Michael Howells/Lynne Huitson, Henry Braham) and editing / music (Alex Mackie and Anne Dudley).
Terrific stuff about 'Indian Runner' - you're never sure if the Major is pulling a fast one; great racing scene at Brooklands; brilliant No. 10 episode.
We'd just watched Stephen on Graham Norton, and he confessed to loving chick flicks like Clueless, Mean Girls and Legally Blonde. So when Q suggested the latter as our next entertainment, it was quite fitting!
From a BBC interview:
What would Evelyn Waugh say about the film?
Fry: God, I wouldn't like to guess. He was a pretty curmudgeonly old sod and he would no doubt have grumbled about it. He hated anything modern, so God knows.
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