The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

Stephen Endelman

The film is set in 1917 with World War I in the background, and revolves around two English cartographers, the pompous Garrad and his junior, Anson. They arrive at the fictional Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw Rough Fountain or Rough Spring in Welsh to measure its mountain only to cause outrage when they conclude that it is only a hill because it is slightly short of the required 1000 feet in height. The villagers, aided and abetted by the wily Morgan the Goat and the Reverend Mr Jones who after initially opposing the scheme, grasps its symbolism in restoring the communitys wardamaged selfesteem, conspire with Morgan to delay the cartographers departure while they build an earth cairn on top of the hill to make it high enough to be considered a mountain.In regard to its humorous and affectionate description of the locals, the film has often been compared with Waking Ned Devine, a comedy film written and directed by Kirk Jones. The movie has resulted in a stream of visitors climbing to the summit of The Garth, and the Pentyrch History Society and the local community council have erected a notice on the mountain to explain its real historical significance. ........

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