Both firmly of its time and spectacularly ahead of it The Strange World of Gurney Slade is to television comedy what The Prisoner has become to television drama - brilliantly inventive startlingly surreal and unlike anything previously seen on television. Anthony Newley stars as an actor who walks off the set of a banal sit-com and into a fantasy world of his own imagination. In this surreal odyssey through his own personal alternative reality he indulges in random conversations with both animals and inanimate objects it s a world in which characters can step out of... advertising posters and where he can hear the most intimate thoughts of passers by. An unpredictable absurdist fantasy Gurney Slade created an indelible impression upon anyone who saw it. Created by Newley and written by the highly talented Sid Green and Dick Hills (who were soon to become key writers for Morecambe and Wise) this series has been newly transferred from the original 35mm film elements specifically for this release. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Both firmly of its time and spectacularly ahead of it The Strange World of Gurney Slade is to television comedy what The Prisoner has become to television drama - brilliantly inventive startlingly surreal and unlike anything previously seen on television Anthony Newley stars as an actor who walks off the set of a banal sit-com and into a fantasy world of his own imagination In this surreal odyssey through his own personal alternative reality he indulges in random conversations with both animals and inanimate objects it s a world in which characters can step out of advertising posters and where he can hear the most intimate thoughts of passers by An unpredictable absurdist fantasy Gurney Slade created an indelible impression upon anyone who saw it Created by Newley and written by the highly talented Sid Green and Dick Hills (who were soon to become key writers for Morecambe and Wise) this series has been newly transferred from the original 35mm film elements specifically for this release Actors Anthony Newley Bernie Winters Geoffrey Palmer Una Stubbs & Hugh Paddick Certificate PG Year 1960 Screen Fullscreen 1331 Languages English - Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles None listed Duration 2 hours and 30 minutes (approx)
All six episodes of the early 1960s comedy series starring Anthony Newley as an actor who inhabits a fantasy world. While working on a TV soap-opera, Gurney Slade (Newley) walks off the set in disgust, only to find he has entered his own surreal interpretation of the world around him. As he walks through the streets of London, hearing the thoughts of the passers-by, he quickly discovers he can have a conversation with anything he wants to, be it animal, vegetable or mineral...
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