Stop the World — I Want to Get Off (1966)
Directed by Philip Saville · 100 min · Music
0.4 TOPICAL score · #6,728 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →The Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse London and Broadway musical hit Stop the World, I Want to Get Off is given literal treatment in this filmization. Newley stars as Littlechap, whose allegorical rise to success is countered by the instability of his private life. Like the play, the film is staged impressionistically, with Newley decked out in mime makeup and periodically stopping the action to address the audience, and with all the women in his life -- German, American and "Typically English" -- played by a single actress (Millicent Martin, taking over from the stage version's Anna Quayle). In Wizard of Oz fashion, the play itself is lensed in color, while the brief prologue, showing the actors preparing for their performance, is in black-and-white. The production includes such standards (and perennial audition pieces) as What Kind of Fool Am I? and Gonna Build a Mountain.
Stop the World — I Want to Get Off (1966, directed by Philip Saville) has a TOPICAL score of 0.4 - ranked 6,728 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and lasting engagement, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 5/10 (5 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.
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- AudienceTMDB 5/10 (5 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 2 languages
Starring: Tony Tanner, Millicent Martin, Leila Croft, Valerie Croft