Love this movie
I have three plays that I always go see, no matter who is producing them: Fiddler on the Roof, Harvey, and the Ruling Class. I love the movies from the plays as well...
Any other play fans out there?
To answer your question (finally), sure...love plays, love the movies made from 'em.
But what's really revealed by no one's having replied to your charming post is the sad fact that folks on the IMDb appear to have absolutely no sense of fun!
Which shows they didn't deserve the delightful way s/he filled in the blank....
Well, at least there's two of us, and that's practically a majority!
:-P
[And just what did you expect from a three-year-old?]
Definitely a majority...and it only took, what, three years? Nah--less. A triumph.
Here's to us Majoritarians
They chose to fill in the blank with a little mutual admiration & a couple of pints of anything but bitters....
RAmen!
[Have you been touched by his noodly goodness???]
Hah! I'd never dream of...touching & telling!
There are other ways to fill in the blank....
Despite Peter's phenomenal performance and good support from the rest of the cast, I never got into "The Ruling Class". To me it looks terribly dated and I find it just mean without really being biting. Harry Andrews' demise scene is particularly embarrassing: I don't see any sinister humour in that moment, I find it just stupid. I believe the one thing that damaged this movie the most is that it was done the same year as Buñuel's masterpiece "Le Charme discret de la Bourgeoisie", an absolute masterclass in wicked humour with better characterized (and, in spite of everything, more likable) protagonists, more significant meanings and, above all, a timeless quality. Despite being a foreign-language movie, it got many more raves and accolades from every corner of the world. "The Ruling Class" only seemed to receive attention for O'Toole's performance (as it should have been).
Having seen several of his movies, I can say that Medak isn't my kind of director. Same year he made this, he also did the insufferable "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg", which featured stellar performances from Alan Bates and Janet Suzman, but was up there with the worst and silliest comedies of the Swinging 60's in terms of humour and characterization. I believe "The Krays" is the only Medak movie I liked. But for me the pinnacle of his career has to be his recent episode of "Breaking Bad", "Peekaboo": that was great! It's the one where Jesse enters that kind of horror house. He always seems to be into very extreme things.