name	Bean
director	Mel Smith
producer	Peter Bennett-JonesTim BevanEric Fellner
writer	Rowan AtkinsonRichard CurtisRobin Driscoll
starring	Rowan Atkinson
music	Howard Goodall
cinematography	Francis Kenny
editing	Christopher Blunden
studio	Working Title FilmsTiger Aspect ProductionsPolyGram Filmed Entertainment
distributor	Gramercy Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Current)
released	(Limited release)(Wide release)
runtime	87 minutes
country
language	English
budget	$18 million
gross	$251,212,670 }}

''Bean'' (also known as ''Bean: The Movie'' and ''Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie'') is a 1997 British-American comedy film based on the popular ITV comedy Television series ''Mr. Bean'', which was written by and starred Rowan Atkinson as the title character. The main plot follows Bean entrusted to oversee the transfer of priceless painting ''Whistler's Mother'' from a gallery in London to a museum in the United States. In the process, a number of unfortunate mishaps see Bean inadvertently break up a marriage, annoy an American policeman and accidentally destroy the painting, although a shrewd plan results in these mistakes being rectified. The film was written by Atkinson and Richard Curtis and was directed by Mel Smith, all of whom originally worked together on ''Not the Nine O'Clock News''. Its working title was initially ''Dr. Bean'', based on a misunderstanding which forms part of the plot of the film.

Plot

Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) is a well-meaning, but hopelessly clumsy and destructive guard at the Royal National Gallery in London. Attempts by the gallery's board of directors to fire Bean are thwarted by the chairman who, for unspecified reasons, is very fond of him. Desperate to rid themselves of the turmoil Bean unintentionally causes, the board members send him to the United States to represent them at the unveiling of the portrait ''Whistler's Mother'', which has been purchased for $50 million by the Grierson Art Gallery in Los Angeles. Bean's visit has been arranged by the gallery's curator, David Langley (Peter MacNicol) who is being very impressed by the National Gallery's fabricated praise of "Dr. Bean", decides to board him in his house. On his flight to Los Angeles, Bean attempts to amuse a child with air sickness by blowing up his M&Ms; bag and popping it to wake up the man in front of him, but without success. After the child throws up into an air sickness bag, Bean takes the bag from him and repeats the bag popping over the man's face, only to splatter him with vomit. He hides from the man upon his arrival to Los Angeles, where he is detained at the airport due to pretending to have a gun. His arrival at David's house is initially met with subtle hostility from David's wife Alison (Pamela Reed), son Kevin (Andrew Lawrence), and daughter Jennifer (Tricia Vessey). Alison refuses David's request to allow Bean to live with them for two months, and David promises Alison that he will talk to Bean and take him to a hotel after their meeting at the gallery.

Bean's unorthodox arrival at the gallery worries many of David's colleagues, particularly his boss, George Grierson (Harris Yulin), who subtly warns David that he will be responsible for Bean's actions at the unveiling of the painting, but David promises that he can handle Bean, convinced that he is merely a little eccentric. When David takes Bean back to his house, Alison departs for her mother's home, unwilling to live with Bean. With his family gone, David decides to take Bean on a tour of the Los Angeles art galleries before ''Whistler's Mother'' arrives. However, Bean decides that he and David should go to Pacific Park instead, but lands in police detainment for the second time after accidentally tampering with the controls of a motion simulator ride, making it go dangerously fast after deeming that his first ride earlier was too slow. This prompts Lieutenant Brutus (Richard Gant), who dealt with Bean at the airport, to make David accountable for Bean, threatening to arrest Bean if he ever steps out of line again.

Following a miserable dinner with Grierson which David had forgotten about, where Bean accidentally blows up the microwave after attempting to cook their Thanksgiving turkey in it, David finally realises that Bean is not a doctor and knows nothing about art. He is obliged to continue with the deception, however, as he has already staked his professional career on Bean's supposed reputation as a noted art scholar. The next day, ''Whistler's Mother'' arrives at the Grierson Art Gallery, and Bean is given a few minutes alone to study it, in an effort to keep him out of trouble. While dusting the frame, Bean accidentally sneezes on the painting and wipes it with a handkerchief, not knowing that it is covered in blue ink from a broken pen, and therefore the painting is stained. Terrified, Bean takes it to the caretaker's cupboard to get some agent by which to remove the ink. He uses lacquer thinner, which also dissolves the painted face from the painting. Much to his horror, Bean attempts to patch it up with an extremely unconvincing cartoon face. Upon seeing it, David is also horrified and hides the painting behind its metal security shutters. Fearing that David will lose his job and possibly face criminal proceedings for his vandalism, he and Bean head off to a bar to drown their sorrows.

During the night, Bean hatches his plan to restore ''Whistler's Mother''. He gathers a few items from David's house and makes his way to the Grierson Art Gallery. He distracts the only security guard on duty by putting laxative in his coffee, followed by switching the men's bathroom keys with some other set. He removes the destroyed painting from its frame and replaces it with a poster version of itself, glossing it with an egg and varnish mix to make it appear authentic. At the unveiling of ''Whistler's Mother'' the next day, David is overjoyed to see Bean finally restore the painting, but expects him, who has totally forgotten to come up with a speech, to make a fool of himself on national television when he takes the podium at the press conference. However, Bean's brief but effective off-the-cuff speech regarding the work is both very simple and very deep, cementing the public's perception of him as a scholarly virtuoso. Despite initial doubts, the officials and hierarchy appear to take his words to heart and enjoy the speech. After the unveiling, Brutus finds David and informs him that Jennifer has been involved in a motorcycle accident because she rebelled against David for not getting rid of Bean and is in intensive care. Bean and David are given a police escort to the hospital to see Jennifer, but Brutus stops on his way to deal with an armed robber, who shot Brutus in his stomach before being arrested.

Due to a mix-up at the hospital, Bean is mistaken for a medical doctor and pushed into an operating theatre containing Brutus, who is shot in the stomach and barely alive. While the other doctors and nurses are distracted, Bean unconventionally retrieves the bullet and eventually rescues Brutus, earning the admiration of his colleagues. Bean is again mistaken for a doctor and this time, David takes him to see Jennifer, who is unconscious. Bean, unsure what to do, attempts to use a defibrillator to bring Jennifer back to life, but accidentally shocks himself and is sent flying across the room and lands on Jennifer in her bed and waking her up in the process. Still not recognising Bean, David and Alison tells him that they will offer him anything. Bean reveals himself and then asks if he can stay with them for another week before returning to London. Though baffled, the Langleys gladly accept. After another week in Los Angeles with the Langleys, for which he gives the family gifts, and explores the city, a biker shows him his middle finger, Bean thinks it is a sign of good luck and finally returns to London. In his flat, Bean, getting ready to bed for the night, turns off the light and looks at the original vandalised ''Whistler's Mother'', which now has pride-of-place on his wall, and shows it to his Teddy before closing his eyes and going to sleep.

Cast

Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean, who is mistakenly referred in the film as Dr. Bean.

Peter MacNicol as David Langley, a curator of the Grierson Art Galley.

Harris Yulin as George Grierson

Pamela Reed as Alison Langley

Andrew Lawrence as Kevin Langley

Tricia Vessey as Jennifer Langley

Richard Gant as Lt. Brutus

Burt Reynolds as General Newton

Johnny Galecki as Stingo Wheelie

Sandra Oh as Bernice Schimmel

Larry Drake as Elmer

Tom McGowan as Walter Merchandise

June Brown as Delilah

Chris Ellis as Det. Butler

Robert Curtis Brown as Dr. Frowning

Release

''Bean'' received a limited release in the United States on 17 October 1997, then a wide release on 7 November 1997. In the United Kingdom, the film was released on 1 August 1997.

Home media

The DVD and Blu-Ray for ''Bean'' was released on 5 November 2002 and 18 October 2010 by Universal Studios Home Entertainment respectively.

Reception

Critical response

''Bean'' was criticised for breaking with the programme's tradition of having Mr. Bean as the centre of attention and for the alleged Americanisation required to sell it overseas (Bean also speaks intelligibly, albeit with apparent difficulty, as opposed to his frequent mumbling in the TV show). The film was rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "moments of risqué humor".

The film currently has a 42% "Rotten" rating amongst collated reviews at Rotten Tomatoes with a 5.3/10 rating, with many critics suggesting that it was over-long and lacking in jokes.

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 1–100 reviews from film critics, gave the film 52 out of 100 based on 20 reviews, indicating "Mixed or average reviews".

Box office

''Bean'' earned $45,319,423 in North America and $205,893,247 in other territories, resulting in $251,212,670 worldwide. The film was ranked number 47 during the opening weekend when it received a limited release.

Sequel

It was followed by a sequel in 2007 called ''Mr. Bean's Holiday''.

Soundtrack

The film's original score was by Howard Goodall, who had also written the music for the television series, although the original ''Mr. Bean'' theme was not used. Other non-original songs were also featured, in particular The Beatles' "Yesterday" (sung by Wet Wet Wet).

The CD soundtrack also featured a song not used in the film, a cover of the Alice Cooper song "Elected" (from the ''Billion Dollar Babies'' album) performed by famed Iron Maiden lead singer and Heavy metal icon Bruce Dickinson which features sound dubs of Mr. Bean making campaign promises. This had been used for ''Comic Relief'' in 1992. OMC's version of "I Love L.A." appeared in the soundtrack.

Boyzone also released a song for the film, entitled "Picture of You".

;List of songs performed by various artists # "I Love L.A." – Randy Newman # "Picture of You" – Boyzone # "I Get Around" – The Beach Boys # "Walking on Sunshine" – Katrina and the Waves # "Yesterday" – Wet Wet Wet # "Running Back for More" – Louise # "That Kinda Guy" – Thomas Jules-Stock # "Give Me a Little More Time" – Gabrielle # "He's a Rebel" – Alisha's Attic # "Stuck in the Middle with You" – Susanna Hoffs # "Art for Art's Sake" – 10cc # "Have Fun, Go Mad" – Blair # "Can We Talk" (Pure Radio Mix) – Code Red # "Bean Theme" (Mad Pianos) – Howard Goodall # "Elected" – Mr. Bean and The Smear Campaign featuring Bruce Dickinson # "Mr Bean Goes to Hollywood" - when he is repainting the painting he destroys John Pert-wee

See also

''Mr. Bean''

''Mr. Bean: The Animated Series''

References

External links

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birth name	Richard E. Gant
birth date	March 10, 1944
birth place	San Francisco, California, U.S.
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1980–present }}

Richard E. Gant (born March 10, 1944) is an American film and television actor. His credits include the films ''Rocky V'' (as the Don King-esque George Washington Duke), as a possessed cornoner in ''Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday'' (1993), ''Deadwood'', ''Babylon 5'', ''Special Unit 2'', ''NYPD Blue'', ''Living Single'', ''Posse'' and ''Charmed''. He also had a recurring role as the high school principal in ''Smallville''. He also appeared in ''The Nutty Professor 2'' and ''Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie'' as well as reporter Charles Parker in the cult classic adaptation of Colin Bateman's ''Divorcing Jack (Film) ''. Gant was also in the 2007 comedy film, Daddy Day Camp, as Col. Buck Hinton

On February 6, 2007, Gant joined the ABC daytime drama ''General Hospital'' in the role of Dr. Russell Ford. He starred in ''Men of a Certain Age'' for its entire two-season run on TNT (2009–2011).

Other achievements

Gant was the campaign manager for federal elections in the country of Nigeria. He has been honored for his achievements by being presented the Keys to the City of Oakland, California by then-Mayor Jerry Brown.

External links

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210px|thumb|Howard Goodall at St. John the Baptist Church in Devon, United Kingdom, May 2009 Howard Lindsay Goodall CBE (born 26 May 1958) is a British composer of musicals, choral music and music for television. He also presents music-based programming for television and radio, for which he has won many awards. In May 2008 he was named as a presenter and Composer-in-Residence with the UK radio channel Classic FM, and in May 2009 he was named "Composer of the Year" at the Classical BRIT Awards.

Personal Life

Born in Bromley, Kent and educated at New College School, Oxford, Stowe School and Lord Williams's School Thame, he read music at Christ Church, Oxford. He is married to Val Fancourt, who is a classical music agent.

Works

Musical theatre

His output of musical theatre works includes ''The Hired Man'' (1984), an adaptation of the novel by Melvyn Bragg, which won an Ivor Novello award (1985) and TMA Award(2006) award for Best Musical, ''Girlfriends'' (1986), ''Days of Hope'' (1991), ''Silas Marner'' (1993), ''The Kissing-Dance'' (1998), ''The Dreaming'' (2001) (both with Charles Hart), ''A Winter's Tale'' (2005) and ''Two Cities'' (2006). Goodall worked on original music for a new production called 'King Cotton', a co-commissioned stage show by The Lowry and the Liverpool Culture Company. However, he amicably withdrew from the production weeks before the opening for reasons unknown, and "any offers for Goodall's unused music will be gratefully received", according to the 16 September 2007 ''Sunday Times'' (page 14). ''A Winter’s Tale'' was presented during 2009–10 by Youth Music Theatre: UK, while 2010 saw the premiere at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester of ''Love Story'', based on the novella by Erich Segal. The production opens in London's West End (Duchess Theatre) in November 2010. In 2010 there was also a new professional production of ''The Hired Man'' produced by The ''Octagon Theatre, Bolton'' which played from 3 June to 4 July 2010.

Television

Goodall has composed incidental music for several popular UK comedy programs including: ''Red Dwarf'', ''Blackadder'', ''Mr Bean'', ''The Thin Blue Line'', ''The Vicar of Dibley'', ''The Catherine Tate Show'', ''2point4 Children'' and ''QI'', on which he has also appeared twice as a panellist. It was as an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford that he met the actor Rowan Atkinson and the writer Richard Curtis, his collaborators on several of these projects, including his first break into TV, ''Not The Nine O'Clock News''.

Choral works

Goodall has a body of choral music to his name (the process of composing one of these works is noted in the book of his ''Big Bangs'' series), including "In Memoriam Anne Frank" (2001), "O Lord God of Time and Eternity" (2003) and settings of Psalm 23 (better known as the theme tune to ''The Vicar of Dibley'') and "Love Divine". In September 2008, his ''Eternal Light: A Requiem'' was premiered by Rambert Dance Company to choreography by Rambert Dance Company’s Artistic Director: Mark Baldwin). The result of a commission from London Musici (Artistic Director: Mark Stephenson) to celebrate its 20th anniversary, ''Eternal Light: A Requiem'' was commissioned as both a choral-orchestral-dance piece and a choral orchestral work. The London premiere took place on 11 November 2008 at Sadler's Wells with Rambert Dance Company, London Musici, The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Finchley Children's Music Group and soloists, conducted by Paul Hoskins. Also in September 2008, EMI Classics released the premiere recording of ''Eternal Light: A Requiem'', with soloists Natasha Marsh, Alfie Boe and Christopher Maltman joining London Musici, The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, and conducted by Stephen Darlington.

In March 2009, Classic FM released ''Howard Goodall’s Enchanted Voices'', a modern exploration of ancient chant, scored for upper voices, cello, organ, handbells and synthesizer. The disc marks Goodall’s position as Classic FM’s Composer-in-Residence for 2009. A month after its UK release, it became the best-selling specialist choral CD of 2009 there. It subsequently earned a nomination for Classical Brit Album of the Year. ''Howard Goodall's Enchanted Voices'' was followed by ''Howard Goodall's Enchanted Carols'' (November 2009) and ''Pelican in the Wilderness'' (March 2010).

After the chapel at Tonbridge School burnt down in the 1980s, the then Headmaster, Christopher Everett commissioned Goodall to write a piece of music to commemorate the chapel. The idea was that it would be performed in the restored chapel. For this, Goodall wrote the music to Psalm 122. Unfortunately, the chapel was not built in time so instead the entire school performed Goodall's Psalm 122 in Rochester Cathedral. It was not until 2010 that the piece was performed by the entire school in its intended place - the beautifully restored Tonbridge School Chapel, along with the choir from Benenden School.

Goodall was recently commissioned by Truro Cathedral to write a new work for all four of the Cathedral's choirs: Truro Cathedral Choir (boys and men), St Mary's Singers (mixed adults), Cornwall Youth Choir and Cornwall Junior Choir. The piece, entitled ''A New Heart, A New Spirit'', sets a text from Wisdom and Ezekiel in four languages (English, Latin, French and Cornish). It was first performed in the Cathedral on 18th June 2011, along with several of Goodall's other choral compositions.

Presenting

As well as presenting the BBC's ''Choir of the Year'', ''Young Musician of the Year'', among many programmes, he has presented six award-winning series of television programmes on musical theory & history, filmed by Tiger Aspect and broadcast on Channel 4:

''Howard Goodall's Organworks'' (1996) — history of the organ

''Howard Goodall's Choirworks'' (1998) — history of choral music

''Howard Goodall's Big Bangs'' (2000) — pivotal events in the history of music (also a book, published by Vintage in 2001, ISBN 0-09-928354-9

''Howard Goodall's Great Dates'' (2002) — important dates in the history of music

''Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats'' (2004) — exploring the divergence between classical and popular music in the 20th century

''Howard Goodall's How Music Works'' (2006) — analysing the fundamental components of music itself.

Goodall received a Royal Television Society award for ''Organworks'' and the 2000 BAFTA Huw Wheldon award for ''Big Bangs'', which also won several international prizes.

On Christmas Day December 2008, Goodall presented ''The Truth About Christmas Carols'' on BBC 2 TV, a documentary examining the surprising, and often secret, history of the traditional Christmas carol and on Good Friday April 2009 ''Hallelujah! The Story of Handel’s Messiah''. In 2010, Goodall presented ''Music Room'' on Sky Arts.

Awards

Goodall has been awarded honorary Doctorates of Music from Bishop Grosseteste University College in Lincoln, and the University of Bolton. The British Academy of Composers & Songwriters gave him its Gold Badge Award for exceptional work in support of his fellow British composers. In 2007, he received the Making Music/Sir Charles Groves Prize for Outstanding Contribution to British Music and was appointed by the UK Government as England’s first ever National Ambassador for Singing, leading a 4-year programme (Sing Up) to improve the provision of group singing for all primary-age children.

In April 2009, Goodall was nominated for The Classical BRITs “Composer of the Year” award for ''Eternal Light: A Requiem'', which he won in May 2009, and in July 2009 he was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category “Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special (Dramatic Score)” for his work on the Winston Churchill biopic ''Into the Storm''; which he then went on to win on 12 September at a ceremony in Los Angeles.

Goodall was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to music education.

He is a member of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA),

References

External links

Howard Goodall's official website

Howard Goodall, Esq, CBE at Debrett's ''People of Today''

Youth Music Theatre UK's Homepage

London revival of Days of Hope

Howard’s page at Faber Music Ltd, his publisher

Light: A Requiem'' – official page

Howard’s page at Classic FM

New College School, Oxford">Webpage of New College School, Oxford

How Music Works on YouTube (via Brainpickings)

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