Scoop (1987) [DVD Rip (Xvid)]

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Scoop - London Weekend Television (1987)



Based on the classic novel by Evelyn Waugh



In a case of mistaken identity, mild-mannered wildlife writer William Boot is sent as a foreign correspondent to the fictional East African country of Ishmaelia on the eve of a war. Boot flounders through a sea of wild rumours and a horde of sleazy reporters desperate for a story -- any story. If he thinks things are tough now, wait until he stumbles onto the sort of story journalists would give their eye teeth for...



IMDB entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093931/



Director: Gavin Millar

Screenplay: William Boyd (after Evelyn Waugh, author)

Producer: Sue Birtwistle

Cinematographer: Roger Pratt

Composer: Stanley Myers



Cast (in alphabetical order)

Denholm Elliott ... Mr. Salter

Michael Hordern ... Uncle Theodore

Herbert Lom ... Mr. Baldwin

Nicola Pagett ... Julia Stitch

Donald Pleasence ... Lord Copper

Renée Soutendijk ... Kätchen

Michael Maloney ... William Boot

Sverre Anker Ousdal ... Erik Olafsen

Jack Shepherd ... Corker



PlayTime: 1h 59m 37.06s

Video codec MPEG4/XviD

frame Size 720 x 480

frame rate 29.970 fps

Audio codec MP3 LAME 3.97

Audio bitrate 128 kb/s 2 channels



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