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Smashing Time
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1hr 36min
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1967
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Anchor Bay
Synopsis: Smashing Time attempts to turn British actresses Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave into a female Laurel and Hardy. The film's second mistake is to prolong the joke for 96 minutes. Tushingham and Redgrave play a couple of dimwitted North Country girls who head to London, in hopes of breaking into the mad, mod world of fashion modeling. Instead they spend most of their screen time getting in each other's way and wreaking havoc on innocent pedestrians. The comic "highlight" of Smashing Time is supposed ... Full Synopsis
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Smashing Time is a very enjoyable little comedy, but it's even more enjoyable as a time capsule. Although definitely a satire, and therefore employing some exaggeration, most of Smashing does a very good job of capturing the specific look and atmosphere of 1960s "mod" London. Those who know of the era only through Austin Powers and similar films should definitely grab a look at Smashing and see what ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Tom Wabe
Charlotte Brilling
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