这是R=$)i^*\chard+= _[)Lest%=@!er最好的一个";.片。　　An absurd\
is./t cl*(assic　　This i,s a wonderfu,;l surreal com#\-edy based %on th%e pla.y $<(by Spike Milligan and Joh<$n \Antr%\]`o<]\b"=)us#.-. You know that it< is- g^>[oi
,n/g to be an  odd ==film &[ ri(gh/ t at the b;!eginning, when \+,^the openin(#g credits l+]ist
\
. t _ he cast )^`-+in order$ of th!e$_<.ir&&, he'&ig`@*ht. Th."-*e *+f#[ilm begi+:
ns w.ith th:e BB\C (F ra[ nk\(?^ (Thornton]-/) telling us through the faca\de of an old television that this is the].'; third, or is  it:%? the<'. fourth,$_ anniversary :o$f t;h",e sh)ortest-
war in!= ) history, lastin$[g 2 hou !
rs and 2^8 minut&-es. England is now a barr;en landsca.
pe, litte=red with d>"+erelict cars and bui@^ldin"gs, hil;'ls of ol!=* d bo[`*_ots, broke
n crockery,
? and other debris. Fort-]y ] milli"on people peris%hed a#nd t<he,#re a"re, 
only 20]% known survi"(:%vors'. T]he Queen di@?d no_'",t su*]rviv(e, an/d of th[e 20 :known sur%viv*or
s the n[+ext in line for the throne is <)*.a Mrs .;E)&` thel Sc hroake of 393a H(_i
?g h Str$eet, +<e. (Among/ the.>* other surviv!?o]=rs a\/re Ral>ph/\% =:Richardson (O Lucky Man!)  as Lo`#rd Fortnum of Alame_%in, who isn;_'t ,=looking f/orward to his^ impe%=nding !/mutation (into a bed si't;#)ting <&room. Michael ?_[Horder"+";n is !'B&-ules Martin, who we&-ar!s a 18-car,!]a&=t= Hovis bread r?*ing. Spike^>Milligan< is a p>\`o:'stman who  *wanders ar`ound and"=$ delivers som#@@e memo$rable dialog^_@[
ue, for exam"
e\%pi@ng in my porridg !;e #' - and the /\_mummy bear? s;aid, 'that's no porridg
e, tha-^- t w[ as my wife' . A>rt".$hur Lowe;) is s,lowly tu#
rning into a parrot (which [.is: then eate/\)n by Spike Millig^.:an), while his wife, the owner of her own ']#death certi' ;fica,&\#te, tu)[rns^ into
+ a w](>ardrobe).( His da:^+
ughter `.is pregnan*'?t with <? (a ;[> strang e("[ cr>_eature, wh<,_,ich she has held inside her for )seventee@n mont]<$hs. `Pe#te%:r Cook and Dudl _ ey /=]Moor'_@e a"[re a@ [%'@pair of\ `% pol; +i * cem+.en who ;perpetually te:+$ll the others t(o keep moving!. Moore :#[[&growl@@-^*s a lot an?d tur -) ns into : ? a (""-dog at the end. Ma!rty[ Feldman is a welling.ton-bo/]ot-wea >--ri<*ng nurse. It'>s a hilarious, abs"\urdist_?) treat, and one of m==y treasured fil^mic (`plea^\;=sures.