Movie #7: The Belles of St. Trinians

[sharikkamur]

What a classic! There's this little part of me that rather likes the idea of holding an SCA Feast of St. Trinian... but fortunately for the insurance policy most of me is a little more sensible than that. :)

Comments

[sharikkamur]

Excellent! It's no longer my fault but I can come along and enjoy the fun. :)

[frandowdsofa]

I feel a great affinity for the Old Girls.

[sharikkamur]

Very much so. The very idea of the merest hint of thinking about the female members of the Illustrious committee hadn't even considered starting to ponder stirring itself with a view to crossing my mind as I watched the end of that film...

[hobbitomm]

Do we get to invite the Sixth Form? ;)

[sharikkamur]

I'm sure they'd love it! You can never have too many wenches can you?

[idaho_smith]

I thought the re-make was a mistake and refused to see it.

The '50s original involved the 4th-form distilling boot-leg gin in the Chem-lab, then using Flash 'Arry as fence so they'd have enough dosh to buy black market sweeties. They exploited an adult vice to circumvent an adult-imposed barrier to a child-hood vice. This appealed to me greatly, having recently moved up to long-trouser-school, and noticed quite a few masters nip into the bookie's/tobacconist's in the street, about the time two or three of the original "Trinian's" films were aired on recurrent weekdays by one of the broadcasters.

From what I'd heard the page-3 girls masquerading as actresses appearing in the recent re-make would have drunk the gin themselves in-between lugs on a spliff being passed around.

[sharikkamur]

I've no idea - I haven't seen the remake either but have all of the originals on DVD.