Stiff Upper Lips

Stiff Upper Lips is a broad parody of British period films, especially the lavish Merchant-Ivory productions of the 'eighties and early 'nineties. Although it specifically targets A Room with a View, Chariots of Fire, Maurice, A Passage to India, and many other films, in a more general way Stiff Upper Lips satirises popular perceptions of certain Edwardian traits: propriety, sexual repression, xenophobia, and class snobbery. The film was directed by Gary Sinyor and stars Sean Pertwee, Georgina Cates, Robert Portal, Samuel West, Prunella Scales, and Peter Ustinov. It was filmed on location in Italy, India, and on the Isle of Man.