Death At A Funeral Page #5

Synopsis: Daniel is a decent young man, married to Jane, still living at his father's home. When his father dies, it is up to him to organize his funeral. On this painful morning, the suitable grave expression on his face, Daniel is ready to welcome his father's friends and relatives. But preserving the dignity inherent in such circumstances will be a hard task. Particularly with an undertaker who botches his work, the return from the USA of his famous but selfish brother, his cousin's fiancé who has accidentally ingested drugs, the presence a moron who takes advantage of the sad event to win back the heart (or rather the body) of a woman who is about to marry another, of a handicapped old uncle who is also the most unbearable pain in the neck. To cap it all, Daniel notices the presence among the mourners of a mysterious dwarf nobody else seems to know...
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Frank Oz
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
67
R
Year:
2007
90 min
770 Views


Because my uncle Alfie

just came in.

Sure.

Thank you Justin.

Thank so much mate.

I hope it wasn't too

much hustle.

How are you uncle Alfie?

Terrible.

Ladies and gendlemen.

If you could all

kindly take youw seats...

We're about to begin the service.

Simon, please.

Move.

Don't start yet.

Don't start. Move.

Jesus Howard.

You stink.

Family and friends.

Maybe, because you left me to

deal with uncle Alfie on my own...

...not to mention you

taking all the credit.

Can you please be quiet?

We'll start with a favorite

passage of Edward's...

...from the King James' bible...

...it's the 1st book of Samuel

chapter 18.

Martha, just so you know

We had uncle Alfie in the

car with us.

And you took my parking space.

And i had to push him half a mile

up the hill by myself

Almost fainted

That was MY parking space.

If you don't stop this...

...i'll take you out and kick

the living sh*t out of you.

Do you understand?

What's going on?

She stole my

parking space.

What do you mean she stole

your parking space?

This is a funeral

Behave yourself.

Then, Jonathan and David made

a covennant.

Because he loved him

as his own soul.

And so it came to pass

that the soul of Jonathan...

...was knit with

the soul of David.

And Jonathan stripped himself

of the robe that was upon him...

...and gave it to David.

And his garments,

even his sword...

...and his bow...

...and his belt.

Now, we'll have a few words from

Edward's son, Daniel.

Hi, everyone.

Thanks for so many of

you coming.

I never realised Dad was

so popular.

In fact, it seems he has more

friends now...

...that he's dead, from

when he was alive.

My father was an exceptional man.

He was born in 1938

just a year before the war.

I'll never forget the time when

Dad took us...

...to the place where

he grew up.

Near a town called Crowley

at Sassex.

It's changed a lot

over the years...

...with the expansion

of Gatwick airport.

Actually, it's something of

a commuter town now...

...partly because of it's

proximity to London.

When my father was young it

had pastures

And fields and greenery.

An Dad would run around

the countryside for hours...

...with his close boyhood friend, Bob.

He told how they spend summer days

riding bikes...

Did you see that?

The coffin just moved.

...and swimming in the lake.

Dad's...

Dad's first work, was working

after school...

...as an apprentice...

...for an electrician

named Mr. Tompshon

It happened again!

I'm telling you, the

coffin is moving!

Simon, please calm down.

The coffin is moving, I tell you!

There's someone alive in there!

Simon, where are you going?

What the hell is wrong with you all?

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Dean Craig

Dean Craig (born October 25, 1974) is an English screenwriter and film director. In addition to his film work, Craig wrote the BBC television series Off The Hook. more…

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