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ERIC IDLE TO DIRECT MERCHANT-IVORY SPOOF Eric Idle is to direct a film parody of British period dramas. The Remains Of The Piano will star Geoffrey Rush, who shot to fame in the film Shine. Idle's spoof on Merchant-Ivory films will be shot in Toronto this summer. The former Monty Python star told the Toronto Sun: "It's a piss-take on the genre. "It's got everything a Merchant-Ivory film has: lovely costumes, lovely sets and lovely English acting. "It's all set to go if producer Garth Drabinsky can ever find the final missing million. There's always a million missing in independent film. Somebody said trying to raise money for independent films is like trying to herd dogs." Idle directed the Beatles spoof The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash for TV in 1978 and recently completed a sequel, The Rutles: Can't Buy Me Lunch. |
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