Mr. Bean's Holiday
Directed by	Steve Bendelack
Produced by	Peter Bennet-Jones Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Working Title Films
Written by	Rowan Atkinson Simon McBurney Hamish McColl Robin Driscoll
Starring	Rowan Atkinson Emma de Caunes Willem Dafoe Jean Rochefort Max Baldry Karel Roden
Music by	Howard Goodall
Distributed by	Universal Pictures United International Pictures Paramount Pictures (theatrical only in some territories)[1]
Release date(s)	30 March 2007 24 August 2007 24 August 2007
Running time	86 min. Steve Bendelack is a British Film and Television director, who has worked primarily on a range of highly-acclaimed comedy programmes Tim Bevan, CBE (b 1958 Queenstown New Zealand) is an Academy Award nominated movie producer. Eric Fellner CBE (b 1959 England) is an Academy Award -nominated movie producer. Working Title Films is a British film production company based in London, England. Simon Montagu McBurney OBE (born 25 August 1957) is an English actor writer and director Robin Driscoll is a British actor and writer best known as a writer of Mr Rowan Atkinson (born 6 January 1955 is an English Comedian, actor and writer famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder Emma de Caunes (born 9 September 1976 in Paris) is a French film actress William J "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated American Film and stage Jean Rochefort (born 29 April, 1930) is a French actor who has appeared in more than 100 movies Maxim Alexander "Max" Baldry (born January 5, 1996) is a young English Actor who starred as Stepan in Mr Bean's Holiday Karel Roden (born May 18 1962) is a Czech Actor. Roden's father and grandfather were also actors Howard Goodall (born 26 May 1958) is a British Composer of musicals choral music and Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American United International Pictures (or UIP; now known as Paramount Pictures International) is a Joint venture of Paramount Pictures (owned by Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English, French, Russian
Budget	$25 million
Preceded by	Bean
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Contents 1 Release 2 Plot 3 Cast and roles 4 Cultural References 5 Reception 6 Box office performance 7 Rating 8 DVD and HD DVD Release 9 References 10 External links

Release

News of the second movie first broke in early 2005, suggesting that it would be written by Simon McBurney, although in December 2005, Atkinson stated that the screenplay was being written by himself and long-time collaborator Richard Curtis. Simon Montagu McBurney OBE (born 25 August 1957) is an English actor writer and director For the former state representative from Washington State see Richard Curtis (politician Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis, CBE (born ^[2] The screenplay was finally confirmed to have been written by Robin Driscoll, Simon McBurney and Hamish McColl. Robin Driscoll is a British actor and writer best known as a writer of Mr Simon Montagu McBurney OBE (born 25 August 1957) is an English actor writer and director Atkinson also said that Mr. Bean's Holiday will most likely be the last Mr. Bean story he appears in. ^[3] He was also quoted as saying "Never say never" but went on to add that it was highly unlikely he would appear as Mr. Bean again. ^[4]

Unlike the 1997 Mel Smith film, Mr Bean's Holiday was directed by Steve Bendelack. Mel Smith (born in Chiswick, London on 3 December, 1952) is an English Comedian, Actor, Film director Steve Bendelack is a British Film and Television director, who has worked primarily on a range of highly-acclaimed comedy programmes ^[5] The film began shooting on 15 May 2006. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[6]

It was the official film for Red Nose Day 2007, with money from the film going towards the charity Comic Relief. Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension ^[7] Prior to the film's release, a new and exclusive Mr. Bean sketch was broadcast on the Comic Relief telethon on BBC One on 16 March 2007. Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The movie's official premiere took place at Leicester Square's Odeon in London on Sunday, 25 March, and helped to raise money for both Comic Relief and the Oxford Children's Hospital Appeal charity. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6.

Universal Pictures released a teaser trailer in November 2006. A teaser trailer, or teaser is a short trailer used to advertise an upcoming movie game or television series ^[8] and in December 2006 launched an official website online. The second full length trailer made it online late-January 2007. The film was rated G and was originally given a rating of PG for brief mild language by the MPAA. It was then given a rating of G after the film was re-edited. The predecessor of the film was rated PG-13 for moments of risque humor.

Plot

The film opens with Mr. Beanhttp://en.wikipedia.org../../../../articles/m/r/2E/Mr._Bean_22b7.html#Mr._Bean (Rowan Atkinson) winning the first prize in a raffle: a holiday involving a train journey to Cannes, a Sony video camera, and €200. Rowan Atkinson (born 6 January 1955 is an English Comedian, actor and writer famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder A raffle is a Competition in which people buy numbered Tickets Originating in southern Italy, it is a popular game in numerous countries and Cannes (kan in Occitan Canas) is a city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with A video camera is a Camera used for electronic Motion picture acquisition initially developed by the Television industry but now common in other applications Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e Following a misunderstanding involving a taxi at the Gare du Nord railway station in Paris, Bean is forced to make his way unorthodoxly towards the Gare de Lyon to board his next train towards Cannes. A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of Public transport for a single passenger or small group of passengers typically for a non-shared ride The Gare du Nord ("Paris North station" is one of the six large terminus stations of the SNCF 's main line network in Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Gare de Lyon is one of the six large railway termini in Paris, France. As he misses the train and the next one won't leave for another hour, he has time to sample French seafood at Le Train Bleu restaurant. Seafood is any Sea Animal or Seaweed that is served as Food, or is suitable for eating particularly saltwater animals such Le Train Bleu (lit "The Blue Train" is a restaurant located in the hall of the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, France. He accidentally orders oysters, which he cannot bring himself to eat. The common name oyster is used for a number of different groups of Bivalve Mollusks most of which live in marine habitats or Brackish water. He surreptitiously pours them into a nearby lady's handbag. In American English, a purse is a small Bag, also called a handbag or a pocketbook.

Back on the platform, Bean asks a man, who happens to be a Cannes Film Festival jury member and Russian movie critic Emil Dachevsky (Karel Roden), to use his camcorder to film his walking onto the train. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Karel Roden (born May 18 1962) is a Czech Actor. Roden's father and grandfather were also actors By the time they are done, the TGV is about to leave. The TGV ( t rain à g rande v itesse, French for "high-speed train" is France 's High-speed rail service Although Bean manages to get onto the train, the doors close before Dachevsky can get on. Dachevsky's son, Stepan (Max Baldry) is therefore left on board by himself. Maxim Alexander "Max" Baldry (born January 5, 1996) is a young English Actor who starred as Stepan in Mr Bean's Holiday Bean attempts to befriend Stepan, with the result that when the boy slaps him in the face and gets off at the next station, Bean gets off too and accidentally misses the train, along with his bag aboard. The train that Stepan's father has boarded does not stop at the station, and he holds up a mobile number, but with the last two digits obscured. Their efforts at calling the number prove fruitless. They board the next train, but since Bean has left his ticket on the station public telephone, the duo are soon forced to leave the train.

Attempts at begging by miming to Puccini's O mio babbino caro (sung by Rita Streich) prove successful, and Bean buys them a bus ticket to Cannes. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 O mio babbino caro ("Oh my dear papa" is an aria from the Opera Gianni Schicchi (1918 by Giacomo Puccini. Rita Streich ( December 18, 1920, Barnaul - March 20, 1987, Vienna) was one of the most significant Coloratura Bean loses his ticket by getting the ticket stuck on a chicken's foot. Mr Bean then borrows a bicycle and follows the chicken which has been placed onto a Peugeot 504 pickup and ends up at a chicken pen. The Peugeot 504 is a Large family car produced by French automaker Peugeot between 1968 and 1983 in Europe. On his return, he finds that the bicycle has been run over by a WWII Panzer tank. Mr. Bean starts walking, and falls asleep exhausted. He wakes up on what appears to be a quaint French village, but is actually a film set for a yogurt advertisement, set during World War II (this is where the tank was heading). Yoghurt, yogurt, yoghourt, youghurt or yogourt (see spelling below is a Bean ends up as an extra, playing the role of a German soldier in the advertisement, directed by Carson Clay (Willem Dafoe). William J "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated American Film and stage He inadvertently blows up the set, and is seen walking down from a hillside with smoke billowing out of the villa while being passed by an ambulance heading up the hill.

Bean then tries to hitch-hike again; a lime-green Mini identical to his own picks him up, driven by actress Sabine (Emma de Caunes), who offers him a lift to Cannes. Emma de Caunes (born 9 September 1976 in Paris) is a French film actress She is an aspiring actress on her way to the 59th Cannes Film Festival where Carson Clay's film in which she makes her debut is going to be presented. The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. When they stop at a service station, Bean finds Stepan in a café. Sabine agrees to take him with them.

Bean and the boy now attempt, again in vain, to call Dachevsky with Sabine's phone. When Sabine falls asleep, Bean then drives the car himself, but he keeps falling asleep. After doing dangerous and painful things to himself to stay awake, Bean and the other two finally make it to Cannes.

When Sabine goes into a petrol station to change for the premiere, she sees a newsflash, wherein the police have made up a story about Mr. Bean kidnapping Stepan and she, Sabine, being his accomplice. In Criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or Asportation of a person against the person's will usually to hold the person in False imprisonment However, since she does not want to miss the premiere, she is reluctant to go to the police to clear up the "misunderstanding". They therefore plan to get into Cannes without being identified. Stepan dresses up as Sabine's daughter, while Mr. Bean dresses up as Sabine's mother. They manage to get through the search and Sabine arrives at the premiere on time.

After sneaking into the premiere, Bean is disappointed to see that Sabine's role has been (rather poorly) cut from the film (Carson Clay is seen nodding at the woman beside him at this point, implying that he cut the scene as a favour to his jealous wife), and ends up plugging in his video camera to the projector, where his video diary is unexpectedly played out. However, the strange tale it tells fits director Carson Clay's narration well (in a bizarre way), so that the director, Sabine, and Bean all receive standing ovations. Stepan is finally reunited with his father (after he accuses Bean of kidnapping his son and attemps to fight him).

After the screening, Bean leaves the building and goes to the beach, encountering there many of the other characters. The film then ends with Bean and all the other characters of the film miming a large French musical finale, singing the famous song by Charles Trenet, "La Mer" (Beyond the Sea). Charles Trenet (born Louis Charles Auguste Claude Trénet May 18, 1913, Narbonne, France &ndash February 19, 2001 "La Mer" is a song written by French composer lyricist singer and showman Charles Trenet (1913 &ndash 2001 " Beyond the Sea " is the English language version of the song " La Mer " by Charles Trenet. After the credits Bean writes with his foot Fin ("End") in the sand. Sand is a naturally occurring Granular material composed of finely divided rock and Mineral particles

Cast and roles

Portrayed by	Character
Rowan Atkinson	Mr. Rowan Atkinson (born 6 January 1955 is an English Comedian, actor and writer famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder Bean
Steve Pemberton	Vicar
Lily Atkinson	Lily at the stereo
Preston Nyman	Boy with train
Sharlit Deyzac	Buffet attendant
Francois Touch	Busker accordion
Emma de Caunes	Sabine
Arsène Mosca	Trafic controller
Stéphane Debac	Traffic controller
Willem Dafoe	Carson Clay
Philippe Spall	French journalist
Jean Rochefort	waiter in Le Train Bleu restaurant
Karel Roden	Emil
Max Baldry	Stepan
Pascal Jounier	Tipsy man
Antoine de Caunes	TV presenter
Clint Dyer	Luther
Catherine Hosmalin	SNCF Ticket Inspector
Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus	SNCF
Urbain Cancelier	Bus Driver
Eric Naggar	Suicidal Man

Cultural References

Several cultural references and allusions are made throughout the film. Steve James Pemberton (b 1 September 1967, Blackburn, Lancashire, England) is an English Comedy Writer Emma de Caunes (born 9 September 1976 in Paris) is a French film actress William J "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated American Film and stage Jean Rochefort (born 29 April, 1930) is a French actor who has appeared in more than 100 movies Le Train Bleu (lit "The Blue Train" is a restaurant located in the hall of the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, France. Karel Roden (born May 18 1962) is a Czech Actor. Roden's father and grandfather were also actors Maxim Alexander "Max" Baldry (born January 5, 1996) is a young English Actor who starred as Stepan in Mr Bean's Holiday Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953 in Paris, France) is a television presenter actor writer and film director SNCF ( Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français) (French National Railway Company is a French public enterprise When Mr. Bean is attempting to call Emil Dachevsky on his mobile phone during the first portion of the film, a baby answers a call by distinctly uttering the word 'Adder', a possible reference to Rowan Atkinson's famous comic creation Edmund Blackadder. Edmund Blackadder is the single name given to a collection of Fictional characters who appear in the BBC mock-historical comedy series Blackadder

Reception

As of 24 August 2007, the film had a score of 56 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 26 reviews. Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books. ^[9] On Rotten Tomatoes, 50% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 104 reviews (52 "fresh", 52 "rotten"). Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. ^[10] The movie received an average score of 57% from 32 film critics according to Movie Tab. ^[11]

The film was met with mixed reviews by critics. Matthew Turner of ViewLondon gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and said "Crucially, the film-makers have decided to make Bean more of a bumbling innocent, than the obnoxious and frequently mean-spirited character of the TV show", and that the film is a "surprisingly sweet comedy" with inspired gags and is much better than the previous film. Bean, also known as Bean The Ultimate Disaster Movie or Mr Bean The Movie is a 1997 feature film based on the television ^[12] BBC film critic Paul Arendt gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, saying "It's hard to explain the appeal of Mr Bean. At first glance, he seems to be moulded from the primordial clay of nightmares: a leering man-child with a body like a tangle of tweed-coated pipe cleaners and the gurning, window-licking countenance of a suburban sex offender. A gurn is a distorted Facial expression, and a verb to describe the action It's a testament to Rowan Atkinson's skill that, by the end of the film he seems almost cuddly. "^[13] Philip French of The Observer referred to the character of Mr. Bean as a "dim-witted sub-Hulot loner" and said the plot involves Atkinson "getting in touch with his retarded inner child. The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Monsieur Hulot is a character created and played by French comic Jacques Tati for a series of films in the 1950s and '60s namely Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot " French also said "the best joke is taken directly from Tati's Jour de Fete. Jacques Tati (October 9 &ndashNovember 5) was a noted French comedic Filmmaker. Jour de fête (aka Festival Day, The Big Day) ( 1949) is the title of a film Comedy by the French "^[14] Wendy Ide of The Times gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and said "It has long been a mystery to the British, who consider Bean to be, at best, an ignoble secret weakness, that Rowan Atkinson’s repellent creation is absolutely massive on the Continent. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the Continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European " Ide said parts of the film are reminiscent of City of God, The Straight Story, and said two scenes are "clumsily borrowed" from Pee-wee's Big Adventure. City of God (Cidade de Deus is a 2002 Brazilian crime drama Film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund The Straight Story is a 1999 film directed by David Lynch. It is based on the true story of Alvin Straight 's journey across Iowa and Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 adventure Comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length film debut Ide also wrote that the jokes are weak and one gag "was past its sell-by date ten years ago. "^[15] Steve Rose of The Guardian gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, said the film was full of awfully weak gags, and "In a post-Borat world, surely there's no place for Bean's antiquated fusion of Jacques Tati, Pee-Wee Herman and John Major?". The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ^[16]

Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor gave the film a "B" and said "Since Mr. The Christian Science Monitor (CSM is an international Newspaper published daily Monday through Friday Bean rarely speaks a complete sentence, the effect is of watching a silent movie with sound effects. This was also the dramatic ploy of the great French director-performer Jacques Tati, who is clearly the big influence here. Jacques Tati (October 9 &ndashNovember 5) was a noted French comedic Filmmaker. "^[17] Amy Biancolli of the Houston Chronicle gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, saying "Don't mistake this simpleton hero, or the movie's own simplicity, for a lack of smarts. The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily Newspaper in Texas, USA. Mr. Bean's Holiday is quite savvy about filmmaking, landing a few blows for satire. " Biancolli said the humor is "all elementally British and more than a touch French. What it isn't, wasn't, should never attempt to be, is American. That's the mistake made by Mel Smith and the ill-advised forces behind 1997's Bean: The Movie. Bean, also known as Bean The Ultimate Disaster Movie or Mr Bean The Movie is a 1997 feature film based on the television "^[18] Ty Burr of the Boston Globe said "Either you'll find [Atkinson] hilarious—or he'll seem like one of those awful, tedious comedians who only thinks he's hilarious. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, " Burr also said "There are also a few gags stolen outright from Tati", but concluded "Somewhere, Jacques Tati is smiling. "^[19] Tom Long of The Detroit News said "Watching 90 minutes of this stuff—we're talking broad, broad comedy here—may seem a bit much, but this film actually picks up steam as it rolls along, becoming ever more absurd. The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the US " and also "Mr. Bean offers a refreshingly blunt reminder of the simple roots of comedy in these grim, overly manufactured times. "^[20]

Suzanne Condie Lambert of The Arizona Republic said "Atkinson is a gifted physical comedian. The Arizona Republic is a daily newspaper published in Phoenix, Arizona. And the film is a rarity: a kid-friendly movie that was clearly not produced as a vehicle for selling toys and video games. " but also said "It's hard to laugh at a character I'm 95 percent sure is autistic. Language development. The terminology "^[21] Lawrence Toppman of The Charlotte Observer gave the film 2½ stars out of 4 and said "If you like [the character], you will certainly like Mr. The Charlotte Observer, serving Charlotte North Carolina and its metro area, is the largest newspaper in terms of circulation in North Bean's Holiday, a 10-years-later sequel to Bean. I found him intermittently funny yet almost unrelentingly creepy", and also "Atkinson doesn't have the deadpan elegance of a Buster Keaton or the wry, gentle physicality of a Jacques Tati (whose Mr. Hulot's Holiday inspired the title). Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton ( October 4 1895 &ndash February 1 1966) was an Academy Award -winning American Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (released as Monsieur Hulot's Holiday in the UK and as Mr He's funniest when mugging shamelessly. . . "^[22]

Ruthe Stein of the San Francisco Chronicle said "the disasters instigated by Bean's haplessness quickly become tiresome and predictable" but said that one scene later in the film is worth sticking around for. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H ^[23] Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News gave the film 2 out of 4 stars and said "If you've never been particularly fond of Atkinson's brand of slapstick, you certainly won't be converted by this trifle. The Daily News of New York City is the fifth most-widely circulated daily Newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 703137 " and also "If the title sounds familiar, it's because Atkinson intends his movie to be an homage to the 1953 French classic Mr. Hulot's Holiday. Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (released as Monsieur Hulot's Holiday in the UK and as Mr Mr. Hulot was played by one of the all-time great physical comedians, Jacques Tati, and that movie is a genuine delight from start to finish. This version offers a few laughs and an admirable commitment to old-fashioned fun. "^[24] Phil Villarreal of the Arizona Daily Star gave the film 2 stars and said "If you've seen 10 minutes of Rowan Atkinson's Mr. The Arizona Daily Star is the major morning Daily newspaper that serves Tucson Arizona, and Southern Arizona. Bean routine, you've seen it all", and "The Nazi stuff is a bit out of place in a G-rated movie. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Or any movie, really", later calling Atkinson "a has-Bean. "^[25] Claudia Pig of USA Today gave the film 1½ stars out of 4 and said "If you've been lobotomized or have the mental age of a kindergartener, Mr. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. A lobotomy ( Greek: lobos Lobe of Brain, tomos "cut/slice" is a form of Psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or Bean's Holiday is viable comic entertainment" and also, "The film, set mostly in France, pays homage to Jacques Tati, but the mostly silent gags feel like watered-down Bean. "^[26]

The audience received Mr. Bean's Holiday with mixed responses. Some of the file critics pointed out that Mr. Bean has lived past his era, and felt that his antics are very predictable in the film. This, perhaps, is due to the fact that the film takes a less Americanised tone than the original movie. ^[27]

Box office performance

The film has been very successful at the box office. It took an opening gross of US$12. 7 million in the United Kingdom, the biggest opening for a film in 2007 up until the release of Spider-Man 3. For the video game based on the film see Spider-Man 3 (video game. ^[28] Mr. Bean's Holiday grossed a total of $229. 7 million worldwide. ^[29]

Rating

In the UK, it was classified by the British Board of Film Classification as PG for containing "irresponsible behaviour. The British Board of Film Classification ( BBFC) originally British Board of Film Censors, is the organisation responsible for Film, DVD "

This film was originally given a PG rating by the Motion Picture Association of America for brief mild language, but Universal cut out most of the language (leaving Stepan saying "damn" in Russian in one shot and in French in a later shot) so the film would be rated G by the MPAA. The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U ^[30][31] It was one of the few Universal theatrically released films to be rated G. The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U The first film, by contrast, was rated PG-13. The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U It is much cleaner in content than the original film.

DVD and HD DVD Release

Mr. Bean's Holiday was released on DVD and HD DVD on November 27, 2007. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is not insert the publicly disclosed HD DVD key into this article for the time being Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The DVD version is in separate widescreen and pan and scan formats while the HD DVD version is in widescreen. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is A widescreen image is a film computer or television image with a wider and shorter aspect ratio than the standard Academy frame developed during the Classical Pan and scan is one method of adjusting Widescreen film images so that they can be shown within the proportions of a Standard definition 43 aspect ratio not insert the publicly disclosed HD DVD key into this article for the time being A widescreen image is a film computer or television image with a wider and shorter aspect ratio than the standard Academy frame developed during the Classical

The DVD Charted at #1 on the UK DVD Chart on week of release.

References

External links

• Universal Pictures
• Official Site
• Mr. Bean's Holiday at the Internet Movie Database
• Mr. Bean's Holiday at Allmovie
• Mr. Bean's Holiday at Rotten Tomatoes
• Mr. Bean's Holiday at Metacritic
• Mr. Bean's Holiday at Box Office Mojo
• Working Title films page
• Mr. Bean's Holiday pictures

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