Scoop
The DVD cover
Directed by	Gavin Millar
Produced by	Sue Birtwistle
Written by	Evelyn Waugh (novel) William Boyd
Starring	Denholm Elliott Michael Hordern Herbert Lom
Music by	Stanley Myers
Release date(s)	1987
Running time	100 / 120 min. Gavin Millar (born 11 January 1938 in Clydebank, Scotland) is a Scottish Film director. Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh (ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː (28 October 1903 &ndash 10 April 1966 was an English Writer, best known for such darkly humorous and William Boyd, CBE (born 7 March, 1952 in Accra, Ghana) is a contemporary Scottish novelist and screenwriter Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 &ndash 6 October 1992 was a distinguished English Actor of stage and Screen, with Sir Michael Murray Hordern ( 3 October 1911 &ndash 2 May 1995) was an English Actor, knighted in 1983 for his services Herbert Lom IPA {{IPA|ɦɛrbɛrd lom}} (b 11 September 1917) is a Czech British international Film actor Stanley Myers ( October 6, 1930 – November 9, 1993) was a prolific British Film composer who scored over sixty films
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
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Plot summary

In a case of mistaken identity, a naive young columnist for the Daily Beast is sent to cover a war in Ishmaelia. A confused editor, Mr. Salter (Denholm Elliott) acting on the orders of his much feared 'boss', Lord Copper (Donald Pleasence) tells William Boot (Michael Maloney) to cover the ongoing war as the correspondent for 'The Daily Beast'. Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 &ndash 6 October 1992 was a distinguished English Actor of stage and Screen, with William Boot is a fictional journalist who is the protagonist in the 1938 Evelyn Waugh comic novel Scoop. Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is an English Actor. Born in Bury St Boot normally writes about British country life, but he's too timid, and worried about losing his job for good, to say otherwise when he's ordered overseas. Boot is soon up to his neck in intrigue. All the foreign journalists are confined to the capital of Ishmaelia, and they are not allowed to leave unless permission has been given by the Minister of Propaganda. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends The journalists all stick together, drinking and trying to pass time, but they watch each other jealously for signs that someone may have a story to send home. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends However, Lord Hitchcock, the correspondent for the Daily Brute is noticeably absent, and this sends the reporters on an insane quest into the desert in the hope of finding the sought after 'Scoop'

The story is full of bizarre characters; an insane Swedish diplomat who goes berserk when he drinks too much Absinthe, the mysterious Mr. Baldwin (Herbert Lom), and a German woman who claims she somehow or another lost her husband. Herbert Lom IPA {{IPA|ɦɛrbɛrd lom}} (b 11 September 1917) is a Czech British international Film actor The hapless William Boot appears to be completely out of his depth in the middle of all this chaos and confusion.

Primary Cast

• Denholm Elliott as Mr. Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 &ndash 6 October 1992 was a distinguished English Actor of stage and Screen, with Salter
• Michael Hordern as Uncle Theodore
• Herbert Lom as Mr. Sir Michael Murray Hordern ( 3 October 1911 &ndash 2 May 1995) was an English Actor, knighted in 1983 for his services Herbert Lom IPA {{IPA|ɦɛrbɛrd lom}} (b 11 September 1917) is a Czech British international Film actor Baldwin
• Nicola Pagett as Julia Stitch
• Donald Pleasence as Lord Copper
• Renée Soutendijk as Kätchen
• Michael Maloney as William Boot
• Sverre Anker Ousdal as Erik Olafsen
• Jack Shepherd as Corker

See also

• Scoop (novel), a 1938 novel by Evelyn Waugh
• Scoop (2006 film), a Woody Allen movie

External links

• Scoop at the Internet Movie Database