186 Tall Guy, The (1989)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
186 Tall Guy, The (1989)
- The name ``Ron Anderson'' is remarkably similar to the name of the actor who
plays him: 'Rowan Atkinson' (qv). One of the other contenders for the award
that Anderson won was 'Griff Rhys-Jones' (qv), the ``Jones'' half of the
comedy duo ``Alas Smith and Jones''. 'Mel Smith' (qv) (the Smith half)
directed the film. Smith, Jones, and Atkinson starred together in the TVu
series ``Not the Nine O'Clock News''. Also Anderson refers to his
side-kick ('Jeff Goldblum' (qv)) on stage as ``Perkins''. When performing
live, Atkinson frequently uses 'Angus Deayton' (qv) as his sidekick
who is always called ``Perkins''. Deayton makes a small appearance in the
film as an actor looking at several excellent roles while Dexter gets
offered a single role as a tall American.
- The car that races to the Hospital in at the end of the film
(a blue Aston Martin registration ``COMIC'') belonged to Atkinson.
Dexter is pulled over by the police for speeding just as Atkinson
was in real life in the very same car. Atkinson received a driving ban as a
result of the incident.
- DIRCAMEO(Mel Smith): the backstage drunk who congratulates and then
collapses.
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