Very Best of Hancock

(1961)

RATING:	100%
FORMAT:	DVD

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Brilliant comedy about a classic example of the tendency of many people to be empty vessels making the most noise.

Aided and abetted by the truly exceptional writing talents of Ray Galton & Alan Simpson, Tony HANCOCK essays a dramatic performance of a lonely man going nowhere – which just happens also to be incredibly funny. His declamatory, sing-song style enriches what are, essentially, the dramatic monologues of a fool who knows very little about very little, yet who expounds at length to an often genuinely surreal extent.

The most amazing aspect of all this is that there are no punch lines – only frequently bizarre observations on the world from a man who lives firmly outside much of it. The supporting cast is superb but HANCOCK is really little more than a one man band who does not actually need a sidekick or a partner.

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