THE ENGLISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL BUT CAME DOWN A MOUNTAIN A SYNOPSYS The film is set in 1917 and revolves around two English cartographers, George Garrad and his assistant, Reginald Anson, working for the Ordnance Survey. They arrive at a Welsh rural village to measure what is claimed to be the first mountain inside of Wales , Ffynnon Garw. They conclude that it is only a hill because it is PRODUCTION UK 1995 slightly shorter than the required 1,000 feet in height. So the villagers, supported by the innkeeper Morgan DIRECTOR Alan Rickman the Goat and the Reverend Jones, conspire to delay the STARRING Hugh Grant,(Reginald Anson), cartographers departure while they build an earth Ian McNiece (George Garrad), mould on the top of the hill to make the hill high Tara Fitzgerald (Betty), Colm enough to be considered a mountain. Meaney (Morgan The Goat), Kenneth Griffith (Reverend Jones) BEFORE VIEWING Answer the following questions. 1. Have you ever made any measurements in a hilly area? 2. Do you know the name of the highest mountain in Great Britain? 3. What modern surveying tools could you use to measure the top of a mountain? ONLINE RESOURCES After viewing activities FILM CLIP Characters in the scene: Reginald Anson (A.) , Morgan the Goat (M.), Reverend Jones (R.), villagers (V.). 1 Now watch the film clip and fill in the script with the following expressions: a meeting in the village hall. demanding the inclusion do they have a result have now completed His Majesty s maps it is just a measurement your affection for this were you coming After measuring the hill, the two cartographers go back to the inn where they make calculations about the height of Ffynnon Garw. A.: Gentlemen hmm we (1) ........................................................ the, uh , survey of, hmm, Ffynnon Garw and, hmm, I have to inform you that it is 984 feet V.: What? A.: Now I I I realize that this may be a disappointment to you, hmm but I would ask you to remember that (2) ........................................................ and in no way should detract from the beauty of, or indeed (3) ........................................................ uh, uh hill. Thank you. V.: [in the inn] Reverend Jones is assembling a (5) ......................................................... Now! M.: What does that old coot think he s gonna do? Raise the mountain? V.: He s gonna organize an official complaint. Come on boys, (6) ........................................................? M.: A complaint? [At the village hall] R.: Thank you, thank you, thank you Look, I propose a M.: Hill? [Men murmuring] [Outside the inn] petition (7) ........................................................ of Ffynnon Garw as the first mountain in Wales to be included on all of R.: A result? Tell me, (4) ........................................................? V.: It s a hill! R.: [whispering] A hill Oh! (8) ......................................................... SURVEYING Module 3 105