Stiff Upper Lips

Stiff Upper Lips is a 1998 British comedy film.

I want my sexual awakening and I want it now! (taglines)

Dialogue

Edward and Cedric disembark from a train; the conductor asks them for their tickets. They both ignore him.

Edward (petulantly, to Cedric): I do so hate ordinary people.

Cedric: You mustn't hate them; they have smaller brains.

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Cedric is writing in his diary, recording his first impressions of Emily

Cedric (writing): There is something about her slim, elegant figure that rather reminds me of Edward....hmmmmmm.

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The Butler, Hudson, bids farewell to his last remaining fellow-servant (Aunt Agnes has fired them all). Hudson has previously been seen serving tea, carrying mountains of luggage, and rolling the lawn; now he is in the kitchen, cooking the entire dinner singlehandedly.

Servant Girl: Can you manage on your own?

Hudson (proudly): I am a Hudson.

Servant Girl: Do you never get bitter?

Hudson doesn't reply, but stands there looking inscrutable; then several bells summoning service begin to ring, and his upper lip trembles slightly.

Servant Girl (awed): Never?
She leaves; when she's gone, Hudson

removes a pot from the stove, sets it on the floor, and urinates into the soup.

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Emily and Cedric sit at an outdoor table having tea and discussing their impending marriage.

Emily: Soon we will be man and wife.

Cedric (pompously): Or, as the poet Homer says...

Before he can finish his sentence, Emily snatches up a butter knife and buries it in his skull. Cedric squints at the hilt sticking out of his temple and scowls. Emily then awakes from her nightmare.

Taglines

• I want my sexual awakening and I want it now!

Cast

• Peter Ustinov - Horace
• Prunella Scales - Aunt Agnes
• Georgina Cates - Emily
• Samuel West - Edward
• Robert Portal- Cedric
• Sean Pertwee - George

External links

• Stiff Upper Lips quotes at the Internet Movie Database