Bean

1997 · 1h29 · Film

Directed by Mel Smith

Starring Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, Pamela Reed, Tricia Vessey, Andrew Lawrence, Harris Yulin, Burt Reynolds, Richard Gant, Chris Ellis, Tom McGowan

Ideal when you feel… Exhausted Romantic Happy

Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Richard Curtis, Robin Driscoll

Music

Howard Goodall

Cinematography

Francis Kenny

Cast

Tricia Vessey, Andrew Lawrence, Harris Yulin, Burt Reynolds, Richard Gant, Chris Ellis, Tom McGowan, Sandra Oh, Peter Egan

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