American V.I.P James Burn II finds his son James Burn III (Bob Sherman) leading a giant "sleep-in" that has taken over Windsor Castle. He hires Nancy (Lulu) to get him out of the castle and into work. With the help of her crazy eccentric father, (Wilfred Hyde-White) who believes in working day and night and producing nothing and uses a fantastic astro-telescope for casual bird watching, she does just that !
Acting
Wilfrid Hyde-White's deranged birdwatcher steals every scene he's in
Production
Actual Windsor Castle locations for a film nobody remembers
Writing
Spike Milligan's dialogue feels improvised by a madman
Director
Peter Curran
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Lulu's attempt at a film career pivot after Eurovision glory—she never acted in a feature again. The universe has opinions.
The 'sleep-in' plot cynically exploited actual youth counterculture movements of the era, then made them about inheritance angst. Very 1974.
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