Burke & Hare

2010
R
1h 31min

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Isla Fisher, Simon Pegg, and Andy Serkis in Burke & Hare (2010)

A black comedy about two 19th century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.

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Una comedia negra sobre dos ladrones de tumbas del siglo XIX, que encuentran un lucrativo negocio proporcionando cadáveres para una escuela de medicina de Edimburgo.Una comedia negra sobre dos ladrones de tumbas del siglo XIX, que encuentran un lucrativo negocio proporcionando cadáveres para una escuela de medicina de Edimburgo.Una comedia negra sobre dos ladrones de tumbas del siglo XIX, que encuentran un lucrativo negocio proporcionando cadáveres para una escuela de medicina de Edimburgo.

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- 1 nominación en total

Vídeos2

Trailer 2:26

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Curiosidades
Amongst many cultural and historical jokes interwoven in the plot, one occurs when Dr. Alexander Monro (Tim Curry) says to Dr. Lister (George Potts), "your breath is appalling." Although the timeline is somewhat off, with Lister being of a later generation than that portrayed during the events of this movie, he was nonetheless the pioneer of using carbolic acid for the sterilization of surgical instruments and cleaning of wounds during the 1860s. This effectively revolutionized surgery and saved the lives of countless patients who would otherwise have died of infection or had to have limbs amputated due to gangrene. He is also after whom the famous antiseptic mouthwash product Listerine was named, hence the ironic joke about his breath being appalling.

Pifias
Two hangings are shown in the film, in the style of a "long drop" designed to break the neck and cause instant death. This style was first introduced in the 1870s by William Marwood as a more humane approach. Before then, and certainly in 1828-1829 when the film was set, the victim was simply suspended by a rope around the neck and choked to death by suffocation.

Citas
William Burke: I had confidence in a fart once, and I shat all over myself.

Créditos adicionales
This is a true story. Except for the parts that are not.

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5/10

Funny people team up to make an unfunny film

(44%) A well made, yet oddly completely unfunny watch centred around the crimes of the notorious murderous duo in 19th century Edinburgh. So what exactly went wrong here? Because with the cast including the talented Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis, with support from the likes of Tim Curry, Tom Wilkinson, British TV favourite Ronny Corbett, even Christopher Lee in a small cameo, and with John Landis directing meaning this should have been a hell of a lot better than it actually is. The first problem is the fact that this starts claiming to be an Earling studio production, and not once in the entire film did it ever remotely capture the feel of that once great name. It may have the darker edge you'll find in something like The ladykillers, but what is really lacking is any sort of soul or heart. It doesn't also help that the true tale of Burke and Hare isn't actually that comedic as there's no real punchline anywhere, just a couple of guys making a bit of money grave robbing and killing people, and that's about it. This isn't a bad watch by any means, but I defy anyone truly enjoying its half baked attempts.