Roommates

Original title: Raising the Wind

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In order to cut costs and conduct practice sessions, a group of students studying at an elite music school decide to stay together. Soon, one of them finds himself in trouble.In order to cut costs and conduct practice sessions, a group of students studying at an elite music school decide to stay together. Soon, one of them finds himself in trouble.In order to cut costs and conduct practice sessions, a group of students studying at an elite music school decide to stay together. Soon, one of them finds himself in trouble.

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Trivia
The conductor's joke about the girl's harp sounding like skeletons making love on a tin roof is actually a paraphrase of a quip from famed British conductor Thomas Beecham, who described the sound of the harpsichord (NOT harp) as being like "skeletons copulating on a tin roof."

Goofs
When Mervyn (Leslie Phillips) writes his tune, he is drunk and the story about it gets sent to a music paper, gets printed and published and sent to the shops, and gets read all before his hangover from that time wears off.

Quotes
Sir Benjamin Boyd: Madam, must you make that noise?
Jill Clemons: Yes, Sir Benjamin.
Sir Benjamin Boyd: Is there some defect in your instrument?
Jill Clemons: Oh no, Sir Benjamin.
Sir Benjamin Boyd: It would appear to sound like two skeletons making love on a tin roof.
Jill Clemons: I'm sorry, Sir Benjamin, I had an accident on the way here.
Taxi Driver: [arriving] I'll say she had an accident. Cost me a fare that has. And what I say is, what about my flippin' bumper?
Sir Benjamin Boyd: And who the devil may you be, sir?
Taxi Driver: I just want to exchange addresses with the young lady.
Sir Benjamin Boyd: Although you might find it hard to believe, this is a concert hall and not a marriage bureau.
Jill Clemons: I'm sorry, Sir Benjamin, it's my fault. I backed into him.
Sir Benjamin Boyd: Madam, tacit if you please. And you sir, shut your cake hole. If you wish to interview the young lady, I must ask you to wait outside. And I may add that if her driving is on a par with her musicianship, you may think yourself extremely fortunate to be alive.
[to the orchestra]
Sir Benjamin Boyd: Now gentlemen, we shall take the final section. From bar 224 if you please.

Soundtracks
Scapino: A Comedy Overture
(1940, revised 1949) (uncredited)
Music by William Walton

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8/10

Great Fun!

I just read three dismal reviews of this film from people with no sense of humor--obviously. Raising The Wind is much more clever than many of the Carry On films or other British comedies from the classic period. Of course, as a former music student, it's possible that I identify with it more than most, but I have shown it to others who laughed as much as I did. Once to an audience of 50, but then a comedy is always better with an audience, at least if it's timing is good, as in this case. When the orchestra ran away (speeded up) as Kenneth Williams attempted to show off his dominance as a great conductor, the audience had hysterics. There was rarely a better cast than this, and the characters are appealing. It's one of those films I wish I could live in. Give it a chance.