The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
1995

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (Original Title)

Two English cartographers visit the small South Wales village of Ffynnon Garw, to measure what is claimed to be the "first mountain inside of Wales". It's 1917, and the war in Europe continues. The villagers are very proud of their "mountain", and are understandably disappointed and furious to find that it is in fact a "hill"...

1995年5月12日

The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain? Now there's a long name for you, and a long story. For this is a story... an epic story.

These mountains have defeated every invader. This is where the Britons fled...when they were invaded by the Romans, the Angles, the Saxons, the Vikings, the Normans. Oh, yes, they all invaded this island of Britain, but they've never taken the mountains from us.

Perhaps it wouldn't matter anywhere else, but this is Wales. The Egyptians built pyramids.  The Greeks built temples. But we did none of that because we had mountains.

We've no learning, and most people say we're twp. But we're not so twp as to not know that we're twp.

Desperate!  That's the word, Betty. Desperate times, desperate measures, desperate Englishmen.

- Have you no shame?  
- No! I can't think where I've left it.

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