Paddington 2
Paddington 2 is a 2017 live-action animated comedy film directed by Paul King and written by King and Simon Farnaby. Based on the stories of Paddington Bear, created by Michael Bond (to whom the film is also dedicated, Bond having died that year), it is the sequel to Paddington (2014), and is produced by Heyday Films and StudioCanal UK. The film, a British-French-Luxembourgish co-production, stars Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington, with Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, and Hugh Grant in live-action roles. In the film, after Paddington is framed and imprisoned for a burglary that he did not commit, he and his family have to find the real culprit and prove his innocence. The film was confirmed to be in development in April 2015. Principal photography began in October 2016 and ended in June 2017. The film was theatrically released on 10 November 2017 in the United Kingdom and 6 December 2017 in France, and grossed $227 million worldwide. The film received widespread critical acclaim on Metacritic and gained an approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, becoming the highest-rated film on the site until a single negative review was registered in 2021. It appeared on numerous lists of best films of the year and of the 2010s. It received three nominations at the 71st British Academy Film Awards: Outstanding British Film, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for Grant. A third film, Paddington in Peru, is in production.
Why the lemon face, Hamlet? If you have something to say, I beg you share it with us all. "It is not nor it cannot come to good." Oh, really. You and your dreary conscience. Tell me this. Which would you rather? That you stand here gathering dust while I humiliate myself in a spaniel's costume on television, or that we all return in glory in the greatest one-man show the West End has ever seen? Bravo! Oh, thank you, my darlings. Thank you. Thank you! Blessings upon you all. Deepest of bows. Thank you. I know what you're thinking, Scrooge. It'll cost a fortune. But if I'm right, that is exactly what this book will provide. This is no dusty antique. Hidden on every page, a little lady pointing to a clue. Find all the clues... we're rich again.
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Oh, yes, he loved the book. His heart was set on top of it. So you discussed how expensive it was? Yes, but he was earning the money. I refuse to believe that young Mr Brown would ever burglarise my shop. Exactly. Paw prints were found here, here and here. And a substance later identified as marmalade was found here. And is this the same marmalade?
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Mr Buchanan. You live on the same street as the defendant. - I do. - And you were an eye witness - to the events that night. - Indeed I was. I was up late, when I became aware of a hullabaloo in the street below. I went to my awards room which is a... large room overlooking the newspaper kiosk. And I saw young Paddington riding a rather disreputable-looking hound. Mary Brown drew this based on the bear's description of the man he claims he was chasing. - Hm. - Did you see him - on the street that night? - Oh, a handsome devil, isn't he? Hmm? - Dazzling eyes. - Yes, but did you see him? Your answer will tell us whether the bear is guilty. Did you see this man? Alas...
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