Feb 11th      
American Friends**      

(GB 1991)                                      

An Oxford don befriends two American women on holiday in the Swiss Alps, at potential risk to his own career.
Slight romantic travelogue, based on Palin's great grandfather, with tiny elements of his Pythonesque humour simmering underneath, but gradually absorbs as a quite moving character drama. See also East of Ipswich, from the same team.

Written by: Michael Palin, Tristram Powell.
Producers: Patrick Cassavetti, Steve Abbott.
Director: Tristram Powell.
Starring: Michael Palin, Trini Alvarado, Connie Booth, Alfred Molina, Alun Armstrong, David Calder, Robert Eddison, Bryan Pringle, Jimmy Jewel.
Photography: Philip Bonham-Carter.
Music: Georges Delerue.