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Privates on Parade (1983) - Original Trailer. John Cleese and Dennis Quilley star in this 1982 film adaptation of Peter Nichol’s play of the same name, directed by Michael Blakemore.
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Aug 6, 2013 · First seen in 1977 Peter Nichols' play with songs, Privates On Parade, juxtaposes the horror of the war in South East Asia against the camp camaraderie of a military concert party.
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Mar 18, 1983 · Privates on Parade: Directed by Michael Blakemore. With Patrick Pearson, Michael Elphick, Joe Melia, John Standing. The members of S.A.D.U.S.E.A. (Song and Dance Unit South East Asia) fall in and out of love while trying to dodge Malayan Communist bullets in the late 1940s.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- Michael Blakemore
- 1983-03-18
Privates on Parade is a 1983 film adaptation of the Peter Nichols play of the same name about a fictional – and mostly gay – military entertainment group, the "Song and Dance Unit, Southeast Asia" assembled to entertain the troops in the Malayan jungle during the Malayan Emergency.
Privates on Parade. This gloriously gay adaptation of the play by Peter Nichols centers on the exploits of SADUSEA (it’s pronounced “sad you see”)—the Song and Dance Unit, Southeast Asia, a theatrical troupe stationed in the Malayan jungle during the 1940s to entertain the British troops there.
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It is 1947, the year of the communist rebellion in Malaya and the British army's SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) are called to the Malayan Jungle to entertain the troops. The eccentric, bible-bashing Major Giles Flack (John Cleese) is in command of the unit.
