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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
2013 · Film · 90 min
Directed by Declan Lowney
When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.
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The movie Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa is absolutely hilarious. I've rewatched it several times, and I originally went into it never having heard of Alan Partridge and only barely of Steve Coogan. The trailers don't capture it all. "Trust me, Susan." is probably the greatest line ever in the midst of a shootout.
I was properly introduced to Steve Coogan and also Rob Bryden through their movie The Trip.
Some B roll impressions from The Trip and maybe the follow-up movie(s): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB3eSud1_Cs
Michael Caine impressions by them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFIQIpC5_wY
Even more impressions from them and probably shows their breadth the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWJTcblS4KI
The soundtrack to Koyaanisqatsi is also used in the opening scene of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013), which pairs a deep feeling of foreboding over footage of the beaches of Norfolk.
While it might appear to be an incongruous choice to open a comedy film, I note that Koyaanisqatsi, Watchmen (book and film) and Alan Partridge are all works primarily concerned with whether it is in our own nature to destroy ourselves, and whether we might deserve it.