I still need to see Michael Winterbottom‘s The Trip, a mockumentary starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon about a pair of actors who set off on a foodie road trip across England. Today a clip for the sequel, The Trip to Italy has just arrived featuring the two actors as the film just premiered at Sundance and they’re doing their Michael Caine impressions, this time channeling his ALfred from The Dark Knight Rises.
Here’s the official plot blurb from Sundance:
Michael Winterbottom’s largely improvised 2010 film, The Trip, took comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon—or semifictionalized versions thereof—on a restaurant tour around northern England. In this witty and incisive follow-up, Winterbottom reunites the pair for a new culinary road trip, retracing the steps of the Romantic poets’ grand tour of Italy and indulging in some sparkling banter and impersonation-offs. Rewhetting our palates from the earlier film, the characters enjoy mouthwatering meals in gorgeous settings from Liguria to Capri while riffing on subjects as varied as Batman’s vocal register, the artistic merits of “Jagged Little Pill,” and, of course, the virtue of sequels.
Winterbottom trains his camera to capture the idyllic Italian landscape and the gastronomic treasures being prepared and consumed while keeping the film centered on the crackling chemistry between the two leads. The Trip to Italy effortlessly melds the brilliant comic interplay between Coogan and Brydon into quieter moments of self-reflection, letting audiences into their insightful ruminations on the nuances of friendship and the juggling of family and career. The result is a biting portrait of modern-day masculinity.
It seems Variety‘s Scott Foundas believes it’s only a matter of time before we get The Trip to France. As for a release date, IFC has the film domestically and it will be released as six 30-minute episodes by the BBC abroad, just as the first one was.
Check out the clip from the film below along with a few more pictures. And, if you’re like me and haven’t seen the first one, it’s available on Netflix Instant.
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