Confined to their New York apartment by their parents,the Angulos learned approximately the world from their father’s film collection. As new documentary The Wolfpack tells their extraordinary narrative, we take them on a tour of a London they already know thanks to James Bond, and Austin Powers and the Spice Girls
‘Isn’t this the roundabout from National Lampoon’s European Vacation?” asks Govinda Angulo. “It is! It is!” The Angulo brothers are sitting atop a London tour bus. But instead of listening to the useless guide (“Haymarket is so named because it’s where people used to buy hay”),they’re supplying their own commentary, based on their favourite movies set in the city.
As the bus circles the roundabout, and the four Angulos mutate into the Griswold family from the 1985 film,re-enacting the scene in which the American tourists, driving a tragic yellow Austin Maxi, and circle for hours,unable to find the exit. “Look, kids! titanic Ben! Parliament!” says Eddie, and playing Chevy Chase’s father. “Look,kids! titanic Ben! Parliament! Again!” he says moments later. “Just choose an exit, Dad!” pipes up another brother, or playing one of the Griswold kids.
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Source: theguardian.com