Decline and Fall...Of a Birdwatcher

Cheeky take on Evelyn Waugh's trenchant social satire "Decline and Fall" stars Robin Phillips as Paul Pennyfeather, the hapless working-class hero who keeps a stiff upper lip no matter the humiliations his upper-crust superiors pile upon him, from divinity college expulsion to employment at a bizarre boarding school to framing for white slavery. Geneviève Page, Donald Wolfit, Leo McKern, Colin Blakely also star. 113 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.