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Plot Summary: Rowan Atkinson returns to the iconic role that made him an international star in "Mr. Bean's Holiday." In his latest misadventure, Mr. Bean--the nearly wordless misfit who seems to be followed by a trail of pratfalls and hijinks--goes on holiday to the French Riviera and becomes ensnared in a European adventure of cinematic proportions.

Tired of the dreary, wet London weather, Bean packs up his suitcase and camcorder to head to Cannes for some sun on the beach. Ah...vacation. But his trip doesn't go as smoothly as he had hoped when the bumbling Bean falls face first into a series of mishaps and fortunate coincidences, far-fetched enough to make his own avant-garde film.

Wrongly thought to be both kidnapper and acclaimed filmmaker, he has some serious explaining to do after wreaking havoc across the French countryside and arriving at his vacation spot with a Romanian filmmaker's precocious son and an aspiring actress in tow. Will Bean be arrested by the gendarmes or end up winning the Palme d'Or? It's all caught on camera as Atkinson again applies his awkward athleticism to a comedy of errors in "Mr. Bean's Holiday." — More here

1. Production Information
For more than 20 years—throughout hours of television shorts, multiple comedy specials, an animated series and a film that grossed more than $260 million at the domestic and international box office—one misunderstood, hapless man has delighted children and adults worldwide with his comical pantomime and penchant for mischief: Mr. Bean...

2. SYNOPSIS
It is raining and dreary in London. The waterlogged Mr. Bean has fortunately won first prize in a church raffle: a train trip to the French Riviera and new video camera. After taking the Eurostar to Paris, Bean arrives at the Gare du Nord station and casually films Sabine (Emma de Caunes), who has stopped to give a street performer money...

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3. Travel Plans with Bean: The Comedy is Greenlit
Thanks to Rowan Atkinson’s unique ability to marry endearing physical comedy and slapstick with a charming personality, Mr. Bean, who began his life on British television screens in 1990, has become a worldwide star. The global success of the series propelled co-writers and Bean creators Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis to create the feature film Bean, which found the misfit embroiled in the Los Angeles art world...

4. Casting Disaster
The team decided that Mr. Bean would come across two main characters on his vacation travels, a young man and a woman. For the female lead, there was not interest in making Sabine a romantic interest, but rather an unknowing player who is swept up in Bean’s adventure. The boy, Stepan, becomes Bean’s responsibility as Bean struggles to reunite him with his family. Unfortunately for both, Stepan can’t speak English, and Bean doesn’t know Russian...

5. Filming Across France: Monsieur Bean on the Road
Mr. Bean’s Holiday is set (and lensed) almost entirely in France. Filming took place over 12 weeks during summer 2006—in London, Paris, the Luberon in Provence, and Cannes, where the beaches and Le Palais (best known for hosting the Cannes Film Festival) served as locations. The filmmakers were careful to portray a France that would subvert Bean’s—and perhaps the audience’s—preconceptions of the country....

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Rowan Atkinson revisits favorite character in 'Mr. Bean's Holiday'
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Aug 19, 2007
The American trailer for "Mr. Bean's Holiday," an English comedy set in France, fascinates the film's star, Rowan Atkinson. Noting that its voice-over ...

British TV comedy star returns in 'Holiday'
Charleston Post Courier, SC - Aug 22, 2007
Now comes Friday's opening of "Mr. Bean's Holiday," the sequel to "Bean," co-starring Willem Dafoe, Emma De Caunes and the versatile French character actor ...

Seriously funny
Winnipeg Sun, Canada - Aug 19, 2007
The long-awaited second movie, Mr. Bean's Holiday, opens Friday across Canada, and the comic writer/actor came here recently to promote it....

'Mr. Bean' speaks! (About his new movie)
AZ Central.com, AZ - Aug 20, 2007
The third, "Mr. Bean's Holiday," which sends him on vacation to France, opens nationwide on Friday. Q. In the finale of your new film, Mr. Bean makes a mess...

Mr. Bean grows to global fame
Variety - Aug 17, 2007
When "Mr. Bean's Holiday" did finally hit UK cinemas earlier this year, the result was box office gold, topping the charts and grossing more than $40...

Say bye-bye to summer blockbusters and hello to studio leftovers
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com, MI - 15 hours ago
"Mr. Bean's Holiday" (G) -- Rowan Atkinson's mostly non-verbal, generally bumbling character stumbles into trouble in the south of France....

Rowan Atkinson: Bean there, still doing that
Globe and Mail, Canada - Jul 26, 2007
... now two enormously successful films: 1997's Bean: The Movie, which made a tidy $250-million-plus worldwide, and the new Mr. Bean's Holiday, opening Aug....

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