A Foreign Field A Foreign Field A Foreign Field is a 1993 British made-for-television film about British and American Second World War veterans returning to the beaches of Normandy as old men. It is more a drama than a comedy, although it combines aspects of both. It was directed by Charles Sturridge and featured an ensemble cast of American, Australian, British, and French actors and actresses. The title evokes the Rupert Brooke poem "The Soldier". The film was driven into production by Alec Guinness who used his influence with the BBC to make it and with the various famous actors to appear in
Is That All There Is? in Chris Petit's 1984 Berlin-based film, "Chinese Boxes". The John Parish and P.J. Harvey version appears on the soundtrack of the 1996 film "Basquiat". In the "Children of a Lesser Clod" episode of "The Simpsons", Homer sings a verse of the chorus when asked by Rod Flanders to "…sing that crazy song we love". This song was performed by Nathan Lane and Dianne Reeves in "I Love A Charade," season 5, episode 74 (2002) of the American television series "Sex and the City". Actress Hope Davis performs the song in the 2007 movie "The Nines". The song is frequently referenced