Production Year: 1967 - Comedy - Director: Stanley Donen - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron more
Bedazzled (1967) DVD
The original comedy classic available for the first time in over ten years. Dudley Moore ... more
is the amiable but timid Wimpy Bar cook Stanley who agrees to sell his soul if he can't 'make it' with the girl of his dreams waitress Eleanor Bron. Peter Coo...
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A review by MissSharonLynette on Bedazzled (Wide Screen) (Slipcase) (DVD) December 14th, 2005
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Loved it
Story
Outstanding
Characters / Performances
Outstanding
Special Effects
Standard
How does it compare to similar films?
Outstanding
Advantages:
Stars Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
Disadvantages:
Some idiot decided to remake it with Liz Hurley in
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
Bedazzled is a charming sixties comedy written by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and also starring them along with people like Raquel Welch and Barry Humphries. Bedazzled is a film packed with dark humour and fantasy sequences (like most of the films I like) so please don't mistake it for the horrible remake with Brendan Fraser and Liz Hurley which was a bit too Hollywood.
Stanley Moon (Moore) is a chef at Wimpy, in lust with one of the waitresses but never confident to act on this. Not content with his life he tries to end it when George Spiggot aka The Devil (Cook) appears and offers him 7 wishes in exchange for his soul. Of course being the devil he likes to twist things and stanley's wishes, all for a better, more exciting life aren't as straight forward as he had hoped them to be.
Classic but underrated British comedy. For years it has been unavailable but eventually this year it was released, much to my excitement.
I haven't gone into the plot so much as I don't want to ruin it but from the summary you can see it's a remake of the Faustian myth. Wonderfully done, Cook and Moore are comic geniuses and their performances in this are superb. This movie is a must for your dvd collection.
Unfortunately there are only a couple of extras on the dvd - Interview with Barry Humphries and on-location footage which although good aren't that much for a dvd that has taken ages to come out!
The director Stanley Donen also directed Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Funny Face and The Pajama Game to name a few.
This dvd costs £17.99 on Amazon but £10.00 cheaper at Play! Not much to pay for a screen gem.
So if you liked the remake give this one a chance and if you didn't like it give it a chance as it's miles better.
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