W.C. Fields - ExtravaganzaW.C. Fields projected an image of a surly cynic and many found ... more
it hard to tell where the character ended and the real person began (if, in fact, there was a difference).The Great Man lives on in this delightful three-disc collection of films starring the immortal W.C. Fields, featuring some of his best-loved silent and sound movies, along with some genuine cinema rarities.A true treat for comedy aficionados!Disc 1: Comedy Talkie Shorts- The Fatal Glass Of Beer- The Golf Specialist- The DentistDisc 2: Sally Of The SawdustDisc 3: W.C. Fields: Mixed Nuts- An Affectionate Look At W.C. Fields- Pool Sharks- Cupid Gets His Man- W.C. Fields Film Follies Festival
The Golf Specialist (1930):WC Fields' debut talkie, The Golf Specialist was something of a ... more
satire on golf, with Fields' attempts to simply cue up his ball being constantly thwarted by distracting sounds, items of floating rubbish, golf clubs that refuse to do what he wants them to an incompetent caddy.The Dentist (1932):It's back to golf for the start of this film, with WC Fields as the dentist who has a bad round of golf, thus putting him in a foul mood for dealing with his patients and an iceman, who has recently begun seeing his daughter.The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933):Yukon prospector Mr Snavely is eagerly awaiting the return of his son Chester from prison, who he last saw when Chester drank 'the fatal glass of beer' and set out for the Big City to pursue a different life.
The inimitable W.C. Fields is honoured in a collection of his most memorable shorts. In ... more
FATAL GLASS OF BEER, one drink too many leads to a sequence of bad events. THE DENTIST pokes fun at some of the more torturous aspects of the dental arts, and THE GOLF SPECIALIST finds Fields using his famous physical comedy to reveal the challenges of this precision-oriented sport. This collection also includes the shorts THE BARBERSHOP, THE PHARMACIST and POOL SHARK; beautifully demonstrating the work of a legendary entertainer.
Single DVDS:My Little Chickade.Never Give A Sucker An Even Break.It's A Gift.Double ... more
DVDs:You're Telling Me! and Man On The Flying Trapeze.The Old Fashioned Way And Poppy.You Can't Cheat An Honest Man and Six Of A Kind.The Bank Dick And Follow The Boys.International House And Million Dollar Legs.Mississippi And The Big Broadcast Of 1938.Tillie And Gus And If I Had A Million.
Production Year: 1956 - Comedy - Director: Joshua Logan - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Betty Field, Hope Lange, Eileen Heckart, Arthur O'Connell, Casey Adams, Hans Conried, Robert Bray
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Advantages: None Disadvantages: Appalling story and acting
Ray Kinsella is a farmer in Iowa, married to Annie and they have a child, Karin. One day, Ray is in the fields when he hears a voice: "Build it, and he will come." Initially, he thinks he must be dreaming, but the voice comes back to him, along with a vision of a baseball pitch set into part of his land. He becomes convinced that something great will happen and so ploughs one of his fields and turns it into a baseball pitch.
Having spent all their savings on the pitch, the Kinsellas are now in deep financial trouble, but when a team of famous baseball players from years ago turn up to play on the pitch, Ray thinks it is all worth it. Then he starts to hear voices again, giving him further instructions. What is the point of the instructions? And will Ray be able to keep the family out of debt?
I had never heard of this film before I ...
Advantages: Very powerful, intelligent and moving Disadvantages: Small negative - the lack of extras.
class as is the soundrack, with tunes from the period and an overall score by Mike Oldfield which is not to be feared here! The Killing Fields won 3 Academy Awards for best supporting actor to Dr Ngor., best cinemaphotography and best editing in 1985. It was directed by Roland Joffe ('The Mission')
The extras on this dvd are scant. Apart from the usual chapter selections, there is only a timeline history of the Khmer Rouge and Cambodia in the 1970s, which is basically text on the screen.
I do not think that a lack of extras detracts from the quality of this as a dvd package because the film stands up by itself. Any price of under 10 pounds is a good but in my opinion. I have seen this in sales in dvd shops on the high street in the past but its availability may now be limited as I purchased this copy a long time ago. ...
Advantages: Great Special Features, One of the all-time greats from Kevin Costner Disadvantages: Spoilt on R2 DVD by poor Sound Quality
it go on for hours and hours and you need to go get a couple of matches to keep your eyes open. For me Columbia Tristar have got it bang on!!
Field of Dreams, aka, Shoeless Joe. 1989, US, 106 Minutes
Stars: Kevin Costner (DragonFly, Bodyguard, For the Love of the Game & JFK).
Amy Madigan (Uncle Buck, Pollock & A Time For Dancing).
James Earl Jones (Coming to America, Clear & Present Danger, Soul Man & The Lion King, (Voice)).
Ray Liotta (Cop Land, Good Fellas, Hannibal & The Last Shot)
Burt Lancaster (Airport, GunFight at the OK Corral,
The Unforgiven, Apache & Judgement at Nuremberg).
Directed by; Phil Alden Robinson (Sneakers & Sum of all Fears)
Music by; james Horner (77th Academy Awards, Troy, Windtalkers, A Beautiful Mind & The Perfect Storm).
Availiable on R1 and R2 DVD; If you have ...
The inimitable W.C. Fields is honoured in a collection of his most memorable shorts. In FATAL GLASS OF BEER, one drink too many leads to a sequence of bad events. THE DENTIST pokes fun at some of the more torturous aspects of the dental arts, and THE GOLF SPECIALIST finds Fields using his famous physical comedy to reveal the challenges of this precision-oriented sport. This collection also includes the shorts THE BARBERSHOP, THE PHARMACIST and POOL SHARK; beautifully demonstrating the work of a legendary entertainer.
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