Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Bmg Music
• VHS Release Date: March 23, 1993
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302698235
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #664,713 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rollicking good comedy about Britts and Italians in WWII., January 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of Enemies [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you enjoy a straightforward, clever comedy, wit h a lot of laughter and without the usual long moody, depressing, or murderous stretches of celluloid, then you will certainly enjoy this film. David Niven stars along with a very fine Italian comedian whose name escapes me. They are both officers in their respective armies, serving in North Africa during WWII. Neither one of them has quite gotten a 'handle on things' in a military way and the men serving under them are not too confident. The story opens with Niven in a light reconnaisance plane being piloted by an RAF type complete with flowing silk scarf (another nut-case). They spot Italian troops below them and go down for a look... The Italian officer in charge rushes out of his tent and delivers what some might refer to as the 'fascist salute,' but which most would recognize as a rather insulting gesture involving the use of both arms. The RAF lunatic dives his plane down behind a hill in order to go around for another look. There is the sound of a diving aircraft, followed by a long silence, followed by the high pitched sound of a straining engine as the plane climbs straight up behind the hill and comes around again. The same sceene is gotten through several more times until, finally,the diving sound is followed by a much longer period of silence, followed by the unmistakeable sound of a plane crashing into the ground. The scene shifts to Niven, the RAF type, and the plane, all sitting on the ground in great disarray with the lunatic pilot saying: "I say, I could have sworn we were going to come out of that last dive." At this point the Italian officer rushes up screaming "Aha... You are my prisoners!" It gets even better... As we used to say, "Don't miss it."

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of Enemies, September 10, 2006

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Dana M. Gaffney - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Enemies [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is a classic. Saw it once on TV and have been trying ever since to obtain a copy. The two previous reviews capture the essense of the movie. If it ever possible to obtain a copy I would like to be notified.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie, April 5, 2006

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Robert Desabatino - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Enemies [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I watched this movie when it first came out in Italy and I was a kid. David Niven and Alberto Sordi are absolutely great! This film captures the basic humanity of ordinary men of different cultures who are thrown into events they find very hard to control. The ending still brings tears to my eyes. In Italian it was known as "I Due Nemici" or "The Two Enemies" but I think the English translation comes out much better.