Product Details

• Actors: Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi, Adolfo Celi, Hattie Jacques
• Directors: Robert Parrish
• Writers: David R. Schwartz, Burt Cole
• Producers: David R. Schwartz, Elliott Kastner, Jerry Gershwin
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: February 21, 1995
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300269116
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,545 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An Odd but Rather Charming Little Film, July 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bobo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"The Bobo" is a strange little film. It's intended as a comedy, yet it rarely goes for a big laugh. There are no comic set-ups, no pratfalls, no goofy characters as in a typical Peter Sellers comedy. It seems content to make the viewer smile, and it works on that level. Sellers is amusing and charming as Juan Bautista -- you can't help but like the little guy. The great comic brings a warmth and humanity to a role that could easily have been a stereotype or a caricature. Britt Eklund is stunning as Olympia; her beauty is reminiscent of early Bardot. She's well cast as a spoiled girl who coasts through life on her magnificent looks! The plot is a little mean-spirited, but Sellers brings a touching quality to his role which makes the viewer accept that sometimes good people can do bad things. While this is certainly not classic Sellers, it is a pleasant and pleasing little oddity that serves to show that the actor could create a rather moving character when he didn't have a script full of bellylaughs to work with!

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Little Known Sellers masterpiece...., March 24, 2003

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vgoth (Farmington Hills, Mi United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bobo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

'The Bobo' is one of Sellers' less known films, but shows his great ability to take on a character and run with it. Although his 'Barcelona' accent is far from perfect (contrary to his great vocal renditions of other accents), this film is a delightful romp of a guy who is commissoned to get 'The Girl' (the famous model 'Britt Eckland', who Sellers married) in a 3 day period. He goes from newcomer to suave Ladykiller in those few hours. The second scene, where he introduces our Lady into a Grecian palace scene, replete with 1700's dandy, is priceless...if only we could see the outtakes...from the overly 'dandy' introduction to the manic scenes of Sellers dancing a hip modern beat....
won't give away the final scenes...but this film is a true Sellers gem...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why Isn't This on Region 1, North American, DVD?, March 28, 2009

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Bradley Evans "Bradley Evans" (Denton, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bobo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you are like me, you probably grew up with "A Shot in the Dark" and other Pink Panther/Blake Edwards movies. Maybe you have even seen "I Love You Alice B. Toklas," and some other odd Peter Sellers happenings like appearances on the old "This Is Tom Jones" show with sketches written by Cleese and Chapman. But this movie takes the proverbial cinematic cake. Quite Euro-centric, quite Barcelona and Spain indulged, complete with an evening at a Flamenco theater, and definitely all Peter Sellers. Why isn't this available on American (let's just say) Region 1 DVD? Now, there's the real conspiracy!

This is not the silly Peter Sellers of the late Pink Panther movies, but he is here young, ambitious, and hungry for a good laugh. He succeeds in all his hilarity! This must have been the movie that brought Ekland and Sellers together. Probably THE best Peter Sellers movie! That's why they are keeping it a secret, and not letting you have it on DVD . . . YET! C'mon movie moguls, we want our DVD of "The Bobo!" Let's hear that Moorish/Andalusian chant once again, Juan!