Product Details

• Actors: José Rafael Arango, Nicole Arlyn, David Cale, Nick Chinlund, Robbie Coltrane
• Directors: Amos Poe
• Writers: Amos Poe
• Producers: Ara Cohen, Daniel J. Victor, Jonathan Starch, Keith Abell, Kenneth Scott
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Live / Artisan
• VHS Release Date: October 17, 2000
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004U29E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #351,107 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Black comic frogs and snakes, July 20, 2000

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This review is from: Frogs for Snakes [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm not going to give any of the plot away-it's already too much to tell the viewer it's black comedy-but this film is one of the rare finds that's interesting, arty without being pretentious, very well acted and directed and shot, and quite well written. It has a ton of kitsch, a color that is well lit and very Edward Hopperish in its look and feel. Barbara Hersey is great, but there's not a clinker in the film, and many of players, even some quite small parts, are fantastic. This is film, it ain't a movie.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Kinda like jazz, March 11, 2006

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This review is from: Frogs for Snakes [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Very self indulgent ACTING. Not much there for the audience, unless you are watching for the ACTING. Pretty much total trash otherwise.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars When killing for the part is the audition., April 13, 2005

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Tressa L. Breen (Gardner, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frogs for Snakes [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is about a group of off-off Broadway actor wanna bes who moonlight as illegal money collectors. One of their crew wants to leave and start a new life with her young son. Unfortunately, her ex-husband is the theatre impresario/loan shark who pulls the strings of everyone's ambitions.

A very unusual vision of the gangster comedy theme. It takes the generalized neuroses and psychoses of actors (ego, ambition, narcissism, paranoia, etc) and runs the gamut from somewhat healthy to psychotic. People alternate from friends, lovers, and assasins at the turn of an audition announcement and will begin monologues from plays and movies with little to no warning (this will be fun for theatre/movie buffs). The plot, unlike some movies, actually requires attention and a large cast (most of whom are one to two sceners) delivers excellent performances all around.

FYI: has some scenes of graphic violence.