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Goodbye Charlie [VHS] (1964)

Tony Curtis (Actor), Debbie Reynolds (Actor), Vincente Minnelli (Director) | Rated: NR | Format: VHS Tape
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  • Actors: Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Pat Boone, Joanna Barnes, Ellen Burstyn
  • Directors: Vincente Minnelli
  • Writers: George Axelrod, Harry Kurnitz
  • Producers: David Weisbart
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: Fox Home Entertainme
  • VHS Release Date: May 20, 2003
  • Run Time: 116 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00000IBMF
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,302 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Vincente Minnelli directed this lively and intelligent version of George Axelrod's play about a gangster who dies and returns as a very lovely female: Debbie Reynolds. She has to convince Tony Curtis that she or he is really back! This is one of those great color CinemaScope situation comedies that were so popular back in the good old days of the 60s. You have to accept the situation to enjoy the plot and appreciate the humor. The cast also includes Pat Boone, Walter Matthau, Martin Gabel and Ellen (McRae) Burstyn. This is a real product of that feel-good time during the 60s. I always enjoyed this film.
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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Woah! Call the Gender Studies class in to explain this one to me... Debbie Reynolds stars as the feminine reincarnation of a no-good philandering wolf named Charlie; Tony Curtis is the best (and perhaps only) friend who was dragooned into reading the eulogy at Charlie's funeral. Of course, when Debbie shows up on the beach naked and with amnesia, Curtis at first gets drawn into the mystery, and then falls in love with... his old best friend(!) Where to begin? This has Reynolds ogling other girls in the dressing room, Walter Matthau (who had shot Charlie at the beginning of the film) hitting on Reynolds, Charlie golddigging with a hapless rich boy (played by Pat Boone) and finally, the romantic scenes between Curtis and Reynolds... the levels of homoeroticism in this film are so multifarious and bizarre, that it's truly, astoundingly mind-boggling. I really wish I could know more about the genesis of this project... How this project got green-lighted in the first place is a source of continual amazement... You really have to see it to believe it!
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Format:VHS Tape
A playboy is shot by a jealous husband after he is caught in the middle of an affair with the man's wife. Later he comes back as Debbie Reynolds, possibly as God's punishment to him for the way he spent his life using women for his own pleasure, or mabey as a way of seeing if being a woman can teach him how to be a better human being, or maybe both. It's a saddly undiscovered comedy that hopefully more people will get to see and enjoy, now that it's been rereleased on video. I also happened to find the script for the play that this movie is based on. (There was a copy of the play write in the public library.) The play is very, very short, so of course the movie adds much more to the story. I was a little disapointed by the ending of the movie, however. (I liked the ending of the play much better.) The movie is still well worth seeing, however, and if you are lucky enough to find the play script, it is well worth reading.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Cute Comedy
I had seen the movie when it was first run, but that was many years ago. Cute fluffy comedy. I watched it this time to see who sang the title song. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Whitewatermom
Please release on DVD
Some of us still live in the stone age and want/need these movies to be in the DVD format (widescreen only!). Tony Curtis, RIP-- truly one of the greats.
Published 8 months ago by FoFW
DVD release date.?
When is "Goodbye Charlie" 1964 an excellent comedy movie ever going to br released on DVD by Warner archives.? Read more
Published 13 months ago by Hula Dancer
Debbie's Hot!
I really love this movie. I think it's one of the all time great comedies. And I really love the 60's in more way's then one. Great music! Great movies! Anyways just one thing. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Frank E. Reeder
"The tables have been turned, Charlie. Instead of pitching, you are...
GOODBYE CHARLIE is one of those rare movies that I can pinpoint where and when I first saw it: Easter Sunday 1965, the FAIRMOUNT theater, New Haven, CT. I was 10 going on 11. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Annie Van Auken
None Delivery of Item
The person that was to send the VCR Tepe never sent it, I still want the tape but I am reluctant to order it again. Read more
Published on September 21, 2008 by Willard A. Davis
Review of "Goodbye Charlie"
Are you kidding???? I saw this movie when I was young and loved the music, the story and the idea, which by the way has been used over and over again. This was the best. Read more
Published on November 2, 2006 by P. Thomas
I hope it comes out on DVD
This has remained one of my favorite movies throughout the years. I think Debbie Reynold's delivery of her lines drags occasionally when she is acting bewildered by what she is... Read more
Published on September 13, 2005 by Movie Watcher
Better Than You Think
With so much violence on today's screens, it's a wonder that anyone could be shocked (as some reviewer was) by this pleasant 60's gender bender. Read more
Published on November 11, 2004 by Steamboater
GOODBYE MOVIE!!
This film is boring and NOT FUNNY! A man in a woman's body should get more laughs, but not in this offering. As you watch, you wonder what is going on. Read more
Published on February 3, 2004 by R. A POKATILOFF
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