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2.0 out of 5 stars
Mitchell Uncut!, June 23, 2005
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If you're reading this, odds are you've seen the MST3K version of the cruddy Joe Don Baker cop movie "Mitchell." This DVD is the uncut version, which includes about thirty minutes of scenes not in the MST3K version, as well as some alternate footage (find out what word Linda Evans REALLY wrote on Joe Don Baker's windshield). The uncut version has more scenes of Joe Don's oily, beefy body rolling around in bed with Linda Evans, a scene where Joe Don crushes a bad guy's hand in a car door, and, in the funniest scene in the whole movie, we find out what actually happened to John Saxon (dies in a fiery dune buggy accident). Buying this disc, I was kinda hoping that the plot would make more sense, but, Saxon death notwithstanding, the movie was still a muddled and confused mess. This disc should probably be recommended only to "Mitchell" completists (a very niche audience I must say).
The DVD from Brentwood presents "Mitchell" in a cropped 1.33:1 transfer. (Gosh, pan and scan? To think we're missing up to half of the film's sumptuous photography!). The print is faded and worn-out, and at one point, the Brentwood copywrite information actually appears on screen, so purists beware. The sound is particularly bad - much of Joe Don's deep, slurred dialogue is practically inaudible. There is a supremely ugly menu that has a big, distorted Joe Don Baker picture along with some funky '70s music. There are no extras, unsurprisingly. Bring on the Joe Don Baker commentary!
This release has some of the worst DVD box art known to man. The cover has perhaps the ugliest Joe Don Baker picture in the world, along with the priceless catchphrase (and I quote), "A cop with a gun, a drink, and no friends." Talk about a sales pitch, eh?
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26 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
MITCHELL!, January 31, 2000
What can be said of Mitchell that hasn't been said already? Joe Don Baker lurches through this film, straining his belt buckle with his obscene girth and grinning drunkenly at the goings-on around him. I don't know if it was the producer's intent to have the hero played as a rotgut-swilling slob, but Baker's interpretation goes beyond the pail, becoming downright disgusting. Lumbering around LA in a beer-soaked fog, bedecked in what appear to be a clown's hand-me-downs, Mitchell is slow-witted, obnoxious, and just plain gross. As for the movie, it plays like a reel of rejected scenes from a knockoff of "The Rockford Files". Marvel at the interminable scenes of Mitchell dozing on the job outside Martin Balsam's house! Watch in amazement as Mitchell lies in his bed, besodden with filth as he guzzles the 20th beer of the evening! Laugh joyously at the witty repartee between Mitchell and his obvious intellectual superior: The Kid on the Skateboard (whose skateboarding skills leave plenty to be desired, by the way)! But, most of all, hold your lunch down as Mitchell befouls Linda Evans in what has to be the most vile love scene ever filmed. See Linda wipe crumbs from Mitchell's mouth! Watch Mitchell suavely hook a sixpack with his pudgy toe! Gaze in awe and wonder at the baby oil placed strategically on the nighttable! All this while Hoyt Axton mumbles incoherently about our titular hero set to music that sounds like a calliope played by an escaped mental patient. If you haven't ridden the stomach elevator by this scene's end, you are a stronger sort than I! Overall, see this movie (or the MST3K version)! I promise you will laugh uproariously between spells of nausea. And, while watching, take the time to enjoy a triple-decker sandwich and a Schlitz. That's what Mitchell would do!
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Movies, October 10, 2007
Action Classics 100 Movie Pack Alert ! This is a combination of the 50 Movie Pack Action Classics & 50 Movie Pack Suspence Classics offered by Amazon. This is not clear in the description online, nor the box. Once opened, you can only get a partial refund. I love these old movies. I haven't started watching these yet because I'm collecting so many of these Multiple Movie packs, but I expect that some will be difficult to see or hear, but it's great that these old movies have been saved. Great way for us retired middle agers to pass the time. Or even your parents will love to watch.
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