Product Details

• Actors: Chris Rea, Felicity Kendal, John Cleese, Bob Hoskins, Diana Rigg
• Directors: Michael Winner
• Writers: Michael Winner, Nick Mead
• Producers: Michael Winner, John Blezard, Ron Purdie, Timothy Pitt Miller
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Bfs Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000641ZFE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,248 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Parting Shots" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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PARTING SHOTS - DVD Movie

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wealth of well known actors in a funny black comedy, June 24, 2010

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Mr. John Hudson "madfilmbuff" (Cheshire UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Parting Shots (DVD)

The singer Chris Rae marvelous as a photographer diagnosed with a terminal illness (six weeks to live) who on the advice of his close friend (Peter Davidson) decides to get even with ALL who have taken advantage of him throughout his life.
Brilliant performances from Diana Rigg, his ex wife, Bob Hoskins a scheming financial advisor, Sir Ben Kingsley, a mad chef/restraunter, Joanna Lumley a pub owner who supplies anything you want be it illegal.
Felicity Kendal who befriends him on his quest, Oliver Reed a magnificent performance as a high society "Hitman" and many other stars show up in this highly hillarious black comedy. It takes a short time to get going, but rest assurred you will never stop laughing, and will be it stiches right to the end of the film, which has a nunber of twists, and very funny conclusion. Listen to the one liner references to his photography by all the stars.

A Michael Winner production, I would say his very best.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At LONG LAST!!, November 6, 2004

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David Thoburn (Reston, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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I bought this movie because I am a big fan of Chris Rea, and have nearly every song he recorded. I don't expect singers to be good actors (the opposite is often true ... can anybody say "Madonna"?). I was pleasantly surprised at how good an actor Chris Rea is, and I loved the movie. It stands on its own as an original hilarious comedy. Anyone who likes the black comedy of John Cleese in movies like "Fierce Creatures" and "A Fish Called Wanda" should enjoy this treat. After years of buying PAL videotapes and German language only DVDs of this movie, I can finally watch it properly. Let's hope they bring out Chris Rea's other movies, "Soft Top, Hard Shoulder" and "La Passione" next!

9 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A stinker, February 14, 2005

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C.A. Arthur (Tacoma, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Parting Shots (DVD)

Stay away from this one! I bought it for the casting. How could anything starring Diana Rigg, John Cleese, Felicity Kendal, and Oliver Reed be bad? It is. Very.

The plot is predictable, and there isn't a smile, let alone a laugh in the whole of the film, billed as a "black comedy." Indeed, the movie hasn't a single redeeming feature. The music is irritating, and even the photography isn't very well done. Oh yes, and Rigg was 25 years too old to play the part she was given. See her in bed with a man easily old enough to be her son. Mercifully, we were spared a nude scene. In short: a stinker.