Product Details

• Actors: Barry Humphries, Andrew Clarke, Dame Edna Everage, Pamela Stephenson, Thaao Penghlis
• Directors: George Miller
• Producers: Les Patterson Saves the World
• Format: Import, PAL
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Arrow Films
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001IERKEG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #391,392 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Essentially a showcase for the talents of Australian comedian Barry Humphries, this earthy comedy tells the tale of a boorish and boozy Aussie ambassador and his wife (Humphries plays both characters) who are stationed in a Middle Eastern country. There, they end up saving the world from the bio-hazard engineered by the nefarious Dr. Herpes. ...Les Patterson Saves the World

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars hilarious spoof with a twist for Dame Edna fans, July 14, 2002

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Paul Christensen "gadget geek" (West Chester, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Les Patterson Saves the World [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Based on the strong recommendation of an Australian friend, I purchased this video on Amazon zShops.

Let me tell you - this is ONE funny movie! If you've ever laughed to Dame Edna, you'll HOWL over this movie. Barry Humphries, best known for his Dame Edna character, plays Les Patterson, a bumbling, flatulent, lecherous Australian ambassador to the United Nations. Dame Edna makes her entry halfway through the movie, leading her group "Possums for Peace".

If you like light-hearted, slapstick comedy with a touch of brilliance, you'll LOVE "Les Patterson Saves the World".

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stupefying, December 10, 2005

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blockhed "blockhed" (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Les Patterson Saves the World [Region 2] (DVD)

Up there with such all-time evergreen classics as "Hangman" and Howard Hughes's "The Outlaw", and, dare I say, "Space Sluts in the Slammer", and "Amazon Women on the Moon", this is a piece of work to take your breath away. Some of the sets were first seen in the Laurel & Hardy epic "Sons of the Desert". Its elegance will floor you. Tasteful, witty, stream-lined, well-paced, intelligible, it isn't. Like those others, it will transfix you: socko, it benumbs. It paralyses with horrific fascination. Crash. You feel your jaw trail along the carpet. Here are some sample lines: "I wouldn't micturate in your cranial orifice if your cerebellum was incandescent"; "I'm in need of a ceiling inspector". Is this review helpful? If so, invert it, and remove 5 stars. Happy Daze.