Product Details

• Actors: Rosalind Russell, Robert Morse, Barbara Harris, Hugh Griffith, Jonathan Winters
• Directors: Alexander Mackendrick, Richard Quine
• Writers: Arthur Kopit, Herbert Baker, Ian Bernard, Pat McCormick
• Producers: Carter De Haven Jr., Ray Stark, Stanley Rubin
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005BJOM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #303,857 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Corpse delight!", August 28, 2001

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This review is from: Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This hysterical black, black comedy was all too soon ignored by everyone. Do yourself a favor - Roz Russell? Remember "Auntie Mame"? Well, this gal has never been better as the acid tongued mother [mild acid, you know], together with her disfunctional family [includes Robert Morse, the brilliant Jonathan Winters, Barbara Harris - another "treasure"], on vacation somewhere in the Caribbean - just watch out for the 25 year old baby! It is alive with joy, and probably in some vague way will remind you of the TV series "Dinosaurs" ["gotta love the baby!"]. Make sense? Not really, it's just there for sheer enjoyment, and a long lost jewel just waiting to be rediscovered. This is a "Must have" for any avid collector. [Based on the play by Arthur L. Kopit]. Oh, and Dad? He is somewhere, embalmed, neatly ensconced in the coffin, in the closet! Well worth watching!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Film Of Great Play, January 3, 2011

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Shakespeare (The Maine Woods) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You In The Closet And I'm Feelin' So Sad. (VHS Tape)

The cast assembled for this overtly black comedy -- just note the title -- is spectacular. Ros Russell is a primal feline in her psychotic hatred (and expression) of sexuality. Momma Rosepettle on the prowl in the night, kicking sand at youngsters coupling under the palms is never to be forgotten. The great Hugh Giffith literally chews the scenery, Robert Morse is adorably and hilariously psychotic, Barbara Harris is magnificently brainless as a hopeless nymphomaniac, and of course the ludicrously demented Jonathan Winters as "Dad," shown in flashback home movies, is priceless. Perhaps the single strongest force in the film comes from the outstanding score by Neal Hefty. This film does not set out to please anybody, but every performance is simply brilliant comedy. A one-of-a-kind film, just as kinky and controversial as Arthur Kopit's play was on Broadway.

This really should be remastered and reissued on dvd.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What happened?, June 4, 2002

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Charles G. Hallbert "Chuck_H" (McAlester, Oklahoma United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a very funny comedy although the version available on VHS (1984 Paramount) suffers from revisons that lighten the original "darker" tone of the movie version released in 1966.

Some of the changes include: omission of the "garbage scow" sea captain, poisoning of the sea captain, and the knife murder of the...baby sitter; and (it has been years) but I don't recall the "canned sitcom" music track in the original film either, and Jonathan Winters' comments seem to have been replaced with less biting versions than the originals. What happened?