Product Details

• Actors: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Gerrit Graham, Bernadette Birkett, Barry Corbin
• Directors: Danny DeVito
• Writers: Jim Mulholland, Michael Barrie
• Producers: David Jablin, Lee Biondi
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount Home Video
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 2002
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300215377
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #291,537 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this title!!, August 21, 2005

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Robert (PETOSKEY, MI, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mogul (DVD)

This title is the bootleg title for a film called the The Ratings Game. I'm no sure why Amazon is selling this on their web site.
The quality of this DVD is terrible, I was suspicious when I got it. The DVD case
and the DVD itself look like they were home made.
Having said all this, knockoff or not this is a bad film with a lot of big names in it.
It's like they were trying to make something campy and failed big time. I expected more of Danny DeVito.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 'Mongrel' is more like it!, December 9, 2009

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mogul (DVD)

THE MOGUL is an off-market edition of what was originally a PARAMOUNT home VHS release entitled THE RATINGS GAME. Various niche outfits have issued this comedy, mostly on tape. The general consensus is that NONE are worth buying due to inferior picture quality. As of 12/09, "Mogul/Ratings Game" was not available on a studio authorized DVD.

Recommended as a collectible certain to increase in value is the 1998 Paramount VHS of THE RATINGS GAME.

SYNOPSIS--
Danny DeVito is a Mob-connected trucking outfit owner. His girlfriend (Rhea Perlman) works for the Computron ratings company. With her inside info, Danny is able to send his goons to Computron households and artificially raise the ratings of various TV shows he produces for a struggling 4th-rate network.

This made-for-TVer plays like an extended SNL skit and has some outstandingly funny moments. The cast includes SEINFELD's Michael Richards in his third big screen appearance and Bowery Boy Huntz Hall ('Sach') in one of his last. Watch for George Wendt ('Norm' on CHEERS) in a small role. Jerry Seinfeld also cameos!


Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.

(6.0) The Mogul ("The Ratings Game") (TV-1984) - Danny DeVito/Rhea Perlman/Barry Corbin/Huntz Hall/Kevin McCarthy/Michael Richards/Vincent Schiavelli/Daniel Stern/George Wendt/Steve Allen/Jayne Meadows/Army Archerd/Jerry Seinfeld/Selma Diamond (uncredited: Roy Firestone/Ed. Weinberger)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It is most certainly a "Bootleg"..., March 20, 2008

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Nicholas DeMaria "Tuna" (Saylorsburg,Pa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mogul (DVD)

The original title was "The Ratings Game".The copy sold here on Amazon is definately a "Bootleg" copy released by an unknown production company.The picture is barely watchable and is "hazy" at times.The movie itself is quite funny and well worth 10 or 12 bucks if you can get a decent copy.Bring this one out every 4-5 years or so,otherwise more frequent viewings will cause it to lose its' appeal.The fictional cartoon in the movie titled "Goombah's" should tell you what type of laughs that you'll get with this cult movie from the mid 80's.