Product Details

• Actors: Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Jean Rochefort, Colette Castel
• Directors: Yves Robert
• Format: NTSC, Widescreen, Import, Subtitled, Box set
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: SomeWax
• Run Time: 171 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000V1S1MC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,751 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

ENGLISH SUBTITLES! Russia released, NTSC (playable on any DVD player in the USA and Canada), Widescreen, Region-Free, 2 DVD Gift set. SPOKEN LANGUAGE: FRENCH and optional RUSSIAN audio track; SUBTITLES: ENGLISH. This collection included 2 movies: THE TALL BLOND MAN WITH ONE BLACK SHOE and the sequel THE RETURN OF THE TALL BLOND MAN; SYNOPSIS: A pairing of delightful spy farces. In the first, secret service chief Toulouse is so determined that his assistant should not have his job that he arranges for him to investigate a nobody. With its perfect comic sensibility and its great cast, The Tall Blond Man was one of the most successful French crossover films of the 1970s. Also features the sequel, The Return of the Tall Blond Man.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It doesn't get better than this!, February 10, 2008

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This review is from: The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe + The Return of the Tall Blond Man - with ENGLISH subtitles (2 DVDs Gift Edition) (DVD)

Tom Hanks did a popular remake of this movie called "The Man With One Red Shoe." But believe me, it doesn't compare to this. The original is definitely best and the "Return of the Tall Blond Man" is a great companion to the original. The only tricky part is navigating the setup on your DVD player. This is a Russian DVD which must be setup for the original French language with English Subtitles. It sounds intimidating, but as long as you don't lose the directions which are enclosed, it is actually quite easy. The directions, though a little long, are very easy to follow and this movie is definitely worth a little effort. In case you are worried about the DVD quality of a foreign DVD, let me assure you that the actual DVD quality is excellent and I have no problems playing it on my either of my DVD players. I received the items quickly, they were well packaged, and like I said... the vendor included directions which were clear and easy to follow. Order these DVD's, make some popcorn, and have a great evening!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hilarious comedy of errors, June 8, 2008

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This review is from: The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe + The Return of the Tall Blond Man - with ENGLISH subtitles (2 DVDs Gift Edition) (DVD)

For those of you who are not familiar with the plot of this 35 year old pair of films, imagine the Monty Python group writing a satire of a John le Carre movie.

Technically the quality is first rate. The 16:9 presentation is visually and audio flawless. The first film has French audio and British English subtitles.

The second film has the additional interesting feature for amateur cultural anthropologists that the dubbed in audio is American English and the subtitles are British English. The contrast between these two fully illustrates the saying "Two peoples separated by a common language."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blackdub, July 27, 2010

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This review is from: The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe + The Return of the Tall Blond Man - with ENGLISH subtitles (2 DVDs Gift Edition) (DVD)

These are films I saw over 30 years ago and found very funny. It was a bit of a shock to find that the cover of the DVDs were printed in Russian! However with the instructions sheet inside the package I was able to see both films spoken in Franch with English subtitles. The films are still as funny as they were 30 years ago and the acting is superb as in most Franch comedies. They do a brilliant job of comedy. The first film is better then the second but are both well worth viewing. They are good enough to be able to view more than once. The 'hero' is a musician who is used without his being aware of it, as a supposed spy and the 'baddies' are trying to kill him. He is also having an affair with the wife of one of the other musicians in the orchestra and is taped while they are making love. The tape is heard by the husband who wants to kill him too. The rest is wonderful farce and hilarious.