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Jim Varney, Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin and Dabney Coleman star in the riotous rags-to-riches story of America's favorite backwoods billionaires. It features hilarious cameos by Dolly Parton, Buddy Ebsen and Zsa Zsa Gabor. Instant oil baron Jed Clampett moves Granny and his kin from the Ozark hills to Beverly Hills. Though unsophisticated, the Clampetts are decent, hard-working, trusting people- in other words, perfect marks for the swindlers, social climbers and gold diggers who can't wait to welcome them! Even their Fawning bankers, Miss Hathaway and Mr. Drysdale, may not be able to keep the Clampett cash from disappearing into the Hills!
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20 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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This is one of the best movie remakes of a classic TV show that I have ever seen. In the movie, the salt-of-the-earth Clampetts discover oil, get fabulously rich, and move to Beverly Hills. Jed Clampett (played by Jim Varney) is in search of a wife to help raise Ellie Mae to be a real lady, but the family must beware of evil people who want to steal their wealth. Now, perhaps that sounds a little far fetched, but if you've ever met some simple folk who come into a lot of oil money, the whole story sounds very, very close to home.
The casting is superb -- there are cameo appearances by Dolly Parton, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Buddy Ebsen. Lily Tomlin is hilarious as the family�s secretary, and Jim Varney actually plays a very believable straight guy. This movie has no sex, foul language, or violence, and will bring lots of laughs to the whole family.
18 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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This is one I save for time requiring sheer silliness with no observable traces of reality. I have to admit that it is a very contrived and predictable plot, but anything that is such an obvious spin-off of a fabulously popular television series would have a hard time being anything but derivative. Having said all that, I laughed all the way through the movie, and still chuckle thinking about a lot of the slapstick shtick used so liberally here. The storyline has been updated to make it a bit more topical, and the characters as depicted in the movie are slightly more contemporary than their counterparts in the TV series. But they are just as refreshingly corny and ordinary, and sometimes that is such an invigorating act to watch that it seems liberating somehow.
The cast is uniformly terrific; the best is easily the late Jim Varney, showing surprising range in his star-turn recreating the Jed Clampett character in the shadow of the legendary Buddy Ebsen, who so many of us baby-boomers remember as being Jed Clampett. Of course, Cloris Leachman shows why she is such a celebrated actress in her hilariously naughty portrayal of Granny, and Erika Eleniak gives a wonderfully corny interpretation of sexy but innocent Elly Mae, more interested in ?rasslin? than boys, and as quick to ?whup? those boys if they get our of line.
Also quite good is Diedrich Bader as Jethro (and also acting in drag as Jethro?s sister Jethrine, on the make and virtually unstoppable), as is Dabney Coleman as Mr. Drysdale, and a wonderful Lily Tomlin as Miss Hathaway. Of course, the villains are key in all this, and Rob Schneider and Lea Thompson spread their wings into comedic farce quite well. The scene with Thompson vamping Jed Clampett with her false French accent is hilarious for its ?shocking? unintended double-entendre, and is typical of how funny this movie is at times. As I said earlier, I save it for comic relief when I really yearn for mindless yucks, and it never fails me. Come on down and take a dip in the cement pond. I reckon you?ll find it powerful entertaining. Enjoy!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A Kid's Review
Format:DVD
I like The Beverly Hillbillies. The TV show may be better but I also like this theatrical movie version which I thought was pretty cute and I liked the cast, I especially liked Jim Varney and Deidrich Bader who were both great as Jed and Jethro but Chloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin, Erika Eleniak and Dabney Coleman were good too as Jane, Ellie May, Granny and Mr. Drysdale and I'm happy that this movie is finally on DVD and is in widescreen and I could finally get rid of my old pan & scan video and I highly recommend the DVD to anyone who liked this movie! Now they just need to put complete seasons of the old TV show on DVD!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beverly hillbillies.
The Beverly Hillbillies. Just as funny as I remember. Should be a classic if it already isn't. Jim Varney and Rob Schiender at their best. Good cheap buy.
Published 5 days ago by Pen Name
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting remake
The choices in actors/actresses to play the characters from the original TV series proved to interesting. Their portrayals were definitely close but added their own twist.
Published 1 month ago by Robert Murchison
3.0 out of 5 stars
Loved Jed
Jed was great and so was granny, but the other two just weren't jethro and ellymae. The movie was good though.
Published 2 months ago by Delos Sheff
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great laughs, music and charachter acting
This film is one of the best spoofs on an old television series that I've seen. The character acting is really good all the way around. I love the music used throughout the film. Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. Pruitt
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Beverly Hillbillies, a good underrated comedy film adaptation
This adaptation of the 1960's hit series, The Beverly Hillbillies, now as a motion picture. The Beverly Hillbillies get translated with the late Jim Varney as Jed (God rest his... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lamar Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny movie!
We enjoyed watching this movie as a family. Very funny. Would reccomend as a family movie. Great value at this price.
Published 4 months ago by Fulton L. Hemphill
5.0 out of 5 stars
LOVE IT
WE ALL LOVE THIS MOVE IT IS SO FUNING WE CAN WACH THIS OVER AND OVER SO THE PUT THIS IN A LOT
Published 4 months ago by carrie walker
5.0 out of 5 stars
cant go wrong with this@!
great value. i like it a lot. adding more words yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Published 5 months ago by B. Hopper
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's a hit!
Kids loved this movie. Even though it is an old movie my kids thoroughly enjoyed it. A good family movie.
Published 7 months ago by kjshopper
5.0 out of 5 stars
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Published 10 months ago by Carla
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