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The Long, Long Trailer (2006)

Lucille Ball , Desi Arnaz , Vincente Minnelli  |  NR |  DVD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (337 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Actors: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main
  • Directors: Vincente Minnelli
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: May 2, 2006
  • Run Time: 103 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (337 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000EHQU08
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,727 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "The Long, Long Trailer" on IMDb

Special Features

  • Vintage Pete Smith Specialty short "Ain't It Aggravatin'?"
  • 1954 MGM cartoon "Dixieland Droopy"
  • Theatrical trailer

Editorial Reviews

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Besides making television history as the producers and stars of television's immensely popular I Love Lucy and The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Lucille Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz, starred in three quite agreeable feature films. The second of these, 1954's The Long, Long Trailer, in gorgeous Technicolor and directed by Vincente Minnelli, is a somewhat allegorical tale of a newly married couple who invest in a 40-foot trailer as their first home--and immediately regret it. Well, at least Arnaz's character does; he's the one who has anxiety attacks over operating electric brakes while steering up and down one-lane, mountain roads. Sight gags are plentiful: a scene in which Ball tries to make beef stew, a Caesar salad, and cake in a wobbling, moving trailer is classic Lucy. But there are some genuine dramatic sequences in this handsome movie, too, and the stars rise to the occasion. --Tom Keogh

Product Description

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz live slaphappily ever after as newlyweds honeymooning in The Long, Long Trailer, breezily directed by Vincente Minnelli. They quickly find that the interior of a moving trailer is ideal for tossing a Caesar salad - and everything else. That backing up their 40-foot, three-ton home is only a little more difficult than threading a needle wearing boxing gloves. And that trailer-park folks are neighborly sorts who turn the lovebirds' rig into the wrong, wrong trailer by crashing the wedding night. Co-starring comedy pros Marjorie Main and Keenan Wynn (Ball's frequent co-star in her MGM days), this smash was filmed at the height of the I Love Lucy craze and is packed with the inventive sight gags and physical humor that made the series a TV landmark. If you like the Trailer, you're going to love the movie!

Customer Reviews

This is a really good, clean, funny family movie. John Bryant  |  65 reviewers made a similar statement
Buy this DVD & you won't regret it. McHenry John  |  15 reviewers made a similar statement
You'll fall in love with Lucy all over again! sally smith  |  28 reviewers made a similar statement
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117 of 121 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.... May 3, 2006
Format:DVD
Watching the Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz film "The Long, Long Trailer" some 50+ years after it was made, is a rather surreal experience. By 1953, The "Baby Boom" was indeed booming, tract housing was all over the place like crab grass, trailer parks multiplied like jackrabbits, and Americans were inundated with the wonders of "space age" technology. Big, flashy-looking cars, refrigerators, TV sets, "streamlined" furniture, and snazzy clothes were the things that everyone wanted to have. It was as if America wanted to wipe away its gritty, unglamourous past and face the space age all polished and waxed and Simonized. To see Eisenhower's America as depicted by MGM in better-than-real-life Technicolor and filmed largely on MGM's backlot (interspersed with location photography of Yosemite Park,etc) I feel like I'm watching home movies that were shot in a suburb of a distant planet! "The Long, Long Trailer" was made to capitalize on the overwhelming popularity of TV's "I Love Lucy", which finally made a star of 40ish Lucille Ball, who had never really achieved "big stardom" in the 20 years she had been in showbiz. So, if you REALLY loved Lucy, you could go and spend money to sit in a theater and watch Lucy and Desi on a big screen in an "Air-Cooled" theater in COLOR, and with no commericials! This film has always been a favorite of mine, ever since I first watched it with my sister on our parents' blonde wood console black-and-white TV back in the mid 1960s. See Lucy fall in the mud (I have to admit I get a rather sadistic pleasure out of watching this bit over and over again). See Lucy try to prepare a gourmet dinner while in a moving trailer, with disastrous results (God, the things they did to this lady!) See Desi perform a medley of songs while driving a huge convertible, pulling an even MORE huge trailer, all in stunning Technicolor. How could you NOT like this film? I must have seen this film at least 50 times when I was growing up! Detractors call this film one long "I Love Lucy" episode which, of course it is, but it certainly isn't dull, and Lucy and Desi were very talented, hardworking people. Who cares about their less-than-happy personal life? The supporting cast is great, filled with many characters actors who had long, long careers, such as Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Moroni Olson, Madge Blake, and Bert Freed. The picture quality on the DVD is beautiful, with crisp imagery and breathtaking color. One can really understand why Lucille Ball was dubbed "Technicolor Tessie". She looks great. The location photography is picture-postcard lovely, and all of the pathologcally "Fifties" trappings, such as the Helen Rose clothes and humongous cars, remind us of a VERY different time. This film is a real time piece, it brings back very fond memories of a time that really seems "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...." Where's my TV dinner?
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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars SOOO Funny May 2, 2006
Format:DVD
We watch this wonderful movie once a year, just for the pleasure of anticipating each perfect scene. Directed by Vincent Minelli, and perfectly acted by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, this comedy takes us through the engagement and honeymoon of a young couple starting out life in an "up to date" way, in a trailer. Each cameo appearance by marvelous second and third banana studio people whose faces any movie buff will recognize is very enjoyable, too. There are two several scenes that are our favorites. 1) Tacy (Lucille B.) fixes dinner in a moving trailer (HAH) 2) Nicky (Desi A.) freaks out trying to get his golf clubs to fit in the trailer; 3) Tacy and Nicky try to get over the high passes in Colorado with a rock-filled trailer); 4) a mechanic explains why trailer brakes are soo important. This film is just too magical to believe. You have to see it.
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars the Short version of the Long Long Trailer September 8, 2009
Format:DVD
I looked forward to seeing this classic because we had recently purchased an RV and I remembered how hilarious the T.V. movie had seemed when I saw it as a child. Several of the key elements for humor where there...the rock collection, running over the flower beds, etc. But I recalled other parts of the movie that were not on this DVD.
There was alot more character and story development in the original version shown on T.V. I remember Spagehtti going all over the place...not in this DVD; and when Lucy (Tacey) was in the trailer with a sprained ankle, there was more in the sequence than shown (Marjorie Maine had a lot more speaking parts). Overall, it was fun seeing the highlights again, but I wish the entire movie had been shown. I'm wondering why they deleted some of it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Bought as gift for my mother
I bought this movie for my mother! She loves Lucile Ball and absolutely loves this movie!!!
I would recommend it to any Lucy fan!!! Read more
Published 3 days ago by RustyGirl
5.0 out of 5 stars The Long Long Trailer
This movie is great-a typical Lucille Ball masterpiece! Although it was filmed many years ago, anybody who wants a laughter filled evening will want to see this movie!
Published 8 days ago by Karenmc1952
4.0 out of 5 stars Fans of I Love Lucy will like this
As a kid growing up, I watched I Love Lucy reruns on morning TV, and this movie definitely harkens back to that time. Read more
Published 10 days ago by G. Mellen
5.0 out of 5 stars Long, Long Trailer DVD
The grandchildren loved this move. I am very pleased that it is on DVD. They watched it 3 times the first day it arrived. It was a joy hearing them laugh during the movie. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Ronald W. Cromer
5.0 out of 5 stars classics
Anyone who cannot get a laugh out of one of these classics definitely has something wrong with them. Read more
Published 11 days ago by jamest
4.0 out of 5 stars All time favorite
Been looking for this movie for a while for myself. Brings back memories watching with me aunt. Love how Lucy's plans always has obstacles
Published 12 days ago by Marcia F
1.0 out of 5 stars very unhappy
Upon opening the movie and settling down with my granddaughter telling her how great it is, the dvd would not play, it kept showing a disc error sooo disappointed, this was one of... Read more
Published 13 days ago by Teresa
5.0 out of 5 stars great movie
one of the best Desi and Lucy classics. Very funny about them buying a trailer to travel on their honeymoon
Published 15 days ago by chewey
4.0 out of 5 stars Th Long Long trailer
I have always liked this movie. It is a little corny by today's standards. However any Lucy fan will like it.
Published 19 days ago by Brenda Hoyne
5.0 out of 5 stars laugh out loud funny
when my wife and I were new RVers we didn't think towing a 30' trailer sounded hard or scary after all there were much larger RVs on the road and they made it look so easy. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Jim Vidal
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