Product Details

• Actors: Michael Palin, Michael Elphick, Tim Curry, Stephen Moore, Bill Stewart
• Directors: Stephen Frears
• Producers: Three Men in a Boat (1975)
• Format: Import, PAL
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: BBC
• Run Time: 65 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002SIORF6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #338,078 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Popular from the very start and never out of print, Three Men in a Boat remains as fresh and funny today as when it was first published in 1889. This adaptation is by a modern master of comedy, playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, The Russia House, Empire of the Sun, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Brazil - Oscar nominated co-writer). One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London. A boating holiday with lots of fresh air and exercise would be the very thing, or so their doctors tell them. So after debating the merits of hotel or camp beds and what to pack, they set off on their voyage - a trip up the Thames from Henley to Oxford (with a few diversions into pubs, museums and friends' homes). ...Three Men in a Boat (1975)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three Men in a Boat with Michael Palin, March 26, 2011

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DebinRye - See all my reviews

This review is from: Three Men in a Boat (1975) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2.4 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)

Why can't I find this in USA DVD format? I saw this on Bravo more than a decade ago and I have been looking for it ever since. I laughed so hard my stomach hurt! I bought the audio book and my kids (girl, 10 and boy 13) laughed so hard their stomachs hurt! But the performances in this movie are so perfectly timed and acted! Someone must make this available to Americans! Please! I'm not the only one who's looking for this version. Check the web. There are tons of Americans looking for this! It's timeless humor, not snarky at all.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars i agree completely., September 5, 2011

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Arthur J. Thomas (atlanta, ga) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Three Men in a Boat (1975) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2.4 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)

I saw this way way back perhaps even in the 70's I think on PBS. I have wanted a copy ever since and keep looking for it. I only wish I had the presence of mind to record it on my very primitive VCR at the time... at least I would now have a tape. But no. Or perhaps that was even before we had that capability. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make a USA format version. PLEASE? It is the best humor there ever was.

5.0 out of 5 stars So Funny It Hurt, December 18, 2011

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Jeffrey A. Johnson "Jeff Johnson" (Portland OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Three Men in a Boat (1975) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2.4 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)

Like another reviewer, I saw this version on PBS. Because it had been on 8 minutes when I got home, I also didn't tape it. I was going to tape it when they repeated it and they didn't. I was heart broken. This version, with Tim Curry, is a hoot. I kept saying to myself, "I know that voice" [love Rocky Horror]. I was in stiches.

I prowl book stores and have 3 or 4 leather copies of the book. I give them as Christmas gifts. It is great. Really great. So I disagree with the reviewer that said this screen adaption isn't as funny. Both are great. I can say that another screen version from a another year didn't come close to Curry and crew. 5 star plus for this movie!