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5.0 out of 5 stars
Its as funny as the title sounds!, April 18, 1999
By A Customer
I only saw this because I caught it on t.v. one night. It was on, so I decided to record it. When I watched it the next day, I really enjoyed it. It is basically a complete mockery of the english, americans and most of the world. It focuses mainly on the attempts of a terrorist who uses unconventional methods to conceal a kidnapping of a member of the british royal family. Also, the Prime Minister of Britan is completely stark raving mad, his fellow ministers tryed to get him killed, but the attempt fails. Basically, it is one of the funniest videos I have seen in a long while. I have being trying to buy thisvideo for a long while, and Amazon is the only place to get it.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
American version, American humor, July 9, 2006
This is an American version of a well-remembered British TV show. Featuring Loretta Swit(M*A*S*H) as US President and Peter Cook (Beyond the Fringe, Bedazzled, The Wrong Box) as UK Prime Minister, the tone is more moderate than the UK version, which I also have. Still, there are enough moments of out-and-out hilarity to justify it. I laughed out loud many times while watching this pic, which I did NOT do during the UK version.
Highlights include Michael Richards (Seinfeld's "Kramer")as the wierd mercenary who kidnaps "Princess Wendy"(who looks a lot like Diana),and his scene as a traveling erotica salesman is beyond description. There is a great scene when Peter Cook, in glassy-eyed closeup, defends his deranged plan to nuke the Caribbean island behind the kidnapping with the remark, "There is no alternative," which of course was Mrs. Thatcher's signature line. Loretta Swit is mainly there as a straight person, but also gives many good performances.
I am a great fan of the late Peter Cook's work, and was initially worried he might only have a cameo role in this-- fortunately, this is a real, leading role and he has a great time with it. He plays Prime Minister as a variation on his character E.L. Wisty; another reviewer noted his "unemployment is caused by pixies" speech-- classic Wisty material.
Some warnings: this is an R rated film for a reason. There are scenes of bare-breasted women, and some strong cursing; otherwise, it could be a family-hour show in the US(my guess is that the makers wanted the R and put that stuff in just to avoid a lower rating). But all in all, I'm glad I bought this movie; especially since it is more even than the other, which in truth is more "Young Ones" than "Python". Since there are so many inexpensive copies, there's no reason not to check out both versions and decide for yourself which is better; myself, I'm keeping this one and selling the John Cleese one.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
After all these years!!, July 26, 2002
This movie helped me laugh my way through high school. I lost my copy of this about 10yrs ago and have been trying to find it ever since. Seeing as I was a bawdy 17yr old when I last saw this hopefully my views on the film aren't too pubescent. From what I recall this movie is a great coming together of boisterous physical (and scatological) American humour and whimsical British whit. Also there's the added gem that Michael Richards, as the terrorist (Nebakanezzar?) is brilliant. Roles like this and as the assistant in Transylvania 6-5000 are interesting foreshadowing of the Kramer character. I’m ordering my copy and am hoping that I wasn’t just another dumb teenager
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