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Countess From Hong Kong (1967)

Starring: Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren Director: Charles Chaplin Rating: G (General Audience) Format: DVD

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Actors: Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Tippi Hedren, Sydney Chaplin, Charles Chaplin
Directors: Charles Chaplin
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Release Date: February 4, 2003
Run Time: 108 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00007GZR3
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,145 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
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Charlie Chaplin's last film is the cinematic equivalent of Willie Mays staying too long in baseball--a sad farewell from someone who has clearly lost his touch. Marlon Brando (who famously did not get along with Chaplin and initiated, with this film, his curious habit of undermining his directors' best intentions) plays an American millionaire leaving Hong Kong to assume an ambassadorship. He discovers Sophia Loren--playing a daughter of Russian aristocrats and a former gangster moll--concealed in his closet onboard the outbound ship, hoping to gain passage to the States. Brando, looking none too pleased, agrees to help her, with not terribly comic or romantic results. Chaplin's one modestly clever touch is to have the camera rock gently and slowly back and forth, ostensibly emulating the movement of the luxury liner. The humor falls flat, Brando and Loren have no chemistry, and the story isn't terribly engaging. The former Little Tramp appears, mercifully briefly, as a seasick steward who opens and closes a door, swooning in between. Appropriately enough, in silence. --David Kronke

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A russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married u.S. Diplomat bound for new york. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/09/2007 Starring: Oliver Johnston Margaret Rutherford Run time: 120 minutes Rating: G Director: Charles Chaplin

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4.0 out of 5 stars Under-rated, May 17, 2001

By	T. Schoon "TS" (London, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Countess From Hong Kong [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Countess" was Chaplin's final film and sadly I think it has been labelled as being awful. This is not the case. I feel that the main reason for people believing this to be a bad film is that they don't understand it. Chaplin always created fantastic stories out of simple ideas and this is not an exception. It is written and directed with such subtle elegance that some of the simpliest visual gags turn into the most hilarious situations. There are fantastic actors all round: Brando himself, Sophia Loren looking gorgeous, Sydney Chaplin showing that talent does run in the family and Patrick Cargill as the butler. Chaplin himself pulls a cameo and does a great job at not hogging his screen time, a mistake made by directors like Tarantino. The result is an amazingly gentle film that shows people from a fresh human perspective, a breath of fresh air by todays standards. You will be missed Charlie.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A badly underrated gem, June 1, 2000

By	Think Kam� (St. Simons Island) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Countess From Hong Kong [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This film has been trashed mostly by people who are holding this up to Chaplin's earlier masterpiece films. It is easy to see this one isn't like his other movies and it wasn't meant to be. If you were to watch this film by itself you would find that it is a unique and well made if not classicly entertaining movie. Chaplin was working on 2 or 3 different film projects when he picked this one as it was probably the least time consuming. One of the other projects was Shadows and Substance, of which he had a completed draft of the script finished (it never was filmed but may yet see the screen as some interest has been shown recently by other filmmakers in completing this project). While among the weakest of Chaplin films, A Countess From Hong Kong is still above standard fare and especially if you are spoiled by the ho-hum films of modern day this one is a nice, witty 60s flick that will please those of us with an attention span greater than a jelly fish. A Countess From Hong Kong is a sure bet for fans of Chaplin, Marlon Brando or Sophia Loren.

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4.0 out of 5 stars a little old-fashioned for 1960s standards, May 8, 2003

By	Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

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A COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG was director/comedian Charlie Chaplin's final film. In this film he is the director, writer and composer.

The story concerns a beguiling Russian countess named Natascha (Sophia Loren - HOUSEBOAT), a young woman forced into prostitution in Hong Kong, when she happens to meet an American politician named Ogden Mears (Marlon Brando - A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, SUPERMAN). She stows away in his stateroom aboard a ship headed back to the States, where she belives she can escape her miserable life.

The usual battle-of-the-sexes ensues, when Natascha and Ogden are forced to spend the entire voyage together, bickering and fighting over their different opinions and tastes. But its soon evident that they are in love. Things become complicated when Ogden's icy wife (Tippi Hedren - THE BIRDS, MARNIE) joins the ship at Hawaii, while Natascha finds herself marrying Ogden's valet in order to gain an American passport!

This is a film that feels a little old-fashioned for the 1960s, but it is a rather charming and engaging romantic comedy. Perhaps the film is best-known for launching the hit single "(Love) This is My Song", made famous by Petula Clark. The movie also stars Sydney Chaplin, Patrick Cargill and Margaret Rutherford in a rather-clever cameo.

The DVD includes the trailer. (Single-sided, single-layer disc).

This DVD is part of a new series of classic releases from Universal that also include "Pillow Talk", "Send Me No Flowers", "The Thrill of It All!" and a twofer of "Man's Favorite Sport?/Strange Bedfellows".

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3.0 out of 5 stars "All in all not bad for a director 77 years young ... Charlie Chaplin"
Universal Pictures presents "COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG" (15 March 1967) (108 mins/Color) (Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- Marlon Brando is an out of sorts politician, Sophia Loren... Read more

Published 3 months ago by J. Lovins

3.0 out of 5 stars A boring (and bored) performance by Brando!
First of all, I love Brando, love Sophia Loren. I saw this in the theaters when it first came out and I wanted to own it. Read more

Published 12 months ago by ohsnapiam56

3.0 out of 5 stars Good dvd quality and service
The service was good and so was the quality of the dvd. I have nothing against this vendor regarding this dvd or their service.

Published 18 months ago by Vasii

2.0 out of 5 stars Chaplin's Last and Possibly Least
Chaplin's final film is alternately a beautiful and meditative love story, and an old-fashioned (in the worst sense of the word) film that shows the limits of its director's... Read more

Published 21 months ago by Matthew N. Barry

3.0 out of 5 stars THE LAST PICTURE
1967. Written and directed by Charles Chaplin. Last film of the British genius. Not a masterpiece but still with scenes that seem to have popped up from a silent movie. Read more

Published on October 14, 2007 by wdanthemanw

5.0 out of 5 stars Countess From Hong Kong
This is a great old movie. Setting is dated but the story and acting are great. Marlon Brando could do comic acting! Has a very good scene about seasickness on a cruise ship. Read more

Published on March 8, 2007 by Kathy Byrne

5.0 out of 5 stars Great light comedy
It's a slapstick comedy in full Technicolor. The acting is superb, with a
sense of humor simply too subtle for some late bloomer. Highly enjoyable!

Published on February 17, 2007 by mdays

2.0 out of 5 stars This is the Chaplin film to avoid....
This film is not without some merit, but overall, it's pretty disappointing, considering it's a Charlie Chaplin film. Read more

Published on January 28, 2007 by Grigory's Girl

1.0 out of 5 stars All of the classic elements of farce--minus the humor, timing and chemistry.
What is lost via the clumsiness of the production is made up by the obvious antipathy of the participants.

Published on August 12, 2006 by S. C. Root

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
I abolutely like this movie, because I dont see it as a "last film from C.C." I see it as it is, a good comedy, especially
because Loren an Brando do not have the greatest... Read more

Published on December 12, 2004 by Michaela

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