Amazon.com: Creature Comforts - The Complete First Season: The Great British Public, David Rafique, Andy MacCormack, Frank Passingham, Richard Starzak, Andrew Hassenruck, Dan Lincoln, David McCormick, William Ennals, Abbie Ross, Claire Jennings, David Sproxton, Julie Lockhart, Nick Park, Peter Lord: Movies & TV

Actors: The Great British Public, David Rafique
Directors: Richard Starzak
Writers: Nick Park
Producers: Abbie Ross, Claire Jennings, David Sproxton, Julie Lockhart, Nick Park
Format: Multiple Formats, Animated, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles: English
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
NR
Not Rated
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: September 27, 2005
Run Time: 133 minutes
Average Customer Review: 64 customer reviews
ASIN: B000AA4JNE
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,912 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #4891 in Movies & TV > DVD > Kids & Family

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Aardman fans, animation fans, animal fans

ByBrian Hoardon October 18, 2005

Format: DVDVerified Purchase

Absolutely genious. In traditional Aardman form, they bring clay to life like nobody else can. I'm a fan of animation, and have been waiting for the US release of Creature Comforts since I first saw it at the Ottawa Animation Festival in 2004.

It amazes me how the clay creatures really "live". Even as an animator, I don't find myself analyzing their processes, but rather falling in love with the characters, and every once in a while saying, "Oh yea, they're not real..." Human actors have a hard time achieving such subtlety of emotion.

It was also great to see the extra DVD stuff showing the human actors taping what they wanted the characters to do.

I love it.

Brian Hoard, Animator

BHH Studio

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If You Loved "Chicken Run"...

ByLittleon May 1, 2006

...then you'll love watching Creature Comforts over and over. The Man On the Street audios are very plain, and juxtaposed with hilariously perfect visual contrasts/complements. These are real people. Wouldn't you think it hilarious if your self-important coworker's opinions about life were being told by a fat, lazy, condescending cat reclining on one arm on a tacky sofa?

Remember how you made Mom read the same story over and over? This is the grownup version. You catch something new each time. Part of the delight is learning a new language and never mind how similar you think it is to English.

For fans, I'd agree that there are some clips deliberately chosen for the music of the dialogue, and are almost impossible to hear everything. But, when a bowl of clams chatter to one another, who cares if you miss a few words?

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The Cat's Meow

BySamualon January 31, 2006

Just when you think there is no more quality humor in the vast universe of so called entertainment, along comes Creature Comforts. As far from reality TV as you can get, this series combines first rate claymation with decent scripting and superb delivery to fracture your funny bone.

The attention to detail is a delight. Each scene has background activites and ploys to keep your attention. The mannerisms of the clay characters are spot on as they raise an eyebrow, or scratch their back, or roll their eyes making them more real than half the people in the check out line at your mega store.

The only drawback is the too thick British accent at times. But that is a small challenge to the major mirth marathon burned on this DVD. My dog even enjoys it. 5 stars

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Worth watching, but.....

ByGil the Thrillon June 3, 2015

This wasn't as funny as Season 2, or Season 1, of the US version. Still it was fun. One must understand British humor, and one must listen carefully, as there are a variety of accents. Still, if you enjoyed either if the Creature Comforts listed above, you should buy it to complete your "set".

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Hilarious!

Bytgfabthunderbirdon January 21, 2006

I have been a big fan of Aardman Productions since I first saw some of the early Creature Comforts bits at a film festival in the states. That was some time ago. I also enjoyed the Wallace & Gromit episodes.

I saw the '05 Christmas special and loved it, and I was thrilled to get Season One on DVD.

The thing I love about the characters is the great detail and patience which obviously goes into every one of the vignettes (the bonus documentary on the DVD shows you just how it's done). I especially love how they show human emotions in the animals, things you normaly wouldn't pick up on talking to a person, you see much more clearly with the creatures (eyebrow raises, movements of the face and body, etc.).

And the fun thing is they didn't have to write any of it! The Great British Public is a howl when it comes to the asking of mundane questions (What's It All About, The Beach). Cute, funny, sometimes thought provoking, you can't help but laugh all the way through.

Thank you Golly, Nick and all the rest at Aardman!

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Hilarious - but not for little kids.

ByTKPKmomon March 15, 2006

This series of short episodes is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. The creators have interviewed random Brits on the street and then created mini Mockumentaries as if animals are being interviewed. The animals hold forth on a range of topics, from whether they believe in aliens to what motivates them to perform in the circus. My four-year-old boy, a devotee of Wallace and Grommit, becomes bored with this quickly since it's all talk and no action. My husband and I, however, have enjoyed it mightily and have passed it around to our adult friends.

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"I don't catch flies . . ."

ByAmazon Customeron March 15, 2006

". . . because flies eat poo and I DON'T like poo."

One of the more charming lines from this brilliant series produced by Aardman (of Wallace and Gromit fame).

The producers went out into the British population and conducted interviews -- hundreds of hours' worth. Then, they paired the interviewees to plasticene animated animal characters and animated them in a series of 15 minute episodes.

One view is not enough, either, because there are a lot of subtleties within the context of each episode. I also liked the special features.

Buy this DVD. Support Aardman. Have a giggle over and over again.

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This show has made me a fan of "the Great British Public"

ByJoseph E. Kassleron March 7, 2016

This show has made me a fan of "the Great British Public"; their views on things shows a deeply-ingrained and subtle sense of humor.

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