Product Description

Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk. A comedy about a wild and crazy auto race from New York to Paris in 1908. A stoic hero, a dastardly villain and a determined female reporter are among the cast of zany competitors. 1965/color/147 min/NR/widescreen.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1675 in DVD
• Color: Color
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2002-06-04
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Georgian, Chinese, Thai
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 164 minutes

Features

• At the turn of the 20th century a host of colorful characters set out on a 20,000-mile auto race from New York to Paris, and hilarity ensues. (1965)Running Time: 164 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR Age: 085391109129 UPC: 085391109129 Manufacturer No: 11091

Amazon.com
Director Blake Edwards, fresh from the success of the first two Pink Panther movies, indulged his love of classic slapstick comedy with this long free-for-all, which throws in everything but Laurel and Hardy's kitchen sink. The film reunites Some Like It Hot stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, ably aided by a spunky Natalie Wood. The subject is a New-York-to-Paris auto race in the early years of the 20th century, pitting the Great Leslie (Curtis), a goody-goody dressed all in white--even his teeth sparkle--against the malevolent Professor Fate (Lemmon), whose coal-black heart is reflected in his handlebar mustache. He looks like a bill collector from a silent- movie melodrama. Lemmon does double duty, also playing the pampered, drunken king of a small European country, whose laugh sounds like the wail of a cat in heat. The film may be too long for its own good, and you really have to love Jack Lemmon to put up with his over-the-top performance, but it's side-splitting in spots. It's one of those movies, if seen in childhood, that stays in your mind for years afterward. Some of the bigger routines, such as a pie fight of epic proportions, don't work as well as the simple chemistry between the perpetually exasperated Professor Fate and his much-abused assistant, Max (a terrific Peter Falk). Push the button, Max. --Robert Horton