Yellowbeard | 
 enlarge | Director: Mel Damski
Actors: Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Peter Cook
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  148 reviews
Sales Rank: 3685
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Japanese (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 96
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 14968
UPC: 027616149688
EAN: 0027616149688
ASIN: B000FDEV48
Theatrical Release Date: June 24, 1983
Release Date: June 27, 2006
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Yellowbeard, a comedy cast with the all-star comedians of the 1980s, is a unique, corny spoof on pirate films. Like a Mel Brooks movie, Yellowbeard's plot is a series of ridiculous events, a la Airplane, circulating around Yellowbeard's (Graham Chapman) discovery that he has an "intellectual" son. Brain versus brawn is the film's theme, as Yellowbeard is forced to take his kid on a booty-hunt, since the pirate's ex-wife, Betty (Madeline Kahn), tattooed the treasure map on their child's head. As the bumbling British, including Harvey "Blind" Pew (John Cleese) and Gilbert Murvin (Marty Feldman), sail The Royal Navy Frigate to trail Yellowbeard's ship, The Lady Edith, The Spanish Main, captained by El Nebuloso (Tommy Chong) and El Segundo (Cheech Marin) follows in close pursuit. Three ships in constant battle on the open seas make for multiple comedic situations reminiscent of Monty Python. Directed by Mel Damski (Charmed, Lois & Clark), Yellowbeard has a made-for-TV cheesiness, though the talent of the actors, not to mention its off-kilter British humor, rescues the film from utter stupidity. --Trinie Dalton
Product Description
For twelve years Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) has looted the Spanish Main making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted -- for tax evasion! -- he s sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim s Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him to the Spanish Main where saucy tarts lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await. Starring a who s who of comic cutups and cutthroats including Graham Chapman Eric Idle John Cleese Cheech and Chong Marty Feldman Peter Cook Madeline Kahn and more!!! System Requirements:Running Time 96 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 027616149688 Manufacturer No: 14968
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 comedy mania July 25, 2008
This movie is the ultimate level of the Monty Python genre, which also includes a host of other major comics, marty feldman and cheech and chong, to name a few. Their antics are beyond superlatives, the comedy is racey/saucy but genuinely funny. The sets are tremendous as is the acting, there should have been a sequel.
Cult status June 12, 2008
All my family and many of my friends can quote chunks of this movie.Once seen never forgotten ,some lovely cameos ,David bowie as the cabin boy, Spike Milligan as the Queens Messenger a whos who of British comediens in a terrific farce.See it and love it.
so funny I wet myself May 21, 2008
Monty Python, Cast From most Mel Brooks films, And Cheech and Chong. If you're looking for in dpeth plot lines and suspense you've come to the wrong place. If you want cameos and one liners that will make you laugh so hard you'll fart, then watch this movie.
Watch for David Bowie's appearance, and make sure you watch more than once as you'll too busy laughing at one gag to catch the next.
A Winner for Yellowbeard fans!! April 23, 2008
While not a HUGE fan of Cheech & Chong, thank goodness for them!! As you can see from the cover, I doubt any of us mad keen Yellowbeard fans would of had a hope of EVER getting this on DVD without their popularity in the U.S. Those of you who managed to get a video copy of this (mine was a extremely ex rental copy -- so you can imagine the quality!) If you have a video copy... burn it as this is obviously enormously better quality, no patch of black in the middle of the film like the video. Those who dont have this, if you like Monty Python.... you'll love this and lets face it, at this price it's certainly not going to break the bank to give it a go!!
 Definitely NOT a shipload of laughs April 18, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bought this movie because I remember watching it as a kid in the 80s, and I remember laughing so hard over this movie. And it has Cheech and Chong, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Madeline Kahn, and so many more. It has to be a good movie, right?
Well, either my memory is going or things just seemed funnier 25 years ago. The plot is paper thin, the story is choppy, the acting is bad.
The plot: A gruesome pirate ("I killed 500 men by the time I was 20") escapes from prison after 20 years to reclaim his hidden treasure. His son, a doctor, and a lordly-type go with him. Chasing after him are the british royal navy and some of his former pirate associates.
The good: Madeline Kahn, John Cleese, Eric Idle. Madeline Kahn's over the top english accent is funny, and the way she gets the British Navy (including Eric Idle) to follow her "recollection" of where the treasure is hidden is hilarious. John Cleese plays a fantastic blind man, and Eric Idle is, well, Eric Idle. (Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink. Say no more)
The bad: Everything else. I don't remember this movie being so bad. Graham Chapman has the ability to make this a great movie, but his acting is so horrible that it just isn't believable. His prison escape is just awful, his directions to the treasure aren't real, and the fight scenes are deplorable.
Overall: Avoid this movie like the plague. In fact, I'd rather have the plague.
Get ready for some hijinks on the high seas. Yellowbeard. It's definitely NOT a shipload of laughs.
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