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 enlarge | Director: Paul Morrissey
Actors: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Denholm Elliott, Joan Greenwood, Hugh Griffith
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 33027
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 85
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 1007444
ISBN: 0792863275
UPC: 027616915252
EAN: 9780792863274
ASIN: B00062IVJE
Theatrical Release Date: November 1980
Release Date: December 7, 2004
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Condition: brand new factory original dvd
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 movie would have received three stars, but DVD is faulty August 18, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Buyer Beware -
I won't comment in detail on the quality of this movie, Paul Morrissey was/is an awful director but the cast of "Hound" clearly directed themselves and, left to their own devices, what they came up with was a compendium of their tried and trusted comedy routines (much loved by UK theatre and television audiences through the years). In this sense, as a permanent record of Kenneth Williams, Dud and Pete, Max Wall, Irene Handl et al, the movie is a delight to own - but after amazon replaced a faulty disc - guess what ? The replacement has the same flaw - it freezes in the middle of Dud and Pete's hilarious "medium" scene (and probably in other places too but the disc freezes so completely you can't GET to other scenes). Double-sided discs seem vulnerable to technical trouble and my question is this - why the HELL do studios even contemplate putting a "full frame" version of a movie on side 2 of ANY disc ? Who on earth wants to see a dreadful pan-and-scan version of a widescreen movie ? The letterboxed side would have been all I wanted except - that's the side that has the flaw ! Obviously a faulty pressing and who knows how many of these flawed discs are out there ? Be careful !
 good satire April 5, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the only satire version of the story I have found. Most of the gags are verbal. One is the cripples flocking to the shrine. They are described as flocking cripples. Another favorite is the deduction by Watson that a painting was done by the artist before he died. Sherlock points out the difficulty of his doing the painting after death.
Finally!!! February 16, 2005
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
I haven't seen this movie in YEARS! I have been looking for it for years!!! I am so excited to finally be able to add it to my collection. I am not a big Cooke and Moore fan, but I think this movie is hysterical. My sister and I have been quoting it forever. The adorable peeing Chihuahuas ("He just wants to be your friend, he just wants to sit in your pocket and be your friend"), the "complementary grope", the "Did you drag yourself on deck?" "Oh no, I just dressed casual" and of course "Pesticide! Pesticide...my own son committed pesticide!" "Patricide Mother!" "Oh, so you admit it then?" I CANNOT wait to get my copy! I sent one to my sister in N.J. as well, so we can both enjoy it together!
 Only for Pete and Dud fans December 8, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Really not a very well-written film. Loosely based on the Conan Doyle story, this is a collection of old jokes and sketches which don't really hang together. A who's who of British comedy though: Pete, Dud, Kenneth Williams, Irene Handl, Max Wall, Denholm Elliot and others. Some very funny moments, not least when Denholm Elliot's chihuahua urinates for about 3 minutes all over Dr Watson (played by Dud). Probably worth seeing if you are a Pete and Dud fan, but it's not their best effort by any means.
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