The 'Burbs

Starring:Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schaal, Henry Gibson, Brother Theodore, Courtney Gains, Gale Gordon, Dick Miller, Robert Picardo, Cory Danziger, Franklyn Ajaye, Rance Howard, Heather Haase, Nicky Katt, Bill Stevenson, Gary Hays, Kevin Gage
Director: Joe Dante
Studio: Universal Studios
Product Type: DVD

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Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) would like nothing better than to spend a quiet week's vacation in his suburban home, drinking beer and watching TV. But, spurred on by his two friends' spinning of boyish paranoid fantasies about their reclusive neighbors, the Klopeks, the usually down-to-earth Ray begins to suspect his idyllic neighborhood has been invaded by an evil force, to the point where he and his friends become psychotically nosey. You see where this is going, and you see it from a mile off. Only the general surface-thin plot is somewhat offset by director Joe Dante's fine sense of the absurd, and a host of engagingly played neighbor-types, namely Rick Ducommun as Ray's best friend who's always proposing bad ideas, and Bruce Dern as a sometimes wild-eyed ex-vet who'd love some action. Dante and crew seem to have a knack for keeping these broad characterizations light enough that you don't mind their superficiality. But the best jokes in this unprepossessing film come from composer Jerry Goldsmith's score; Bruce Dern's presence, for instance, is announced by the theme from Patton, and the boys' first approach to the Klopeks' for a meet-and-greet is buttressed by classic strains from Sergio Leone spaghetti Westerns. Kudos to the Klopeks, for their evil ways are ably embodied by Henry Gibson, Courtney Gains, and Brother Theodore. In particular, any suburb that finds it's inhabited by the likes of Brother Theodore is in dire need of new zoning laws. But Carrie Fisher's role as Ray's amiably long-suffering wife is thankless, and she deserves better. --Jim Gay

Customer Reviews:

all time favs!.......2007-07-02

this is one of my all time fav movies! it is hilarious! tom hanks is great! it has some classic lines.

Great movie.......2007-06-27

Tom Hanks in one of his last great comedic roles before turning serious on us. A great combination of over-the-top characters makes this a really fun movie. The DVD includes an alternate ending sequence that any serious fan of the film needs to see at least once. But only once. Thank goodness they didn't use that one!

GREAT 80'S "SUBURBIA" FLICK!!.......2007-05-14

This is one of the many great 80's movies! Tom Hanks is a suburbanite in this outrageous suspense-comedy about families on a block and how they create total chaos in an anything but "average" neighborhood. Slapstick comedy and witty humor make this suspense thriller "mystery" absolutely laughable! A must have for the 80's classic movie buff.

the Burbs.......2007-05-11

What can I say about the Burbs??? Do you love Tom Hanks when he's at his funniest??? If you just answered YES, then You must see this movie. :)
You'll laugh like you did back in his "Bosom Buddies" days up to "Money Pit". A great story line with really great and funny actors, give it a whirl, you won't be disappointed. =) Cheers!

One of Tom Hanks Funniest.......2007-03-08

This movie is great! Very subtle humor but if you watch it you will be laughing out loud. Love it!

The Tom Hanks Comedy Favorites Collection (The Money Pit / The Burbs / Dragnet)

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One star for each

The Tom Hanks Comedy Favorites Collection (The Money Pit / The Burbs / Dragnet)
Starring: Tom Hanks , Shelley Long , Alexander Godunov , Maureen Stapleton , and Joe Mantegna
Director: Richard Benjamin , Tom Mankiewicz , and Joe Dante
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Release Date: 2007-02-13

Customer Reviews:

Great for Tom Hanks Fans.......2007-05-19

This is a great DVD. 3 great movies on one DVD and one great price.
2 out of 3 of these are at the top of my favorites list, and no matter
how many times I've seen them I still enjoy them.

The Money Pit. Anyone who has bought an older home and discovered what
a fixer upper is or leads to, can really relate to this movie. They can
probably relate to everything except having the money to do such a fixup, and hopefully most people have not had relationships with someone as shallow and conceited as the meistro, the wife's former boyfriend.

Next comes The Burbs. What happens when you don't know how to take a
vacation anymore and all your friends also have lost that ability and do not know what to do with themselves!

The answer, Become your own Neighborhood Watch group.
Just hope that you don't have neighbors like the Klopaks.

Lastly Dragnet, where Tom teams up with Dan Aykroid as Joe Friday's son.
A great comic redo of a show that maybe was a little too serious, a
little tongue in cheek, and yet had everyone watching.

For a few good nights of something to give you a laugh and let you know
things could always be worse, pick up this DVD!

Great.......2007-05-15

I bought this trio because i love the burbs. I enjoy the money pit as well, but i havent watched dragnet, yet. I wish more movies came in trios like this one. It would make things easier.

tom hanks comedy favourites.......2007-05-07

I never much liked DRAGNET but i bought the package because i love the BURBS and the MONEY PIT.Tom Hanks has a special way of doing comedy and i think he is just awesome

FUNNY!! FUNNY!! FUNNY!!.......2007-03-28

While "The Money Pit" is obviously the gem of the trio, "Dragnet" and "The Burbs" are just as funny in the end. Tom Hanks is truely a commic genius!

One star for each.......2007-03-02

It's a tricky thing. When it's done well - it's Gone with the Wind (1939). When it's done badly - it's The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990). And I was in Bonfire Of The Vanities! "I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good."--Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks is one of the Greatest American Actors working today. However, like many actors, not every film is a hit or worth keeping.

These three films are from the 1980's and are some of his worst.

The Money Pit (1986) is about a couple who picks up a fixer up home and suck money it in, hence the title. The film also starts Shelly Long from Cheers

The Burbs (1989)is an urban nightmare when Hanks and his neighbors think there is a serial killer. This satire on urban life , which has Bruce Dern and Carrie Fisher and Corey Feldman also are in the cast, falls flat

and the comedy send up Dragnet (1987)is watchable. This humorous send up of the Jack Webb Tv show has some moments. Dan Aykroyd plays the nephew of Webb's Joe Friday. Hanks is his partner. Christopher Plummer is a minster doing illegal stuff, there where the fun ensues

These are no Hanks best work, buy these if you want to complete your Hank DVD collection

Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD

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