Hello Down There

Starring:Tony Randall, Janet Leigh, Jim Backus, Ken Berry, Roddy McDowall, Charlotte Rae, Richard Dreyfuss, Kay Cole, Gary Tigerman, Lou Wagner, Lee Meredith, Bruce Gordon (II), Frank Schuller, Arnold Stang, Harvey Lembeck, Merv Griffin, Henny Backus, Pat Henning, Jay Laskay, Bud Hoey
Director: Jack Arnold, Ricou Browning
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

Description

Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move in, underwater mayhem occurs!

Customer Reviews:

really nice openign and closing music.......2007-06-13

Have you ever seen really hyper kids from the 1960's? You can on this show.
They have this band and they have all of their instruments in the underwater house. Thurston Howell from Gilligans Island is running some outfit and he is also in this thing. Roddy McDowall from Planet of the Apes is now a record producer. Charlotte Rae from Facts of Life is some type of, well, anyway she is in a rowboat drinking something. Then they have Richard Dreyfuss from Jaws. Now, instead of being Matt Hooper, he is Harold Webster.

One part that I really don't like is the use of few and small bolts anchoring the under4water house to the concrete peirs. They juss seem too small to be real. Anyway, Hello Down There is not so good, but it is nutty enough that you have to get it.

cute and campy 1960s gem.......2007-05-27

HELLO DOWN THERE is a very cute comedy from 1969, with top performances from Tony Randall and Janet Leigh, who must have had a ball working on this.

Fred Miller (Tony Randall) is a wacky inventor who builds a house under the ocean. His grumpy boss (Jim Backus) believes the entire project is a waste of company time and money, so Fred offers to have his family live in the house for 30 days. There are only three major obstacles: Fred's "aqua-phobe" wife Vivian (Janet Leigh); and his two teenaged musician kids (Kay Cole and Gary Tigerman), who are on the verge of signing with a major record label.

This film is a breezy joy from beginning to end. The house itself is very imaginative, and the underwater photography is amazing. HELLO DOWN THERE was filmed in Florida at the studios of Ivan Tors Productions (famous for "Flipper" and "Gentle Ben"), allowing for lots of authentic location filming.

The cast also includes Charlotte Rae, Roddy McDowall, Ken Berry, Lee Meredith (Ulla in the original "Producers"), Harvey Lembeck, and a teenaged Richard Dreyfuss.

Paramount's new DVD features a crisp anamorphic print which long-time fans will simply adore. (Single-sided, single-layer disc).

It Made A Great Gift.......2007-03-09

I'm not really sure how to rate this movie...I actually bought it for my sister who has loved this movie since childhood. Shhhh don't tell anyone how old we are K?! LOL Anyways, she was very excited to get it and we sat down and watched straight-a-way. It was kind of funny to see these guys in their younger days! I'm not into the movie really, but she STILL is! It made her day! Thanks Amazon!

Great!.......2007-01-16

This movie is just as fun as I remembered it to be. I had forgotten that Richard Dreyfus was in it, so it was neat to see him as a young actor. The songs tend to stay in your mind. I recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys a "blast from the past".

This was worth the wait for it to be on DVD.......2006-12-30

I don't think I can add much to what Joshua of Chicago wrote but I do agree with him. I've loved this movie since I first saw it, decades ago. It's still funny and my kids love looking back on the sixties clothes, sayings, and sounds so prevalent in this movie. It's also fun seeing stars you may not have noticed the first time around (e.g. Dreyfuss WAY before "Close Encounters").

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