Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx

Starring:Gene Wilder, Margot Kidder, Eileen Colgan, May Ollis, Seamus Forde, David Kelly, Danny Cummins, Liz Davis, Tony Doyle, Caroline Tully, John Kelly (XII), Paul Murphy (XXIII), Brendan Matthews, David Hogarty, Marjorie McHenry, Liam Sweeney, Cecil Sheehan, Robert Carrickford, John Hoey, Patrick Smith
Director: Waris Hussein
Studio: Vci Video
Product Type: DVD

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Gene Wilder At His Irish Best!!
A Gentle Classic Comedy
Pleasant, Pleasant, Pleasant
Bittersweet gem

Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx
Starring: Gene Wilder , Margot Kidder , Eileen Colgan , May Ollis , and Seamus Forde
Director: Waris Hussein
Manufacturer: Vci Video
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00000JT2S
Release Date: 2003-01-24

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Reminiscent of "Harold & Maude" and "Start the Revolution Without Me," this gentle comedy is the story of a man out of step with this world, marching to the beat of his own drum. Quackser Fortune (Wilder) earns his living by following the horse-drawn delivery wagons of Dublin, scooping up the droppings and selling it as fertilizer. Margot Kidder is the American exchange student who finds herself drawn to this unlearned, but not unknowing man. Bonus Features: Biographies| Theatrical Trailer| Bonus Previews| Scene Selection. Specs: DVD5; Dolby Digital Mono; 87 minutes; Color; 1.66:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - R; Year - 1970; SRP - $9.99.

Customer Reviews:

Hated it.......2006-09-11

I purchased this DVD based on the numerous 5 star raviews. Usually these are valuable cources of information and quite accurate. I cannot imagine why this time it was so unreliable.

This is among the worst movies I have seen. It is unbelievably slow--pulling teeth would be more interesting to watch. Though Gene Wilder is a fine actor, this is not one of his better works. In this story he plays a horse dung street sweeper who sells the manure wherever he can. Not a bone of ambition does he have. The story centers around meeting a free-spirited American girl studying in Dublin and what happens between them.

The dialogue is boring or non-existant and the storyline pathetic.

Clearly I am a lone voice in the wilderness here, but caveat emptor before you buy it.

Gene Wilder At His Irish Best!!.......2003-05-22

Quakser Fortune(Gene Wilder)is a somewhat eccentric,uneducated humble,fertilizer merchant in Dublin Ireland when a rich,sophisicated American visitor Zazel Pierce(Margot Kidder)becomes fascinated by him when they first connect,their different lifestyles become irrelevant but they later grow tired of each other especially by Zazel's snobbish friends.Quakser then retreats to his old job of gathering horse manure to sell as fertilizer.When his cousin in the Bronx dies he leaves a small fortune for Quakser that changes his livelihood forever.This is quite an interesting,offbeat comedy/drama with Gene Wilder at his Irish best!!

A Gentle Classic Comedy.......2002-01-23

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, a variety of films were made that would have little chance to exist prior to that period, and little chance for approval after that period. A good example of such a film is this gentle tale of an Irish dung collector in love, with Gene Wilder in the title role. Other usual classics from this era include "Get to Know Your Rabbit," with Orson Welles as the instructor at a school for tap-dancing magicians (also includes Katharine Ross from "The Graduate," along with Tommy Smothers and a great comic performance by John Astin), "Evil Roy Slade" (a made-for-TV parody western), "Inserts" (a rarely-seen film about the making of porn, with a strong cast), Marlon Brando's controversial erotic classic "Last Tango in Paris," the Beau Bridges film "The Landlord" (about a rich kid who buys a tenement), the French film "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs," and various others. Most are not easy to find, but are available on video or DVD, and worth seeking out.

Pleasant, Pleasant, Pleasant.......2000-08-14

The previous Amazon reviewers have given this five stars. QUACKSER FORTUNE is not one of the greatest movies of all time, and not one of the near-greatest. But it's a solid film, worth seeing. The two main characters are three-dimensional, for a change. Both Kidder and Wilder are wonderful in their roles. The picture drags too much; some good editing would have helped. Also there is a bit too much of -- how can I say it? -- reverse condescension. The Irish are a bit "quaint," which endears them to American audiences, I suppose, and also supplies a bit of distance. If this film were set in the US, we'd see two rather flaky people -- a do-it-alone selfish Wilder, and a silly college student Kidder. So it wouldn't work here. But set in Dublin, the trick is pulled off. Bottom line: a solid three-star film, each star standing for "pleasant."

Bittersweet gem.......2000-04-27

Beautiful sleeper of a film featuring two excellent leading performances and fine photography of Dublin. Margot Kidder and Gene Wilder make an offbeat pair and work very well together. Kidder is stunningly beautiful in her first leading role, almost ten years before her success as Lois Lane. Wilder is totally believable as Quackser -- watch this movie after "Young Frankenstein" and you'll see the enormous range of which this actor is capable. Viewers expecting Mel Brooks-type humor will be disappointed -- "Quackser"'s humor grows from the differences between the two lovers' backgrounds. Warm, simple and sad, "Quackser" also delivers a gentle message about nonconformity. A highly original love story worth adding to your collection.

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