The Idiot

Starring:David Buck, Anthony Bate, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Hywel Bennett, Adrienne Corri, Suzan Farmer, John Kelland, Patrick Newell, Michael Goodliffe
Director: Alan Bridges
Studio: Panorama
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I'M SORRY,BUT THIS IS NOT MARTINS BEST BY A LONG SHOT!
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The Jerk
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The Jerk (26th Anniversary Edition)
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ASIN: B0009IOR5M
Release Date: 2005-07-26

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Carl Reiner (Where's Poppa?) brought comic Steve Martin to the screen in this mostly funny 1979 movie about a relentlessly stupid but innocent man, whom we get to know from childhood (where it never occurred to him that he was white as he was raised by a family of black sharecroppers) to romance (where he doesn't quite know what to do with Bernadette Peters). Martin is game as the moron, and this is the kind of film with funny moments people still talk about. --Tom Keogh

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That wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin, makes his film-starring debut in the wacky comedy hit The Jerk. Steve portrays Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, whose crazy inventions lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags. Along the way, he s smitten with a lady motorcycle racer, survives a series of screwball attacks by a deranged killer, becomes a millionaire by inventing the Opti-grab handle for glasses and shows why he s one of the hottest comic performers in the world.

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Starring: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Jackie Mason
Directed By: Carl Reiner
Running Time: 94 Min.

Format: DVD MOVIE

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I'M SORRY,BUT THIS IS NOT MARTINS BEST BY A LONG SHOT!.......2007-07-05

First I want to point out that I like Steve Martin! I just don't think this film is that funny. He has been much funnier even in recent years. The jokes fall flat and some of them are just plain dumb! I know I may offend a lot of Martin fans who adore this movie,but I just don't get it.......sorry!

goofy, .......2007-05-28

the product was new, and the shipping was great. I have never received anything bad from Amazon. This movie is so goofy, and almost funny.

The Jerk.......2007-03-12

this is one of the greatest movies of all time! A must have for any Steve Martin fan. The movie played well and arrived in good time and good condition. The special features are fun too! The ukalelie gal is tops!
I am very pleased with my purchase. Thank you!

A Favorite.......2007-03-08

I couldn't find a copy of The Jerk at any of the local retail outlets. I was surprised to find a copy with such ease and also a great price. I love the movie and couldn't be more pleased.

He hates these cans!.......2007-02-10

Steve Martin's first starring movie role and arguably his best. Very silly and would be pretty un-pc nowadays, especially compared to his recent movies. All the little things in the movie all are great, being brought up as a 'poor black child', S$#%-head the dog, the cans, the circus, Bernadette Peters :), the Ukelele song 'You Belong to Me' (I can somewhat play it on my Uke), his 'special' purpose :D, the Optigrab, cat juggling, the 'eggplant' scene, the Thermos! I can forgive all his recent dreck just because he created this film.

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Deadtime Stories: Tales of Death
Starring: Phyllis Craig , Cathryn de Prume , Brian de Persia , Melissa Leo , and Michael Mesmer
Director: Jeffrey S. Delman
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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ASIN: B000O78600
Release Date: 2007-06-19

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Once upon a time, when you were six years old, and your parents used to tell you "bedtime stories." Somehow those stories became twisted in your dreams, and you sometimes had the worst nightmares about haunted heroes, fire-eating witches and bloodsucking werewolves who ate children for breakfast. Remember? Well, hold on to your popcorn, because your favorite nightmares come to life in a horror/fantasy salute to the age-old bedtime story ritual. Travel on a mysterious journey to a medieval world populated by blood-crazed witches, evil experiments and captive maidens. Then from the catacombs and dark caverns of medieval Europe you plunge into modern suburbia and the frolicsome adventures of a nubile lady jogger tracked by a savage werewolf. Finally, sensuality becomes macabre black comedy on the trail of three escaped mental patients who share a country house with a daffy murderess. Pray you can sleep again!

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Fulci's Masterpiece
Great giallo...
So you think Fulci is just a gore director?
Argento he's NOT!
Watch "The Bird with the Crystal Plummage" GIALLO instead.

Don't Torture a Duckling
Starring: Florinda Bolkan , Barbara Bouchet , Tomas Milian , Irene Papas , and Marc Porel
Director: Lucio Fulci
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ASIN: B000KRNG54
Release Date: 2007-02-27

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The oddly titled Don't Torture a Duckling (taken from a minor plot point) is one of director Lucio Fulci's most linear and conventional narratives, relying more on story and mystery than on gore and atmospherics. In a rural Italian village, young boys turn up dead, and the authorities are stumped as to who the murderer is. A reporter lends his efforts to the hunt for the killer, many red herrings turn up, and more kids are murdered while the police search for the culprit. A sexually liberated young woman from Milan, a local witch, and the village idiot all fall under suspicion until the killer is uncovered. Gone is much of the director's trademark visual style, replaced with the blinding sunlight of an Italian summer for a hyperrealistic feel (though Fulci's affinity for the zoom shot and deep focus comes through). More tellingly, though, Fulci points toward the superstition and ignorance of the villagers as being as dangerous and destructive as the murderer himself. Also, the film's vehemently anti-Catholic sentiment had to have been controversial at the time of its release. Fans of the giallo and Italian horror in general would do well to seek out this film for an example of Lucio Fulci at his most grim and serious. --Jerry Renshaw

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A Classic Of The Perverse From Director Lucio Fulci

Several young boys are murdered in a remote village rife with sex and superstition, and the townspeople go mad with rage and violence. But when a hard-nosed reporter and promiscuous young woman search for the true killer, they discover a fiend - and motive - even more shocking than the crimes themselves.

DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING is a landmark giallo so savage, it could only come from the mind of director Lucio Fulci (THE BEYOND, ZOMBIE, CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD). Featuring an international all-star cast that includes Tomas Milian (RUN MAN RUN), Barbara Bouchet (BLACK BELLY OF THE TARANTULA), Irene Papas (Z) and Florinda Bolkan (LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN), this re-discovered classic has been restored from the original vault materials and is now presented completely uncut and uncensored.

Customer Reviews:

Fulci's Masterpiece.......2007-06-14

Italian director Lucio Fulci is rarely given the credit he deserves. Fulci was a director of great utility, who traversed generic boundaries regularly before he became firmly associated with the horror genre. His final gory step into the horror genre with "Zombi 2" was as much the result of economic imperatives and producer influence as it was a conscious decision on Fulci's part. These films were marked by an ambivalence towards conventional narrative patterns, which makes his 1972 effort "Don't Torture a Duckling" all the more exceptional. This film is as tightly plotted and efficiently constructed as any giallo film, but with its undertones of peasant superstition, the supernatural and witchcraft, places it firmly within the thematic universe of the director. This is giallo Fulci style and the concessions he makes to the conventions of this form are purely within the remit of iconography. This is a giallo marked by a particularly unsettling atmosphere of hypocrisy and perversion (one only need look toward a truly shocking scene in which a young boy of 12 is prick teased by a naked Barbara Bouchet). This is further augmented into the white washed walls of this rural northern Italian city, and its superstitious villagers, who aren't above a bit of chain whipping vigilante action. Fulci invests a great deal more in the procedures of the police, but ultimately the resolution is arrived at by amateur detectives, who represent both modernity and bourgeois society. The murders of innocent children, intriguingly, are not due to perverse motives, but instead an idealistic religious conviction which sees the modern world as a haven of vices which can only corrupt the innocence of youth. Fulci shows the negative side of both modern Italy and its rural counterpart. By showing that both are marked by ignorance and arrogance, Fulci seems to offer a particularly nihilistic vision of mankind.

This DVD re-issue by Blue Underground is excellent value for money. The picture quality is very good for a film that has been mishandled and distributed badly for decades. This is a must buy for anyone interested in European horror, not only is it an exemplary giallo, but also Fulci's most rounded cohesive and enjoyable pictures.

Great giallo..........2007-04-18

...this is unlike any other film by Fulci, other than Lizard in a Woman's Skin. It is about a serial killer who murders little kids. The townspeople become paranoid and police seek out the killer. Interesting story, and twist in the end. You think you know who the killer is, but you don't! Great movie. Excellent setting and pace. A must for your Giallo or Italian horror collection.

So you think Fulci is just a gore director?.......2007-04-02

Starting in 1979 with the release of Zombie, Lucio Fulci became known for gore movies. That continued through the 80s with a string of gore flicks, which include The Beyond and City of the Living Dead among others.

Don't Torture a Duckling isn't your typical Lucio Fulci film at all. There are pretty much no gore scenes, though there are two scenes where Fulci delivers some gore, but I'll touch upon that later on.

Don't Torture a Duckling as I stated before is very different then what Fulci did in the late 70s and 80s. If you're looking for gore you will not find much at all. Actually about half the murders take place off camera.

The plot is rather dark; pre-teens being killed is quite disturbing. Gore and violence is not needed when dealing with that subject matter. We also have a woman in her 20s that seems to have a weird sexual attraction to young boys.

It's really a strange movie and like I said unlike most of Fulci's other movies. While yes, Don't Torture a Duckling can be slow in some spots, and my biggest complaint is the sense of dread isn't quite there.

Here, Fulci at times creates some great tension and atmosphere and other times it just doesn't work. Oddly enough I found Fulci's gore movies to have more tension at times.

But with that said this is still an excellent movie and Lucio Fulci proves he is more then just a gore director. While some scenes I felt lacked tension others had overall Fulci nailed it.

While watching the movie I did enjoy it, but it was afterwards when I thought back I realized how good the movie actually was. There are several things while not directly brought up are hinted at, from sexual repression to pedophilia.

With all that hinted at and all going on in the movie it really does add to the movie and it shows what a talented filmmaker Lucio Fulci was.

While I won't spoil who the killer is their motive was really creepy and they didn't do simply because they are psychotic, which yeah sure the killer is, but the motive was downright creepy.

As for the gore; one woman is whipped with chains and while not overly gory like in Fulci's later movies the gore was decent and the scene was really disturbing and with the music playing in the back-round it was even more disturbing.

The last death in the movie is also a bit gory, but it's quite clear a dummy was used, but hey it still works well.

If you are a fan of Giallos I would very much recommend Don't Torture a Duckling. And for those who think Fulci is just a gore director should really check this out.

In closing, Don't Torture a Duckling isn't a perfect movie; it can at times be a bit slow and some scenes lack the tension they should have had, but overall Lucio Fulci delivers an excellent film and one of my favorite Giallos.

Co-star Barbara Bouchet has to rate as one of the most beautiful women to ever grace cinema.

Argento he's NOT!.......2005-08-26

Don't get me wrong I love Fulci movies, but I love them for the same reason most other people love them (the gore quotient). Fulci can always be depended upon to splatter tons of blood, guts and gore all over the screen and perhaps this is his way of covering up the fact that he's not the best director. I'd never go into a Fulci movie expecting a deep plot or oscar worthy acting.

With that said I did go into this movie expecting more. Maybe I expected too much and therefore I was very disappointed. Fulci's effort here falls short of suspense, character and atmosphere. Argento's "Bird With The Crystal Plumage" blows this film out of the water. Argento's "Bird" is intelligent, suspenseful and moves at a good pace. "Don't Torture a Duckling" fails to deliver any of the above. The reveiwer above states the movie is up there with Argento's "Deep Red" and that statement is as laughable as the way he spelled Fulci(Fulce).

I'm not taking anything away from Fulci. Like I said I love the movies he'd make 7 to 12 years later like "Zombie" "New York Ripper" "The Beyond" and "City of The Living Dead". All movies made between 1979 and 1983 as opposed to this one made in 1972. Fulci is known as The Godfather of Gore not the Godfather of Giallo. For good Giallo films check out any Argento film from the 1970's or Mario Bava's "Bay of Blood" (1972).

Watch "The Bird with the Crystal Plummage" GIALLO instead........2005-03-29

I waited ages to get this Fulci classic and now I wished I did not. It is probably Fulci's most confusing work to date and lacks all known production standards considering this is film #33 from him. I can buy GIALLO being a bit spaced out and highly far-fetched, but this one is just plain bad from start to finish, it is only really remembered for the infamous woman chain whipping sequence (chain whipping also appeared in "The Beyond"; Fulci loved cashing in on all this stuff), "Don't Torture a Duckling" is completely void of substance, mystery or crime and instead is replaced by everything that is camp about film making, from the obvious papermashy heads to the "shall I stand here and act now" type blemish on everyone's face, considering this is Fulci's 33rd film or thereabouts, it really looks like his first and it would be another 8 years before he made horror, I was expecting a somewhat smart GIALLO and got drawn out rubbish instead. Like I said - Watch "The Bird with the Crystal Plummage" GIALLO instead. It was made by Argento two years before this and is where you should be at instead. I would recommend that Argento 'primative slasher' over Fulci's cash crop schlock "Don't Torture a Duckling" any day of the week.

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (New Line Platinum Series)

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BAM!!!!!!!!!!!(gunshot)
Funnier than the original, the main characters where soooo
Slip on a Banana Peel Funny
Awful and a discrace to the original D&D 0/5 stars
Funny Movie!!

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (New Line Platinum Series)
Starring: Timothy Stack , Mimi Rogers , Wayne Federman , Lucas Gregory , and Derek Richardson
Director: Troy Miller
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Dumb and Dumber
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ASIN: B0000CDRVX
Release Date: 2004-06-01

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A passable comedy for delinquent kids and unambitious teens with time to kill, Dumb and Dumberer does for prequels what Jerry Springer did for daytime television. With only faint connection to the 1994 hit starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, this ill-conceived prequel follows the Carrey/Daniels characters, Lloyd and Harry, as they bungle their way through high school. The principal and his demented lunch lady (Eugene Levy and SNL alumnus Cheri Oteri) have hatched a scheme to embezzle funds intended for students with "special needs," and Harry & Lloyd unwittingly recruit a few "intellectually challenged" classmates to fuel the plot. Veteran TV director Troy Miller prefers to keep the humor low and lowerer: Scatological jokes, puerile double-entendres, and juvenile sight gags ensure that Dumb and Dumberer lives up to its title. As Lloyd and Harry, respectively, Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson deliver a few laughs, but they're stuck in a movie with special needs of its own. --Jeff Shannon

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Harry meets Lloyd and assembles a ragtag team for a high school experience unlike any other in this prequel to the hit comedy, Dumb and Dumber.

Customer Reviews:

BAM!!!!!!!!!!!(gunshot).......2007-04-29

That was the sound you heard after I watched this "film". I was gonna shoot myself in the head, but I thought it would be better to shoot the disc instead. The makers of this piece of crap should be publicly humilated. This thing is just awfull. EVEN BOB SAGET CAN'T SAVE THIS! This could be the worst movie I have ever seen. Watching this movie is as much fun as getting impaled in the groin with a throwing star. It's cruel and unusuall torture. When we catch the rapists and the murderers in this country, don't kill them. Just make them watch this on a 24 hour loop,7 days a week. They would want to die. -1,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars.

Funnier than the original, the main characters where soooo.......2007-04-28

cute. This has a flimsy plot, but I really thought it was funny. The two main characters are adorable together. I thought it was better than the more pricey original. And if the "Lloyd" character didn't look exactly like a younger version of Jim Carey, I'll eat my hat. Don't think about this movie just laugh.

Slip on a Banana Peel Funny.......2007-03-09

This is a very silly movie, but if you are in a silly mood, it's great. It certainly isn't a movie for those who want intellectual, witty comedy, but if you need a dose of good ole Three Stooges like silliness I think you will enjoy it. I felt real good after it was over with and laughed a great deal, especially the part about the "little bus", but I don't want to give it away. It isn't for everyone, but it is for some of us.

Awful and a discrace to the original D&D 0/5 stars.......2006-12-16

This movie was just plain stupid these young disabled kids who are the resemblence of jim carrey and jeff daniels were just stupid annoying and not funny and kept getting worse. They make fun of mentally disabled kids which I don't think is funny especially that scene with that horrible feces incident where harry had an accident which he doesn't know how to clean his hands he just smears it all over the walls in the bathroom. I love the original dumb and dumber they had alot of hilarious humor that made me laugh and it was a classical comedy but this dumb & dumberer movie was crap and should never have been made it was a discrace to the original movie and to the fans too. Don't waste your money on this crap go for the unrated version of the original dumb and dumber instead you won't regret it.

Funny Movie!!.......2006-09-17

This movie made me laughing until I cried. Its a really great movie. The cast did and excellent job, especially Bob Saget. He was awesome and sooo funny.

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I'M SORRY,BUT THIS IS NOT MARTINS BEST BY A LONG SHOT!
goofy,
The Jerk
A Favorite
He hates these cans!

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Starring: Catlin Adams , Domingo Ambriz , Helena Carroll , Maurice Evans , and Richard Foronjy
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I'M SORRY,BUT THIS IS NOT MARTINS BEST BY A LONG SHOT!.......2007-07-05

goofy, .......2007-05-28

the product was new, and the shipping was great. I have never received anything bad from Amazon. This movie is so goofy, and almost funny.

The Jerk.......2007-03-12

A Favorite.......2007-03-08

I couldn't find a copy of The Jerk at any of the local retail outlets. I was surprised to find a copy with such ease and also a great price. I love the movie and couldn't be more pleased.

He hates these cans!.......2007-02-10

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Greatest Novel to T.V. Movie Translation In my View
"What a sweet and innocent idea of life you have."
Impact!
Highly recommended!
The best!!!

The Idiot (4 DVD Set)

Manufacturer: CP Digital
ProductGroup: DVD
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War and Peace
Oblomov
Crime and Punishment
Notes From Underground
The Master and Margaret / Master i Margarita (3 DVD SET, ENGLISH SUBTITLES)

ASIN: B0002FHR0Y

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ENGLISH SUBTITLES. Directed by Vladimir Bortko Produced by Valery Todorovsky Music by Igor Kornelyuk Credited cast: Evgeny Mironov, Lidiya Velezheva, Vladimir Mashkov, Aleksandr Lazarev, Oleg Basilashvili, Inna Churikova, Olga Budina, Aleksandr Domogarov, Aleksey Petrenko, Vladimir Ilyin, Mikhail Boyarsky, Anastasiya Melnikova, Maria Kiseleva... Based on the novel of Fyodor Dostoevsky The Idiot Count Myshkin comes back to Russia from Switzerland where he was under care in psychiatric hospital. He meets Parfen Rogozhin on a train on his way to St.Petersburg. Rogozhin tells Myshkin about his passionate love for Nastasia Filippovna who used to be a kept-woman of millionaire Totsky. When the count gets to Petersburg, he comes to the house of his distant relative Epanchina who is a wife of a general. Myshkin meets Epanchinas husband, their daughters, and generals secretary Ganya Ivolgin. Nastasia Filippovnas portrait that was accidentally spotted by the count on the generals table creates a big impression on Myshkin... This incarnation of The Idiot is arguably the first which portrays Dostoyevskys entire novel; earlier versions have focused on only the first part, or the main storyline. No effort was spared in reproducing period detail; several museums provided fabric and lace for the costumes.

Customer Reviews:

Greatest Novel to T.V. Movie Translation In my View.......2007-06-19

When I found out that they had made a TV movie out of my favorite Novel and my favorite writer I knew I had to buy and watch it no matter what. I'm glad I did. It is the cloesest translation from book to movie and the best. The Characters I saw in my imagination where almost exactly like the actual actors. The acting was great. I loved it.

The only thing I didn't like was how quickly the subtitles went by and that some subtitles didn't fit on the whole screen, but that was rare. This didn't stop me from enjoying this greatly.

"What a sweet and innocent idea of life you have.".......2007-03-05

This 550 minute, 4-disc set of Dostoevsky's "The Idiot" is a ten episode miniseries made by Russian-state television, and it's clearly a labour of love for those involved in the project. A commitment to watch this version of the great Russian novel, is nothing to take lightly, and it helps to come to the film with some knowledge of the book. That said, fans of the novel, the author, Russophiles, or those who just love excellently produced foreign television that remains true to the classic novels on which it is based, should be well-pleased by this production.

Set in 19th century Russia, the story concerns Prince Myshkin (Yevgeni Mironov). When the film begins he's just returned from a sanitarium in Switzerland, and he calls upon some relatives--General Yepanchin, his wife and 3 daughters. He's just inherited his father's estate, and he's now unleashed in St. Petersburg society. No one knows quite what to make of the Prince. Known to suffer "fits" he's sweet natured, innocent, and incapable of guile. This combination of characteristics can make him both an entertaining guest and a social liability. One of the most peculiar characteristics of the prince is that in spite of the fact he possesses a keen understanding of the depths of human nature, he remains almost childlike in his faith in human goodness. And this is the odd thing--most people who understand human nature also possess a deep cynicism--but not the Prince. Because of his innocence and inherently good nature, his peers deem him an idiot, and even he admits that his "frequent fits have almost made me an idiot." He seems to bring out both the best and the worst in people. As the Prince attempts to negotiate the complications of Russian society, the question becomes--will his goodness and innocence survive or will he be crushed or corrupted?

Prince Myshkin becomes embroiled in the affairs of Nastasya Filippovna (Lidiya Velezheva) the beautiful mistress of Totsky, a wealthy man. Totsky is about to marry and plans to discard his mistress in a genteel fashion by marrying her off to the General's ambitious secretary Ganya. Willful Nastasya however has other plans, and she casts her lot in with a dark, threatening character--Rogozhin (Vladimir Mashkov)--a man who loves her obsessively. While other men bargain for her favours, the Prince offers to marry Nastasya to 'save' her from Rogozhin. Eventually, the Prince also becomes romantically involved with Aglaya Yepanchina (Olga Budina) who soon finds that she has a rival in the notorious Nastasya.

"The Idiot" is perfectly cast--especially Myshkin's character, and the actor Yevgeni Mironov's simple gesture of seeking close eye contact during conversation conveys Myshkin's earnestness and utter goodness most effectively. The film captures the novel's mood and tone with brilliantly structured and paced scenes, and whenever Dostoevsky's troubled, and desperate characters gather in a social setting, a disaster soon occurs--scenes at Nastasya's party, scenes at Myshkin's home, scenes at Aglaya's home. It's all quite perfect. Directed by Vladimir Bortko, the film is in Russian with subtitles. And a note on the subtitles--they start off well translated, and slide downhill from there--running right off the edge of the screen, lagging behind the speeches, and full of errors. That's a disappointment for a production of this quality, but in spite of that, this DVD set was worth every penny--displacedhuman

Impact!.......2006-11-29

This is an excellent adaptation of the Idiot emphasizing more the comedy of manners than the tragedy. The tragic aspects of the story don't build well throughout the plotline and appear almost melodramatic. In spite of its better qualities, nothing of value can be said for the English subtitles, which are by far the worst I've ever seen.

First off the subtitles sometimes run their beginnings and ends off to the left and right sides of the letterbox image, so when dialog is rapid you get a whole set of sentence fragments. Then the countless spelling errors are so bad (the 'be' of to be spelled as 'bee') that you momentarily lose all sense of what's happening while you ponder some meaningless stray word. Sometimes the middle of a sentence will have an untranslated Cyrillic word stuck in the middle. But the crowning moment of bad translation has to be when General Ivolgin has a stroke. His son yells out, "Stroke!" He says this correctly in Russian and any translation of the book itself says the same thing. However these subtitle writers decide the son says, "Impact,!" as if he had been hit by a massive mortar shell. Awful!

I hope they spend a quite considerable longer time adding subtitles to Bortko's Master and Margerita.

Highly recommended!.......2005-06-20

Subtle screen adaptation, excellent casting; ingenious acting, for example, in the scene at Yepanchins' high-society party... Whether you like Dostoyevsky or not, if you are interested in him, this film is worth watching.

The best!!!.......2005-01-09

If you like Dostoevsky,you can not find the better movie based on his book IDIOT.Pefect acting,very close to the book,made in Russia and by Russians-as realistic as it is possible.Must to see.

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Stalin's Bride
Starring: Juli Básti , Nina Petri , György Cserhalmi , László Vajda (II) , and Pál Mácsai
Director: Péter Bacsó
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Fateless
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Viridiana - Criterion Collection

ASIN: B000ECX0H4
Release Date: 2006-03-28

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Stalinism is exposed as absurdity in Stalin's Bride, set in the 1930s Soviet Union, where poverty and dejection have weakened the nation ruled by Stalin's totalitarian regime. Hungarian filmmaker Péter Bascó (The Witness) tells the story of Paranya (played by Julí Básti), a Kaspar Hauser-like village idiot who emerges from a horse stable without the ability to express her thoughts. Though the townspeople initially treat her like an animal, they show concern after Paranya is imprisoned and tortured for naively claiming she is Stalin's fiancé. The utter stupidity of the soldiers and police who pointlessly interrogate the speechless Paranya becomes nearly humorous once they begin to suspect her of being a spy who aims to sabotage the government. Like a stack of cards, the police system collapses due to fear of espionage, showing tenuous relationships based on the false worship of a corrupt leader. Distorted close-ups of characters' faces, scenes of decadence, and a disgusting brown and gray color palette recall the Ken Russell film, The Devils, as does Stalin's Bride's plot, which shows a society rotten with suspicion and doubt. Paranya's death at the end of the film comes as a welcome surprise after the hardships she has endured. Stalin's Bride admonishes an unnecessarily complex world, leaving the viewer to question not only the motives of politicians in his/her own society, but also the motives of the people. —Trinie Dalton

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Acclaimed Hungarian filmmaker Peter Bacso (THE WITNESS) directs a searing satire about the Stalinist era. Poor, pitiful Parana wanders into a tiny village in the remote regions of the Soviet Union during the summer of 1937--the darkest days of Stalinism. The farming collective has little sympathy for the unattractive girl dressed in sackcloth, and they torment and ridicule her. Taking refuge under a poster of Stalin, the villagers dub her "Stalin's bride." Parana's appearance in the village stirs up fear and anger, leading to unexpected consequences. International stage and screen actress Juli Basti stars in this allegory of intimidation and repression film from director Bacso, renowned for his pointed tales about the dark days of communism.

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entertaining
A Somewhat Strange Film
Enter Bardot the comedian and Perkins speaking French!!

A Ravishing Idiot
Starring: Brigitte Bardot , Anthony Perkins , Grégoire Aslan , Jean-Marc Tennberg , and Hans Verner
Director: Edouard Molinaro
Manufacturer: Cinema Libre
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ASIN: B0001KNHHM
Release Date: 2004-04-20

Customer Reviews:

entertaining.......2007-04-08

Imagine yourself back in the cold war-period of half a century ago. Add to it your liking of the dry, tongue-in-cheek English humor, a little slapstick, and 'Une ravissante idiote' will entertain you well.

Its story is about a Soviet spy circle in London, trying to steal a file with valuable military information from a vault. A paper file, to be precise, as personal computers do not exist back in 1964. Anthony Perkins is the spy circle's main tool to obtain it, Brigitte Bardot acting as his more than willing helper ... sorry folks, don't get any ideas: there is no nudity involved in this movie.

All in all, 'Une ravissante idiote' gives us a well-built, consistent story, as well as fine acting from everybody involved. Both Perkins and Bardot do well in this light comedy.

A Somewhat Strange Film.......2003-12-09

This is one of the more peculiar films I've seen recently. I got it mainly because it was in French, and had both Perkins and Bardot in starring roles. Unfortunately the plot never seemed able to settle on being a mystery or a comedy. Where it was all one or all the other the story "worked", but when it oscillated from one to the other I had a feeling of schizophrenia.

Perkin's presence in the film was a complete surprise. I had expected that his lines would be dubbed but instead he delivered them in excellent French with only a slight accent. However I'm still not quite sure why he was chosen for the part since he was the only non-native speaker and there were surely a lot of other French actors of the period who could have pulled off the role just as easily.

Bardot was for me (warning, male genes at work) by far the best thing about the film. She had just the right comedic light touch as the apparently air-headed seamstress who turns out to be not at all what she seems. Like Halle Berry and Katherine Hepburn, she would be beautiful even if she were wrapped in burlap!

Two other aspects of the film / DVD were jarring. First, whenever there was an action scene, the film was apparently speeded up to about 1.5x normal, giving it a cartoonish look rather than any sense of intensity. Second, the subtitles were written carelessly, with oddball spellings and grammatical goofs: "ofcourse", "incase", "thankyou" and other such non-words abounded. There were even a number of places where the English text, while still in keeping with the plot line, had nothing to do with the French spoken by the actors! If you're reasonably fluent, just turn off the subtitles and écoutez en français.

Enter Bardot the comedian and Perkins speaking French!!.......2003-02-06

This rather bizarre spy spoof showed the talents of the famed sex kitten Bardot as a comedian....with that rather odd guffaw that she kept hissing in this film one can only be pleasantly irritated. The plot was really hillarious despite having a rather "in your face" type of humour. Bardot teams up with Anthony Perkins(who incidentally spoke perfect French with an authentic accent) to create an unforgettable brand of comedy.I thoroughly enjoyed this DVD...and would like to thank my friend John for getting me this as a Christmas present.Only one thing was disappointing....I would have preferred it in colour!

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Photon is the funniest Anime I've ever seen.
This is a Great Anime
Great anime if your looking for laughs
Good series, bad ending
Photon-sama!

Photon - The Idiot Adventures
Starring: Junko Takeuchi , Scott Cargle , Suzy Prue , Yumi Kuroda , and Tara Jayne
Director: Kouji Masunari
Manufacturer: Us Manga Corps Video
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Cutey Honey - Essential Anime Collection (Vols. 1 & 2)
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ASIN: B00004W61K
Release Date: 2000-11-07

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Photon is the funniest Anime I've ever seen........2003-08-04

A master piece, great characters,amazing backgrounds,an outstanding villan. The strangness captures you. Every night I pray to the anime gods that there will be more made. This is definatly one to own!

This is a Great Anime.......2003-02-09

This one of the best anime I have ever seen.
Not only will it make you laugh but the sweetness
will touch a special place in your heart. The last
two episodes were the most touching but I found all
the episodes uplifting with their sense of japanesee
style humor. I would recommand this to anyone with a
sense of humor.

Great anime if your looking for laughs.......2002-08-31

This is a very funny series. The scenes in the spa where you just hear the woman talking is great. It's a little over 3 hours long (6 episodes). Although there is one major plot, there are several small ones throughout the series including stories about a "holy object" (very funny once you realize what it is), rock star, food, and even marriage.

The DVD-Rom features are also nice. Not only do they have the full cast and credits, but several images from the series. They even include the dialog for the series if you want to redub it.

There are a couple minor downsides, though. First off, some of the technology is never fully explained. The animation itself tapers very slightly as it progresses. The big difference was the "doodle" (You'll learn a new word in japanese) that was on one characters forhead changed to just a couple of dots towards the end. The ending is a little rushed and very confusing; I had to watch the last two episodes a couple times to understand it.

One important note I feel I should mention. On the box it is labeled for 13 and up. I really think this is too low. There's nudity throughout the entire series and there are constant jokes about nudity and anatomy that really shouldn't be viewed by young children. It is also very graphic (think nosebleed only 10 times worse) Use your discretion.

This is one of those animes that you should get. No collection should be without this.

Good series, bad ending.......2002-01-28

Let me start off by saying the ending seemed rushed, and made little sense. The emperor suddenly showing up, and the strange battle, as they tossed the words a-ho and una-ho around so much it made no sense what tehy were talkign abuot after a while. But in teh end they get him. It seemed like that series should have been longer, so the fight could make better sense.

Photon-sama!.......2001-11-26

i saw this series in fansub format about 2 years ago... and loved it. as soon as i found out that Central Park Media was going to release it, on DVD at that, i had to get it! i have watched it about 5 times now and i still laugh at it. but when i brought my girlfriend over to watch movies she picked this particular one out of all the rest. she was a little... shocked at first (nudity i do believe) but then she was paying attention to what they was doing and saying to each other and she was laughing just as hard as i was. this is a really great comedy anime, with the usual touch on risque subjects.
oh yea, the villan of the series, Poppachan, is so inept... he is just laughable.

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Excellent Movie
Tenchi with diffrent characters and still diffrent.
delightfully silly

Photon: The Idiot Adventures
Starring: Junko Takeuchi , Scott Cargle , Suzy Prue , Yumi Kuroda , and Tara Jayne
Director: Kouji Masunari
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ASIN: B0000YWKN6
Release Date: 2000-11-07

Description

Photon, a young man with superhuman strength, is accidentally engaged to a renegade space pilot! Now on the run from the evil emperor of the galaxy and his bumbling henchmen, Photon and his new bride encounter one hilarious situation after another.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Movie.......2005-04-05

One of the most entertaining Animes out. It's story line is interesting and captivating from beginning to end. A must have for any older teen (Keep away from the Kids, this anime isn't for them)

Tenchi with diffrent characters and still diffrent........2004-09-20

This anime is a very good one. The characters look like characters from Tenchi Muyo and that adds to the story. Its a bit more adult than tenchi muyo as there is nudity in the beginning. The innocence of the Photon makes the story interesting. At times you can tell that he has no idea what is really going on and then there are times, like when photon is fighting, that he seems to be so in control of things. The action that i have seen isnt corney and the comedy is very good. I have seen and own the english version and the dubbing is very good.

delightfully silly.......2004-03-28

This series is supposedly set in the same universe as the original Tenchi Muyo OAV, so expect similar art style, similar technology, and similar attitude -- but with the slapstick humor and fanservice nudity raised significantly. The main character has the innocence of the brain-dead, and yet is somehow in control of the odd directions the plot skitters to. The result is truly strange and truly hilarious. The animation and art quality are consistently high, but I have not seen the US release of this series and can't comment on the production quality of the English version.

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