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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Austin Pendleton
Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300268173
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6300268179
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1993-12-06
Running Time: 94
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1972-03-10
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Summary: Great movie, but why the cut???
Comment: I've been scratching me head over this: In the final scene of the movie where Ryan O'Neal and Barbra Streisand are on the plane, a noticeable cut has been made in this DVD version.
In the scene, O'Neal apologizes to Streisand to which Streisand replies: "Let me tell ya, love is never having to say you're sorry" (a funny play from O'Neal's film "Love Story") then bats her eyes at O'Neal. In the original cut of the film, the camera then cuts to O'Neal who has a hilarious, stupified look on his face. The camera goes back to Streisand, who has even more hilarious slightly "special" look on her face, then back to O'Neal who replies, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard."
In this version, the back and forth cuts between O'Neal and Streisand have been cut. It goes from Streisand line/eye batting to O'Neal saying "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." The cut makes the exchange not as funny, which is why I'm dumbfounded by the decision.
I thought maybe I was losing my mind and remembered the original film differently, but in the commentary by Streisand (which, by the way, was a complete and utter waste with no insight or entertainment value. Talk about phoning it in) the scene is replayed...IN IT'S ORIGINAL UNCUT FORM. In Bogdanovich's commentary, the same scene is shown in the cut version with no explaination for the change. It's too bad, it's one of the funniest exchanges in the film.
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Summary: Movies
Comment: This is a great movie! Anyone who doesn't have it shold buy it. It is hillarious.
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Summary: Not charmed
Comment: There is clearly a market for this type of screwball comedy it just doesn't do anything for me. Nothing is supposed to be believable and I frankly thought that O'Neal was horrible. I do like that they address that ridicuous line from Love Story though. I'm usually a Barbra Streisand fan, but I feel this was totally beneath her. I'm sure this type of comedy appeals to other and really you're just going to have a take a chance and see if this tickles your fancy. I still love Barbra.
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Summary: Madcap Fun
Comment: Great older movie. Madelaine Kahn is fabulous. Constant funny situations and chase scenes.
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Summary: Wonderful fun!
Comment: This movie is fantastic and if you are soured on all the unnecessary violence and sex in many Hollywood films, this older movie will cheer you up. It is delightfully silly and full of wonderful lines.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show) tipped his hat to the classic screwball comedies of the 1930s, and especially the most glorious of them all, Howard Hawks' Bringing Up Baby. Barbra Streisand plays a charming flake who distracts a self-absorbed musicologist (Ryan O'Neal). He's engaged to be married, but soon Streisand's character has him chasing after stolen jewelry and getting into one madcap fix after another. Bogdanovich, who is also a film critic, understands the engine of the screwball genre, and his loving revival of the form brings a smile, though it is not quite consistently inspired or funny. There are plenty of great moments, however, including a slap at O'Neal's own star-making vehicle, Love Story. --Tom Keogh
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