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Wonderfully funny film!!

posted 20 years ago by emma_crawfordgreene
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I think this film is just funny as all get out and totally intact (which is rare for a movie musical) and it EVEN has Zero Mostel (the Original Star) as the head character! The rest of the cast, including a very young Michael Crawford, are just phenomenal!! And God Bless Buster Keaton for being in this! He never failed to crack me up!!

I rate this 10 stars!!!

~*Tragedy tommorrow, but COMEDY!! TONIGHT!!!!*~

[–] insane_larry 19 years ago

I was plopped down in front of an old RCA CED VideoDisc player in the early 80s and forced to watch this movie and have to say it is still one of my favorite movies. Nostalgia? Sentimentality? No... it's a great, rollicking, silly, and fun movie.

As a life long hater of musicals (not that my father didn't try to get me to like them), I have to say that this is also one of the only musicals I have ever genuinely liked. Sure, you can bag on the quality of the music all you want, but it's a comedy. No one is taking it seriously, so why should you?

And Emma's right about the cast... Zero Mostel is a genius and this is my favorite role of his, right up there with "the Producers" (and isn't it odd that Nathan Lane was in stage versions of both?) Add in Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers, and a few brief appearances by Buster Keaton and you've got a great show. If you haven't seen this movie, you realllly need to.

[–] chefjudy 18 years ago

the end of the movie will have you in stitches!...............
"...it could be like this, just like this, always..." Jack Twist

[–] spindle_web 18 years ago

Every bit of it is so funny! It was brilliantly cast, god I love this movie!

[–] justinrzv 18 years ago

yes, this film is straight hilarious! very underrated, by far the funniest film from the 60's that I've seen

[–] Zymm 18 years ago

I still belly laugh watching this film!

... I admire a person that's willing to do whatever is necessary.

[–] AmyESkywalker 16 years ago

Emma,

How much screen time does Michael get??

Thanks,

Amy ;-)

[–] MedioSiglo 16 years ago

I love this film. The actors are perfect in their roles and it never gets stale.

Why ain't you at the garden party you heathen?

[–] bess654 16 years ago

I've always loved this film.It was one of the first I ever bought on VHS back in the day.It costs a small fortune but it was worth every penny!

[–] zboycoolcat 15 years ago

Watching STEAMBOAT BILL JR. and the seeing this blew my mind. One of my favorite silent film actors in a musical!

[–] MrPie7 14 years ago

~*Tragedy tommorrow, but COMEDY!! TONIGHT!!!!*~

Except for THIS: "Mother and Father get one another, something for everyone." Senex: "a TRAGEDY tonight!"

[–] polsixe 8 years ago

I don't know, I would say Mostel and Silvers do too much mugging and hamming it up. And four old bald guys singing and dancing with babes in the background. Dated, very dated.

[–] phillindholm 8 years ago

Michael Hordern (as Senex) and Patricia Jessel (as Domina, his wife) are my favorites. They are hilarious.