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A Fish Called Wanda: Special Edition
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- Released
- 10/02/2003
- DVD Region
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2 (UK, Western Europe, Japan)
Also plays on multi-region DVD players
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- Comedy, General
Description
In A FISH CALLED WANDA, veteran director Charles Crichton and scriptwriter-star John Cleese create a dazzling quilt from various strands of English and American comedy. The plot, in which four disparate characters attempt a daring heist, comes from Ealing caper comedies, such as Crichton's own THE LAVENDER HILL MOB. Cleese and Michael Palin, as the hit man with a stutter and a love of animals, come from the anarchic tradition of Monty Python. The movie pays savage tribute to another Ealing comedy, THE LADYKILLERS, as Palin attempts to kill a witness to the gang's getaway. The glamorous con woman (Jamie Lee Curtis) is from Preston Sturges's great comedy THE LADY EVE, while Kevin Kline provides his own unique feverish comic intensity. But, in the midst of this breathless comedy, something else happens. The barrister, Archie Leach (Cleese), who is defending one of the gang, is jolted out of his tight-laced British existence by Curtis's life force. And Curtis--like Barbara Stanwyck in THE LADY EVE--falls into her own trap: falling in love with the man she's conning. The 78-year-old Crichton never before had such rich material. He times everything in this brilliant comedy with the precision of a Swiss watch.
Plot Synopsis
A strangely assorted group of jewel thieves pull off a heist in London's Hatton Garden. But only George, the brains of the operation, knows where the gems are hidden. Unfortunately, he's been sent to prison and needs the help of his defence counsel and so do other double-crossing members of the gang...
Product Details
- Actors
- John Cleese
- Michael Palin
- Kevin Kline
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Director
- Charles Crichton
- Audio Format
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
- English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital
- Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 English German
- Award
- OSCAR - Best Actor In A Supporting Role 1989
- OSCAR - Best Actor In A Supporting Role 1989;Kevin Kline
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- English
- German
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Run Time (minutes)
- 103
- Number of Discs
- 2
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.85:1
- 16:9 Wide Screen
- Film Format
- Anamorphic
- Disc Features
- Featurette
- Interactive Menus
- Making Of
- Scene Selection
- Theatrical Trailer
- Alternate Ending
- more »
- Film Rating (Australia)
- MA15+
- Year of release
- 1988
- Film Rating (UK)
- 15
- Subtitle Language
- Croatian
- Danish
- English
- Finnish
- German
- Greek
- Hungarian
- Norwegian
- Swedish
- Turkish
- Language
- English
- Colour System
- PAL
- Cast & Crew
- Michael Shamberg (Producer)
- John Cleese (Screenwriter)
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