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Chekhov Comedy Shorts is a four-part series of Chekhov comedies and farces in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Russian writer and dramatist.
Steve Coogan plays Ivan Ivanovich Nyukhin in the one-act play On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco, while other performances see MacKenzie Crook appearing alongside Johnny Vegas in A Reluctant Tragic Hero, and Mathew Horne taking the lead in The Proposal.
Steve Coogan plays Ivan Ivanovich Nyukhin in the one-act play On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco, while other performances see MacKenzie Crook appearing alongside Johnny Vegas in A Reluctant Tragic Hero, and Mathew Horne taking the lead in The Proposal.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: This collection brings together a trio of comedy shorts featuring some of Britain's brightest comic talent such as Steve Coogan, MacKenzie Crook and the LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN'S Reece Shearsmith. A Reluctant Tragic Hero Tolkachov a frustrated and exasperated family man, exhausted from running constant and countless errands for friends and family, visits his good friend Murashkin to let off steam, and hopefully garner some much needed sympathy. But the result of his rant only serves to see him leaving with more problems than he actually arrived with. The Bear Smirnoff, a rude and boorish landowner, calls on the recently widowed Popova to collect on an IOU owed to him by her late husband. When the grieving widow is unable to pay him, Smirnoff simply refuses to leave - and the passionate, fiery altercation they embark on leads them to agree on fighting a duel to the death with a pair of pistols. The Proposal Lomov a nervous hypochondriac, visits his neighbour Natasha to ask for her hand in marriage. But his romantic endeavours are scuppered when the couple, and also her father, find themselves in a circle of petty arguments and disagreements...and an unstoppable bout of one-upmanship. The Dangers of Tobacco Nyukhin is a brow-beaten husband of a domineering wife. He delivers, at her command, a lecture on the harmful effects of smoking tobacco. But as Nyukhin struggles to stick to the intended subject matter of his speech, we learn of his regrets, yearnings... and of his miserable life 'under the thumb'. ...Chekhov Comedy Shorts ( A Reluctant Tragic Hero / The Bear / The Proposal / The Dangers of Tobacco )
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious!!,
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This review is from: Chekhov: Comedy Shorts [DVD] (DVD)
I'm a big Chekhov fan, so I had to have this. Mackenzie Crook marvelous with Johnny Vegas in 'A Reluctant Tragic Hero.' Crook's facial expressions were nothing short of PERFECT. He had only a small fraction of the lines, but his perfectly timed reactions really made him the focus, for me, at least!! Definitely worth the buy.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I don't even care that it's the wrong region for my DVD player,
This review is from: Chekhov: Comedy Shorts [DVD] (DVD)
The only thing wrong with this is that there's not more of it. I loved every episode, the comics are some of Britain's best, and all in all this is a terrific buy. Highlight was definitely 'The Bear' with Julian Barratt, Julia Davis and Reece Shearsmith. AMAZING, and very funny.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
next best thing,
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This review is from: Chekhov: Comedy Shorts [DVD] (DVD)
Sometimes well known performers can detract from a piece, here you were kept attentive listening to every word. On stage Chekhov's Shorts were a great nights entertainment not quite repeated on the box but a very acceptable performance of very entertaining short plays. If you can't get to the theatre then this is certainly next best thing.
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