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DVD Description
Contains:
- A Chump At Oxford (black & white)
- A Chump At Oxford (colourised)
- From Soup to Nuts
- Another Fine Mess (black & white)
- Another Fine Mess (colourised)
- A Chump At Oxford (colourised)
Special Features
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Fullscreen
- Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo/Dolby Digital Mono
- Black & White/Colourised
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired
- Total Running Time: 3 hours and 15 minutes approx.
- Region Code: 2, 4
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42 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Its unbelievable to see that Stan and Ollie are languishing so low in theDVD sales chart, because their relentlessly optimistic escapades are someof the best, simplest comedy ever written.
The shorts on this disc are all excellent, but why? Really, I think thatthe answer lies in the chemistry between the two. As you grow to knowthese two characters, in whatever guise they may inhabit, you are certainto find yourself chuckling at even the smallest exchanges between the two.Where Hardy often seems the more dominant one, it is Stan Laurel, with hiswonderfully quizzical facial expressions and remarks that stays in thememory for longest.
Of course, the writing is superlative to anything being churned out evennow, many years later. Comedy has changed and evolved, often graciously(see The Office or Phoenix Nights as two of the most recent examples), butthis DVD should be treasured as it is an eternal blueprint of two of theclassic comic geniuses who deserve to live forever.
The shorts on this disc are all excellent, but why? Really, I think thatthe answer lies in the chemistry between the two. As you grow to knowthese two characters, in whatever guise they may inhabit, you are certainto find yourself chuckling at even the smallest exchanges between the two.Where Hardy often seems the more dominant one, it is Stan Laurel, with hiswonderfully quizzical facial expressions and remarks that stays in thememory for longest.
Of course, the writing is superlative to anything being churned out evennow, many years later. Comedy has changed and evolved, often graciously(see The Office or Phoenix Nights as two of the most recent examples), butthis DVD should be treasured as it is an eternal blueprint of two of theclassic comic geniuses who deserve to live forever.
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Excellent film and shorts. However the films contained on Volume One have not been restored and are little better than previously released L&H. The silent film "From soup to Nuts" is in extremly poor condition and hardly viewable.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A CHUMP AT OXFORD (4 stars) sees Stan & Ollie foil a bank robbery and get an Oxford Uni education as a reward and includes classic moments of getting lost in a maze, eating an egg, operating a soda water syphon, the old slipping on a banana skin trick and a disgruntled Ollie looking down the camera, it's an hour long, never outstays its welcome and includes a young Peter Cushing as one of the students and there's not a vampire in sight.
FROM SOUP TO NUTS (3 stars) is a silent film with parlour music played over the action of Stan & Ollie as two useless waiters, the footage is pretty grainy but in the same way that you can't make a pristine recording out of an old Woody Guthrie record, you can only do so much with a film made in 1928.
ANOTHER FINE MESS (4 stars) starts with Stan & Ollie on the run from the law and has them accidentally squatting and renting out a posh house they were passing, it's another cracker and has the unique sight of a wildebeast on a tandem!
Two of the films also appear in computer colour versions and I'm sure someone spent a long time sweating over them but they needn't have bothered because they are ultimately pointless, they look ridiculous and you wouldn't add a dash of colour to Picasso's 'Guernica' would you?
One last point is that it'd be cheaper in the long run to buy the 'Collection' boxset if you're thinking of buying more than 5 or 6 Stan & Ollie DVDs but if you're only buying a handful, I'd recommend this above most.
FROM SOUP TO NUTS (3 stars) is a silent film with parlour music played over the action of Stan & Ollie as two useless waiters, the footage is pretty grainy but in the same way that you can't make a pristine recording out of an old Woody Guthrie record, you can only do so much with a film made in 1928.
ANOTHER FINE MESS (4 stars) starts with Stan & Ollie on the run from the law and has them accidentally squatting and renting out a posh house they were passing, it's another cracker and has the unique sight of a wildebeast on a tandem!
Two of the films also appear in computer colour versions and I'm sure someone spent a long time sweating over them but they needn't have bothered because they are ultimately pointless, they look ridiculous and you wouldn't add a dash of colour to Picasso's 'Guernica' would you?
One last point is that it'd be cheaper in the long run to buy the 'Collection' boxset if you're thinking of buying more than 5 or 6 Stan & Ollie DVDs but if you're only buying a handful, I'd recommend this above most.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A Right Pair of Chumps....
How could I have reached the ripe age of 46 and not ever seen the delightful A Chump at Oxford? My favourite part is where they're lost in a maze, with bits such as where Stan is... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Tim Kidner
Brilliant!
A Chump at Oxford is one of my favourites. On this disc are also From Soup to Nuts and Another Fine Mess. From Soup to Nuts is a silent, but it is good. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Someone
Another Triump for the Chumps!
I had never seen A Chump at Oxford before but once I did I could not stop laughing from start to finish, especially the dinner scene with Stan in the beginning and also the maze! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Hayley Blondiee Shannon
CHUMP AT OXFORD- DVD
we received this item quickly. A very good film. love Laurel & hardy. We also like the service from AMAZON. Thank you
Published 9 months ago by dutchman
That's another fine mess the reviewers got us in....
I will presume that since you have clicked on Vol. 1 of Laurel and Hardy, you are unsure as to whether to click on "Buy". Let me put your fears to rest. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Spin
Everybody happy
Bought for Grandma.
Now the kids and Grandma are tied up, for the foseeable future, watching the Laurel and Hardy collection.
Now the kids and Grandma are tied up, for the foseeable future, watching the Laurel and Hardy collection.
Published on 3 April 2010 by M. Hannon
classic comedy
This is one of L & H's best films. The ghost scene in the maze is pure gold !!!
Published on 15 Jun 2009 by H. Byrne
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