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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a wonderful, clever and very funny sixties film. Lots of splendid cameo roles by people like Spike Milligan and Raquel Welsh. It's basically about the lengths people will go to for money. Peter Sellers plays Sir Guy Grand, a millionaire who likes playing tricks on the vain, greedy and pompous souls of the world. He needs to find an honest 'son' to inherit his wealth, and in steps Ringo, a down and out beggar, with a good heart. There is a fab soundtrack by Badfinger, and lots of lovely location shots around London in 1969. If you like Raquel Welsh, this is a must - she plays a dominatrix on a slave galley ship!! Ringo is great - he was a natural actor. IT must have been good for him to escape from the Let It Be sessions to come and film this!!!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I saw this movie years ago and had never forgotten it ... The current economic chaos reminded me to check it out again and a quick check on trusty Amazon showed it was now available in DVD for a bargain price - so good in fact that I ordered another copy to be sent to a friend in Texas (no problems with 'Region' incompatibility for us - we use Linux ;) ... Features a stellar cast and is based on the novel by the great Terry Southern of Dr Strangelove fame. If you haven't seen it then you are missing a treat ... It stands the test of time remarkably well and now resides in my collection Top 10.
Go on order it now - You know you want to, eh?!;)
Go on order it now - You know you want to, eh?!;)
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Disregard the bad reviews. Sellers is excellent here, one of his best. Ringo is natural and charmingly irresistible. John Cleese is also on board for a short segment and in top form. Plus you have Roman Polanski, Yul Brenner, a great Badfinger soundtrack and a bizarre story with multi-layered social comment. Actually this film is quite psychedelic and if you are a fan of Python, Perrin, Fawlty, Sellers, Beatles etc, this film is essential..And one of the best endings of all time...
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not as corny as I thought it would be...
Picked this one up on a whim-- sometimes I can't resist checking out dated flix from the '60s and '70s. Read more
Published 12 days ago by K. Doyle
CHRISTIANS SHOULD DIE !!!
GO AWAY ! GO AWAY ! GO AWAY !Stop Pretending: What happened when my big sister went crazyAll the Love All the Hate Pt.1 - All The LoveThe Angels
GO AWAY ! GO AWAY !
GO AWAY ! GO AWAY !
Published 19 days ago by James Wyatt
hidden gem
This is a great piece of kitch! In the same vain as Casino Royale and Whats New PussyCat, an all star cast and chaos. Somehow it worked for me. Read more
Published 2 months ago by D Jones
Money Corrupts
Starring Ringo Star and Peter Sellers, this is a comedy about the corrupting influence of Money, Peter Sellers plays a ridiculously wealthy man who adopts Ringo Starr as his Son... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Simon W
Like Monty Python but without the humour
This film came up in conversation with my wife a few weeks back, as we reminisced about how much we had enjoyed it in our anarcho-delinquent younger days. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2010 by John Ferngrove
The Magic Christian
Peter Sellers stars in this psychadelic menagerie. A host of stars appear as Sellers embarks on a trip of self-discovery. Ringo Starr appears as Sellers' 'adopted' heir. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2009 by Montgomery Michaels
A massive self indulgence
This chaotic comedy-satire is fairly typical of the type and quality of movie that man who couldn't say 'no', Peter Sellers had been making for at least five years by now. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2009 by Lou Knee
Is this Wide Screen (Letterbox) or "Pan & Scan?"
Please, someone who has this PAL version DVD, tell me what the Aspect Ratio is? Or just, is it Wide Screen or not? Read more
Published on 15 April 2008 by B. Wright
Surprisingly good
Nice to see a R2 release. A fascinating sixties romp, with a quality soundtrack, irreverant storyline and plenty of Swinging London atmosphere. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2008 by sasquatch-in-essex
A warning from the 60s
This film was made in the 1960s and was then a brilliant and witty warning about what greed and consumerism does to people. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2008 by Julia Z
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