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Any four episodes of The Simpsons chosen at random would make perfectly acceptable entertainment, but The Simpsons’ Film Festival is a particularly happy selection. One of the show’s many delights has always been its unending stream of movie parodies, and here we have four episodes devoted to just that. In "Beyond Blunderdome", Mel Gibson (playing himself) sends up his tough-guy persona when he hires Homer to produce his latest movie. Then in "A Star is Burns" Springfield hosts its own film festival (with acerbic guest critic Jay Sherman in attendance). The competition boils down to Barney’s haunting cinema verité short about the horrors of alcohol or Mr Burns’ grandiose vanity project (though Homer prefers Hans Moleman being hit by a football). "22 Short Films About Springfield" is a series of parodies within a parody featuring Springfield’s secondary characters, including Milhouse’s dad and Chief Wiggum in a glorious Pulp Fiction sequence. Finally, the show’s own internal parody cartoon duo hit the big screen in "The Itchy and Scratchy Movie", while Bart and Homer lock horns about going to see it. They sell Soylent Green in the future cinema foyer; and Homer loves it, of course.
On the DVD: just four episodes is hardly stunning value for money, but it’s perhaps quality not quantity that counts here. Annoyingly there is no "Play All" facility, a serious let down in all the Simpsons DVD releases (Futurama had the same problem, too). The only extra feature of any note is a three-minute montage of Troy McClure’s finest moments. Sound is unexceptional Dolby Stereo and the picture is standard 4:3 ratio. --Mark Walker
Video Description
DVD Special Features:
Troy McClure featurette
Languages: English
Subtitles: French, German, Spanish, Italian English for the hard of hearing, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Original Aspect Ratio: 4:3 P/S
Sound Quality: 2.0 Stereo
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is not the best Simpsons dvd ever but the dvd still is great.
I rate this DVD 5 out of 10 I was actually disapointed in this DVD
This DVD was made from 1990 and does not include episodes from seasons 22,21,20,19,18 and more
I rate this DVD 5 out of 10 I was actually disapointed in this DVD
This DVD was made from 1990 and does not include episodes from seasons 22,21,20,19,18 and more
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This video is unbelievably funny with a brilliant mix of episodes.
In 'Beyond Blunderdome' Mel Gibson stars as himself and asks Homer to co-produce his film after Homer gives it a bad review. The problem is, I don't think 'Mr Smith goes to Washington' should be a bloody action picture... 10/10
In 'Itchy and Scatchy: the Movie' Homer forbids Bart to see the new Itchy and Scratchy film after Bart fails to watch Maggie. 9/10
In '22 Short Films about Springfield' the episode is made up of bits of other episodes put together with clever links to each other. 10/10
In 'A Star is Burns' Springfield hosts a film festival with the help of critic Jay Sherman (Jon Lovitz). Homer is on the board of judges, and he has to decide who wins between Barney Gumble's film and Mr Burns's. 9/10
22 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This video deserves its five stars as there are four classic episodes.
Beyond blunerdome is when homer is overheard by mel gibson shouting about how bad his film is, so gibson recruits homer as a film consultant. Only for homer to make the film into a violent action movie.
Itchy and scratch: the movie, my favourite of the four sees homer punish bart serioulsy for putting maggies life in danger.
22 short films about springfield shows us what really goes on in the town of the simpsons
A star is burns has a fummy bit with 'the eternal struggle', where homer battles with his belt buckle.
These four great episodes make this the best video so far.
Beyond blunerdome is when homer is overheard by mel gibson shouting about how bad his film is, so gibson recruits homer as a film consultant. Only for homer to make the film into a violent action movie.
Itchy and scratch: the movie, my favourite of the four sees homer punish bart serioulsy for putting maggies life in danger.
22 short films about springfield shows us what really goes on in the town of the simpsons
A star is burns has a fummy bit with 'the eternal struggle', where homer battles with his belt buckle.
These four great episodes make this the best video so far.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
AMAZING
WOW!this is a great dvd,has 4 fantastic episodes and a Troy Mclour finest moments featurette.
these are the episodes:
these are the episodes:
"Beyond Blunderdome"(season 11)original airdate:... Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2003 by "matthewharris538"
Filmtastic
Four Simpsons episodes and a short feature on Troy Mclure (which is a bit of a waste of time). The four episodes are all pretty funny, but the best is A Star is Burns, where the... Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2003 by J. Mcgregor
This is a excellent DVD.
This is an excellent DVD that is the fist of its kind for the Simpsons. It is well worth buying if you are a Simpsons fan and the quality is excellent. Read more
Published on 8 May 2002 by Mr Mark Ward
One 4 episodes, but you'll watch them again and again!
This is the second Simpsons DVD to be released in the UK and after being impressed with the Season 1 DVD boxset I decided to get this as well and I wasn't disappointed. Read more
Published on 2 April 2002 by Aviation bookworm
Simply the greatest!
The Simpsons is quite possible the smartest, funniest, and best tv show ever made. that is backed up by these brilliant episodes. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2002 by sd134@hotmail.com
Film-Tastic
This is the first Compliation DVD from The Simpsons and its a very good way to start. The price and the episode's are both great. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2002
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