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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Features the television series and film WHOOPS APOCALYPSE.WHOOPS APOCALYPSE TV SERIES - Imagine MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS crossed with DR. STRANGELOVE, and you'll have a pretty good idea of what went on in the uproarious black British sitcom WHOOPS! APOCALYPSE. Three of the world's superpowers collide head-on in their efforts to replace the recently deposed Shah of Iran: U.S. President (and former silent movie star) Johnny Cyclops (Barry Morse), half-loony British Prime Minister Kevin Pork (Peter Jones), and senile Soviet premier Dubienkin (Richard Griffiths). The fly in the ointment is flamboyant international terrorist Lacrobat (John Cleese), who is determined to get his mitts on the all-powerful Quark bomb. WHOOPS APOCALYPSE - THE FILM - Tipping the scales on the Monty Python-esque side of broad comedy, this outrageous and classically British farce is a series of episodes involving the U.S., a small Caribbean nation, the British government, and the military. The American president is a former clown who dies after asking someone to punch him in the stomach to prove how strong he is. The vice-president (Loretta Swit) takes over and heads for trouble right away. A British island has been invaded by a Caribbean dictatorship and the gay British admiral sent to command naval operations takes a warm-hearted, 1940s-style leave of his 'spouse'. A Princess working as a nurse overdoes it when asked to shave a sailor for an operation. The British Prime Minister decides that if the unemployment situation could be easily solves if the employed would only jump off a cliff. And so it goes on and on, with some of the skits delving into more violent and sacrilegious themes. ...Whoops Apocalypse - Complete Apocalypse - 2-DVD Set
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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i'm just about able to remember this from when it was on TV. This is sheer undiluted comic genius and goodness knows why it never made it on to video - let alone DVD. Hallelujah!
So it starts here. A criminally stupid (ok lobotomised) American President led by advisers who think they have a direct line to God make bungled attempts at intervening in Middle Eastern politics. They are aided by a stupid and compliant British Government who want to stay in with their friends across the water. Meanwhile a shadowy international terrorist lurks in the background.... help! help! it's all coming true!
there should be a button here saying 'buy now, do not pass GO!'
comedy genius performed by genius comedians.
So it starts here. A criminally stupid (ok lobotomised) American President led by advisers who think they have a direct line to God make bungled attempts at intervening in Middle Eastern politics. They are aided by a stupid and compliant British Government who want to stay in with their friends across the water. Meanwhile a shadowy international terrorist lurks in the background.... help! help! it's all coming true!
there should be a button here saying 'buy now, do not pass GO!'
comedy genius performed by genius comedians.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Thank God that after all these years a new generation of people will have the oppurtunity to feast their eyes on this work of genius by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick with a cast worth dying for. An American President (an old-time film Tarzan) with a Bible-carrying political advisor, a newly-elected British Government who (and I won't spoil it for you by saying how) join the Warsaw Pact, John Cleese as a terrorist who sends people a Demo Tape of his previous achievements with testimonies given by people who look remarkably like J.C. himself, topless newsreaders and loads more besides. A mere review doesn't do this wonderful series justice and I am so looking forward to getting my copy that I am now counting the days.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Series first: The first thing to notice is that Whoops Apocalypse marks the some of the earliest major TV appearances of Alexei Sayle and Rik Mayall. Mayall had appeared in A Kick up The Eighties the year before, but the first airing of The Young Ones was still eight months away. The second thing is the quality of the talent on offer: Peter Jones, Barry Morse, John 'CJ' Barron, Geoffrey Palmer, John Cleese and Richard Griffiths. The Cold War setup is very much of its time, coming as it did just a year before Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives enjoyed a second election victory. The Falklands conflict began halfway through he series run (on April 2), adding a little spice to the tone. Barry Morse is quite wonderful as the Reaganesque Johnny Cyclops, ex movie star and now hapless US president. For much of the proceedings he looks utterly lost and out of his depth, lurching from one disaster to another, led by the nefarious but ultimately useless Deacon (Barron, who quite purposely loads his character with CJ-isms). The deadly Quark Bomb is stolen by International terrorist, L'acrobat (Cleese). Meanwhile, the exiled Shah of Iran is stuck on a cross-channel ferry in the English Channel during a strike and the UK, led by incoming Kevin Pork (Peter Jones), who is soon to reveal his true identity, is about to join the Warsaw Pact.
Andrew Marshall and David Renwick pitch the script deliberately into the realms of farce, complete with soap opera style titles and all the cues that lend it a low-budget, trashy milieu. The cast are allowed, indeed encouraged, to play over the top to emphasise the utter ludicrousness of the situation and most grab the opportunity with both hands. Cleese in particular chews scenery for England. The only truly downbeat moment comes right as the end, as Cyclops leaves the White House for the last time, and reminded me a little of the tone of the ending of Blackadder Goes Forth, which was to come seven years after.
But, in the end that pitch at farce what makes this show so much fun, though the targets are very much of their time. I'm not sure anyone under thirty would get many of the gags.
The movie: obviously, four years after the series, the production values for the movie are so much higher but there's little change in the quality of the cast. Loretta Swit takes on the role of the new US president, while Peter Cook is positively unhinged as British PM Mortimer Crisp. As with the series the swipes are very broad, at a time when so much of what was going on in international politics was stretching satire to (and even beyond) its limit. The movie is a decent reimagining but, for me, it lacks the chutzpah of the original and doesn't quite have the same manic spark.
Andrew Marshall and David Renwick pitch the script deliberately into the realms of farce, complete with soap opera style titles and all the cues that lend it a low-budget, trashy milieu. The cast are allowed, indeed encouraged, to play over the top to emphasise the utter ludicrousness of the situation and most grab the opportunity with both hands. Cleese in particular chews scenery for England. The only truly downbeat moment comes right as the end, as Cyclops leaves the White House for the last time, and reminded me a little of the tone of the ending of Blackadder Goes Forth, which was to come seven years after.
But, in the end that pitch at farce what makes this show so much fun, though the targets are very much of their time. I'm not sure anyone under thirty would get many of the gags.
The movie: obviously, four years after the series, the production values for the movie are so much higher but there's little change in the quality of the cast. Loretta Swit takes on the role of the new US president, while Peter Cook is positively unhinged as British PM Mortimer Crisp. As with the series the swipes are very broad, at a time when so much of what was going on in international politics was stretching satire to (and even beyond) its limit. The movie is a decent reimagining but, for me, it lacks the chutzpah of the original and doesn't quite have the same manic spark.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Whoops Apocalypse
This was such a welcome surprise - the subject matter is STILL topical, it is hilariously funny and can be applied to any political system you care to look at. Read more
Published 1 month ago by E. I. Yatteau
WHY NOT
RELEASE THE FIRST VIDEO VERSION,THIS DVD IS AN ABSOLUTE MISH MASH DEAR COMPILER YOU ARE STUPID THE ADVERTS TEND TO BREAK UP THE FLOW OF THIS CLASSIC,SHAME ON YOU.
Published 7 months ago by A. Hussain
Still good but bits missing...I think!
Just watched 'Whoops Apocalypse' - The Complete Apocalypse.
The series is definitely as funny as I remember it but unfortunately the film, to me, doesn't cut the... Read more
The series is definitely as funny as I remember it but unfortunately the film, to me, doesn't cut the... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. Richard W. Cook
WHOOPS REVISITED
FANTASTIC, QUICK FIRE AND A SALIENT LESSON FROM A QUITE DARK PERIOD IN OUR HISTORY; I FORGOT QUITE HOW IT DIDN'T PULL ITS PUNCHES AND WAS POLITICALLY INCORRECT WITHOUT BEING... Read more
Published 19 months ago by PAUL BRINE
Crazy comedy mayhem
Another great package from Network, the complete TV show full screen as you would expect & the movie in wide screen. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Andy B
Whoops Apocalypse - The Complete Apocalypse
This is a 2 DVD set containing the six part original TV series on one disc and the later feature film on the other. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. M. S. Vickers
Disappointed, not as we remembered it!
We loved the series when it came on TV many years ago in 1982 and were thrilled to bits when it became available on DVD but after watching the first 3 episodes we gave up on... Read more
Published 23 months ago by B. Spiller
It's about time the Apocalypse got here . . .
Having seen the movie, I've been waiting (seems like forever) for the TV series to be released on DVD. It's been worth the wait. Read more
Published on 18 May 2010 by Frank Holman
At Last
I have been waiting with baited breath for ages for this DVD.
The TV show was remarkable then and it is remarkable now, because so many of the 'characters' are still... Read more
The TV show was remarkable then and it is remarkable now, because so many of the 'characters' are still... Read more
Published on 3 May 2010 by M. Nuttall
Brilliant and spookily relevant to the present!
I was concerned that the Whoops Apocalypse television series would not be as funny as I remembered it. Thankfully, it is and it is also spookily relevant to the present. Read more
Published on 2 April 2010 by gwenllian
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