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Spanish Fly [DVD] [1975]

DVD ~ Leslie Phillips
2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Leslie Phillips, Terry-Thomas, Graham Armitage, Nadiuska, Frank Thornton
  • Directors: Bob Kellett
  • Writers: Kent Walwin, Franz Arnold, José Luis Martínez Mollá, Peter James, Robert Ryerson
  • Producers: Gerald Flint-Shipman, Kent Walwin
  • Format: Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Momentum Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: 24 Sep 2001
  • Run Time: 82 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005OR5H
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 57,541 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The opening credits of Spanish Fly promise "Leslie Phillips vs. Terry-Thomas", making this the British comic innuendo version of King Kong vs. Godzilla or Frankenstein vs. the Wolf Man, with the two masters of fnarr-fnarr lecherous English lounge lizardry pitted against each other. It's a sunstruck, terminally silly slice of fluff of the stripe that passed for a sex film in 1976 ("Go and butter yourself", someone says) but seems almost comically innocent these days. The sort of film that boasts special credits for women's fashions by Cornelia James and underwear by Janet Reger, it tells the story of a gap-toothed con man (Thomas) exiled to sunny Spain. He adds ground-up cantharides to undrinkable plonk to create a market for aphrodisiac wine, and impotent underwear tycoon (Phillips) benefits from the effects of the product as he gets to grips with four lovely models, until his wife (Sue Lloyd) shows up and a side-effect means he starts barking like a dog.

The stars are game, but the material--from a story by producer Peter James, now a horror novelist--is skimpier than the starlets' bikinis and none of the pretty girls has any comic timing (though they all get topless scenes). Students of British pop culture will note the bizarre juxtaposition of hiring an uncredited Francis Matthews, the upright voice of Captain Scarlet, to dub the roles of a gay Spanish photographer and (for one bad gag) a disgusted dog.

On the DVD: The picture is fullscreen. There are no extras.--Kim Newman



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Language: English Dolby Digital 2.0

Subtitles: None

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A Large Portion Of Cheese In Unfunny British Comedy., 22 Aug 2002
If you are drawn to this film by the cast , you could regret it.
This came at the tail end of a cycle of British comedies which ran from the fifties into the seventies but by this time was looking very tired rather like its stars Leslie Phillips and Terry Thomas. The makers tried to dress up the old formula by making it slightly raunchier than before , but unfortunately the film comes over as cheap and not very funny.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Well worth it.., 19 Jul 2008
I agree with the other two reviewers that this film is not great. It's true that the actors are, unfortunately, past their prime for the roles they are playing but I didn't find this film as bad as others would have you believe. It's not up their with the Gods but it's not as bad as syphilis either. If you have a liking for British comedy and understand it as a product of it's time there is definitely some fun to be had. 3 stars. Well worth buying.
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0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid like syphilis, 1 Sep 2007
By Lou Knee (England) - See all my reviews
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The last reviewer is being far too kind and polite here. Sometimes films deserve outright condemnation. This is certainly one of them. It's not the finest hour in the careers of Terry-Thomas and Phillips. They should've avoided, and so should I have. My copy's already gone to Oxfam, but really it belongs in the bin. Makes the Confessions Of... films look like Bergman, it is that rubbishy.
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