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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas [DVD] [1982] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

DVD ~ Burt Reynolds
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors
  • Directors: Colin Higgins
  • Writers: Colin Higgins, Larry L. King, Peter Masterson
  • Producers: Colin Higgins, Edward K. Milkis, Peter Macgregor-Scott, Robert L. Boyett
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Universal Studios
  • DVD Release Date: 7 Jan 2003
  • Run Time: 114 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000714BR
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 67,552 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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This is an energetic, but ultimately mediocre adaptation of the play, directed on Broadway by Tommy Tune. Burt Reynolds is the town sheriff and a regular patron of a local bordello. He wages a public battle to keep it open after it is targeted as the devil's den by a television minister. Charles Durning won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and there are some lively song and dance numbers featuring Dolly Parton as the madam of the Chicken Ranch. However, this becomes bogged down in too many serious moments for it to be more than a lightweight musical comedy. --Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon.com

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious comedy, 26 Nov 2000
This review is from: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas [VHS] [1982] (VHS Tape)
This is a gentle but hilarious comedy. A subject you would not normally think could be so entertaining, Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds complement each other perfectly, and the music is has you singing all the way through. I have been looking for this film on video for years. Well worth watching.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 3 Mar 2004
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This review is from: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas [DVD] [1982] (DVD)
If you’re looking for high art – forget it! Intellectual stimulation – look elsewhere! Great action sequences – sorry! But, if you want to largely disengage the brain for a semi-musical, sort of love-story, with a bit of morality, a few funny bits and even the odd tear-jerking moment thrown in (not to mention some attractive girls dancing in their lingerie), starring several well-loved actors having a day off (but definitely not an off day), then give this one a try. I don’t think you’ll regret it.

The film is allegedly based on a true story and concerns a “chicken ranch” (the establishment of the title) in Texas, to which the local sheriff Ed Earl Dodd (Burt Reynolds at his affable best) has always turned a blind eye, largely because he’s “dating” the proprietress, Miss Mona (the wonderfully pneumatic Dolly Parton – ideal in the role). It comes to the attention of big-shot TV crusader, Melvin P. Thorpe (a splendidly over-the-top Dom DeLuise) who initiates a campaign to have it shut down. After being made to look a fool (!) on TV by Thorpe, sheriff Ed Earl goes in person to see the Governor of Texas (the always-superb Charles Durning – look out for his gem of a song-and-dance number “Oooh! I love to dance a little sidestep”) to plead the case for the chicken ranch, and the Governor…… well, you’ll have to watch it and find out.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, 21 Aug 2002
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This review is from: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas [DVD] [1982] (DVD)
Dolly Parton at her most upfront and Burt Reynolds at his cheekiest best. A tremendous tour-de-force for all concerned. The acting is engaging and the song and dance routines are simply fabulous. Everyone gives their all and the film is one of the all-time feel-good movies alongside "Grease". Even the sad sections bring a smile to your face as the story goes on. Stunning!!!!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars DVD
Great DVD with Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton also the great Dom DeLuise, who is sadly no longer with us, but i bet whereever he is they are having a good laugh. Read more
Published 19 days ago by D. Weaver

5.0 out of 5 stars All round entertaining
This is a great film funny and entertaining, lighthearted and romantic, not to be taken seriously. Good music, good story, a real feel good romantic comedy, Burt Reynolds and... Read more
Published on 2 May 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Neglected Musical Makes Entertaining Disc.
Based on the Broadway and West End hit musical ( with a few new songs added for the film ) ,this adaptation was not widely liked at the time. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2002 by Bernard Miller

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