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Romance With A Double Bass (John Cleese & Connie Booth) [DVD] [1974]

DVD ~ John Cleese
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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  • Actors: John Cleese, Connie Booth, June Whitfield, Graham Crowden, Freddie Jones
  • Directors: Robert Young
  • Format: Dolby, PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, French, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Liberation Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 5 May 2008
  • Run Time: 40 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B0014DBW90
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,373 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Romance with A Double Bass is a truly delightful film and an important piece of film history. Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov this project was one of John Cleese's first post-Python projects. Romance With A Double Bass was the second writing collaboration for Cleese and Booth, and their first on screen appearance together, before they created the classic, Fawlty Towers. A bassist (Cleese) shows up early for the betrothal ball of a beautiful princess (Booth) and whiles away the time having a dip in the river. The princess is doing the same unbeknownst to the bass player, but when someone steals their clothes the bass player helps the princess to preserve her dignity by transporting her back to the castle in his bass case; along the way they overcome many mishaps and discover they have feelings for each other. The film also starts a host of British talent including June Whitfield, Graham Crowden, Freddie Jones, Jonathan Lynn and Andrew Sachs. Extras: Commentary by producers Ian Gordon & David King, Photo gallery


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The double bass player in an orchestra accidently finds himself skinny dipping with a princess. When their clothes are stolen, they embark on a chaotic series of amorous misadventures. Stars John Cleese and Connie Booth.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, including the fine music score., 31 Aug 2009
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Very funny comedy with John Cleese and Connie Booth in their young days.
The script comes out of a short story by Chekov. Cleese plays a double bass player (in Czarist Russia) who plays well, but has delusions about his prowess as a composer. He is busy composing a double bass concerto for himself and chamber orchestra - in his mind - when he comes across a beautiful princess who is asleep on a river bank. She happens to be a recorder player and after all sorts of adventures beautifully underscored by some very fine original music, they end up in love, and playing duets for recorder and bass. The minor parts are well played by a cast of fine British actors.
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