The Road to Singapore, Zanzibar,
Morocco and Utopia
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1940, 41, 42, 43, 46 / 1:33:1 / 85, 91, 82, 90 Min. / Street Date – March 26, 2019
Starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
Written by Frank Butler, Don Hartman, Melvin Frank
Cinematography by William C. Mellor, Ted Tetzlaff
Directed by Victor Schertzinger, David Butler, Hal Walker
Between 1940 and 1962, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby starred in seven “Road” pictures directed by such distinct talents as David Butler, Norman McLeod and Hope’s own gag-writer Norman Panama who would lead the comedian kicking and screaming into the sixties with How to Commit Marriage, a poison pen letter to the counterculture released in 1969.
Though produced during a World War, the first four Road films avoided the cynicism of that late 60’s farce – instead they were the essence of disposable fun – populist entertainments peppered with topical wisecracks, potshots at company brass and the occasional talking fish. Beginning with Road to Singapore, a...
Morocco and Utopia
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1940, 41, 42, 43, 46 / 1:33:1 / 85, 91, 82, 90 Min. / Street Date – March 26, 2019
Starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
Written by Frank Butler, Don Hartman, Melvin Frank
Cinematography by William C. Mellor, Ted Tetzlaff
Directed by Victor Schertzinger, David Butler, Hal Walker
Between 1940 and 1962, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby starred in seven “Road” pictures directed by such distinct talents as David Butler, Norman McLeod and Hope’s own gag-writer Norman Panama who would lead the comedian kicking and screaming into the sixties with How to Commit Marriage, a poison pen letter to the counterculture released in 1969.
Though produced during a World War, the first four Road films avoided the cynicism of that late 60’s farce – instead they were the essence of disposable fun – populist entertainments peppered with topical wisecracks, potshots at company brass and the occasional talking fish. Beginning with Road to Singapore, a...
- 3/30/2019
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
11:45: Steven Spielberg classes up the joint when giving out the Best Picture award. He reminds the "losers" they'll join The Grapes of Wrath, Citizen Kane, Raging Bull and a few other masterpieces that didn't win.
Then he announced The King's Speech as the Best Picture winner.
The King's Speech is a very, very good movie. But not the Best Picture. The Social Network, Black Swan, Inception and True Grit are all, in my opinion, far superior. I even prefer The Kids Are All Right. 127 Hours and Toy Story 3 are around the same level as The King's Speech. (Winter's Bone, I felt, was interesting, but not all that great.)
I suppose this is why awards shows annoy me. How do you compare art? You can't. But Oscar Night can still be fun. It affords me an opportunity to think back about all the great movies of the past year.
Then he announced The King's Speech as the Best Picture winner.
The King's Speech is a very, very good movie. But not the Best Picture. The Social Network, Black Swan, Inception and True Grit are all, in my opinion, far superior. I even prefer The Kids Are All Right. 127 Hours and Toy Story 3 are around the same level as The King's Speech. (Winter's Bone, I felt, was interesting, but not all that great.)
I suppose this is why awards shows annoy me. How do you compare art? You can't. But Oscar Night can still be fun. It affords me an opportunity to think back about all the great movies of the past year.
- 2/28/2011
- UGO Movies
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