Director Bryan Forbes tries his hand at comedy. His nostalgic Victorian farce features an eclectic choice of Brit stars — established greats John Mills & Ralph Richardson, the freshly-minted Michael Caine, reigning jester Peter Sellers and even a debut for the collegiate pranksters Peter Cook & Dudley Moore. It’s a beaut of a production with a charming John Barry music score… but the result yields more indulgent smiles than out-and-out laughs.
The Wrong Box
Region A+B Blu-ray
Powerhouse Indicator
1966 / Color / 1:75 widescreen / 105 min. / Street Date November 23, 2018 / available from Amazon UK / £14.99
Starring: John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Nanette Newman, Tony Hancock, Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Lawson, Thorley Walters, Gerald Sim, Irene Handl, Norman Bird, John Le Mesurier, Norman Rossington, Diane Clare, Tutte Lemkow, Charles Bird, Vanda Godsell, Jeremy Lloyd, James Villiers, Graham Stark, Dick Gregory, Valentine Dyall, Leonard Rossiter, André Morell, Temperance Seven, Andrea Allan, Juliet Mills.
Cinematography:...
The Wrong Box
Region A+B Blu-ray
Powerhouse Indicator
1966 / Color / 1:75 widescreen / 105 min. / Street Date November 23, 2018 / available from Amazon UK / £14.99
Starring: John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Nanette Newman, Tony Hancock, Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Lawson, Thorley Walters, Gerald Sim, Irene Handl, Norman Bird, John Le Mesurier, Norman Rossington, Diane Clare, Tutte Lemkow, Charles Bird, Vanda Godsell, Jeremy Lloyd, James Villiers, Graham Stark, Dick Gregory, Valentine Dyall, Leonard Rossiter, André Morell, Temperance Seven, Andrea Allan, Juliet Mills.
Cinematography:...
- 2/16/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Not even R2D2 or Et can usurp the stump-legged pirate Long John Silver or diminish the excitement of the battle for the hidden treasure
Treasure Island, one of the greatest adventure stories of all times, is 100 years old this month. You might think that we who have left sailing ships and buried treasure far behind and entered the space age would consign such an old chestnut to the dustbins of history.
But youngsters locked into Star Wars and Action Man also read Treasure Island. Why else are there 38 different editions in print in the Us alone and 43 in Great Britain? Why else, in 1977, was the book translated into 29 foreign editions?
The answer is that such a story never really ages or dies, because we are, like it or not, slaves to adventure. Some of us go out and seek it actively, scaling mountains, plumbing the oceans, taking those first giant steps on the moon.
Treasure Island, one of the greatest adventure stories of all times, is 100 years old this month. You might think that we who have left sailing ships and buried treasure far behind and entered the space age would consign such an old chestnut to the dustbins of history.
But youngsters locked into Star Wars and Action Man also read Treasure Island. Why else are there 38 different editions in print in the Us alone and 43 in Great Britain? Why else, in 1977, was the book translated into 29 foreign editions?
The answer is that such a story never really ages or dies, because we are, like it or not, slaves to adventure. Some of us go out and seek it actively, scaling mountains, plumbing the oceans, taking those first giant steps on the moon.
- 11/19/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
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