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This 1988 comedy starred and was scripted by John Cleese and directed by Charles Crichton, veteran Ealing Comedy director. After 1986's Clockwise--in which he played a manic loser similar to Basil Fawlty--A Fish Called Wanda saw Cleese opting for a more sympathetic lead role. Cleese plays Archie Leach (Cary Grant's real name), a barrister living a typically English life of quiet desperation, who falls prey to the American charms of Jamie Lee Curtis. Posing as a law student, she's actually involved in a diamond robbery with psychotic but occasionally clueless Kevin Kline ("The London Underground is not a revolutionary movement!") and Michael Palin, an animal rights' activist. A Fish Called Wanda is, typically of Cleese, well constructed but the romantic heart of the movie softens it a little. It was intended as a satire on Anglo-American differences but most people remember it for a running joke involving squashed dogs, the chips up Palin's nose and the scene where Cleese is hung out of a window by his ankles. The same cast reassembled for 1997's vastly inferior Fierce Creatures.--David Stubbs
Availability:
Usually dispatched within 7 to 12 days
Generic Information
EAN:
5050070009484
Format:
DVD
Number of Disks:
2
Studio:
MGM Entertainment
Starring:
John Cleese, Michael Palin, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis
Directed By:
Charles Crichton
Features:
Box set, Dubbed, PAL, Special Edition, Widescreen
Release Date:
2003-02-10
Rating:
Suitable for 15 years and over
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This 1988 comedy starred and was scripted by John Cleese and directed by Charles Crichton, veteran Ealing Comedy director. After 1986's Clockwise--in which he played a manic loser similar to Basil Fawlty--A Fish Called Wanda saw Cleese opting for a more sympathetic lead role. Cleese plays Archie Leach (Cary Grant's real name), a barrister living a typically English life of quiet desperation, who falls prey to the American charms of Jamie Lee Curtis. Posing as a law student, she's actually involved in a diamond robbery with psychotic but occasionally clueless Kevin Kline ("The London Underground is not a revolutionary movement!") and Michael Palin, an animal rights' activist. A Fish Called Wanda is, typically of Cleese, well constructed but the romantic heart of the movie softens it a little. It was intended as a satire on Anglo-American differences but most people remember it for a running joke involving squashed dogs, the chips up Palin's nose and the scene where Cleese is hung out of a window by his ankles. The same cast reassembled for 1997's vastly inferior Fierce Creatures.--David Stubbs
Availability:
Usually dispatched within 7 to 12 days
Generic Information
EAN:
5050070009484
Format:
DVD
Number of Disks:
2
Studio:
MGM Entertainment
Starring:
John Cleese, Michael Palin, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis
Directed By:
Charles Crichton
Features:
Box set, Dubbed, PAL, Special Edition, Widescreen
Release Date:
2003-02-10
Rating:
Suitable for 15 years and over