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Summary: a classic comedy....of all times
Review: the greatest comedy by the best comedian . definitly peter sellers bes
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Summary: A Wonderful Slapstick Comedy
Review: There is so much to brag about in this movie it is hard to know where to start.
First, Peter Sellers, probably the most talented film comedian of his generation, gives a bravura performance as a professional crook, Aldo Venucci, trying to make one last big score, The Gold of Cairo. His performance is so nuanced, hysterical (with the Italian accent) and real, that he really IS the movie. I say that not to disparage the rest of the cast, who are all wonderful.
Second, the totally whacky script by Neil Simon is original, and so full of funny lines that come at you so fast, that you are in serious danger of your sides splitting if you don't pause the video in places!!!
Victor Mature, playing an over the hill actor who doesn't think he is, and Marty Balsam, his suspicious and totally exasperated agent, who tries to convince him that he is not as young as he thinks, are a terrific team and have their own comic chemistry.
Seller's wife at the time, Britt Eckland, plays Sellers' sister, a star struck young woman who dreams of being an actress. She is very good in her part.
Akim Tamiroff, whose character stole the Gold of Cairo originally, adds a touch of Middle Eastern flavor and mystery to the movie. (Men ... dig his sister. What a babe!)
There are some nicely placed barbs at the movies of Antonioni,
(there is one scene where they just chase each other, Eckland and Mature). When the agent (Balsam) asks the meaning of the whole thing,the director, Sellers, replies "No matter how fast you run, you can't run away from yourself." The Mature character throws a kiss at him and responds, "Brilliant!" If you've seen some Antonioni movies, you'll understand the satire.
It is impossible to pick out one best scene, but one of my favorites is when Mature, Balsam, and Sellers meet in his hotel room to discuss to proposed movie, and Sellers receives a phone call. "Oh hello Sophia. My darling I told you there is no part in my new picture for you ... Sophia please, you are getting hysterical ..." At this point, he hands the phone to Marty Balsam and asks him to calm her down. He gets on the phone, and the next shot is in a phone booth, where one of Sellers' cohorts is on the phone. When Balsam, comes on he hurriedly hangs up. Well, you have to see it. But the whole scene is hilarious.
If you are a Peter Sellers fan, love great comedy, you must have this film. I've viewed it countless times and it just gets funnier and funnier.
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Summary: A hillarious movie
Review: This is a classic Peter sellers film. Personally, I think it's the best of all his movies. Every time you watch it you see or hear something new. When he cries out in anguish "Arrgh...If only I could steal enough to become an honest man!" When he promises his crying mother that he will take care of her and buy her a new house with shiny pots and pans, and she replies, sobbing..."I don't want pots and pans...I want Grandchildren" The aging Victor Mature exclaiming indignantly, "I still have the pupils of a young boy" Some of the lines and background scenes you catch the first time...Some you won't catch until the 4th time you watch it. The music to this film is by Burt Bacharach and is filled with tunes that stay with you long after the movie is done. The landing of the gold and the Italian Police are just 2 of the tunes that set the stage for the action. Buy it, make some popcorn, and sit down to a funny movie you can watch over and over again. And watch for a cameo by Vittorio Di Sica.
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Summary: 100% Good
Review: This is one of the best movies that I have ever seen. I am a fan of 1960's style comedies. I would rate this as superior to Peter Seller's work in the Pink Panther series. Every aspect of this movie is good. This film had a most unusual co-writing team: Neil Simon, one of America's foremost playwrights and Cesare Zavattini, a major Italian comic screenwriter. Also note that Peter Sellers sings the title song, "After the Fox," written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, along with the 1960's rock group The Hollies. Vittorio De Sica, the film's director, is better known as one of the pioneers of Italian Neorealist filmmaking. Peter Sellers is at his best as an ingenius thief who is constantly in and out of jail, who undertakes a job to smuggle stolen gold in order to earn enough money to provide for his Mother and Sister. The supporting cast was superb. From the aging famous actor, to the Fox's sister, the Fox's two henchmen, the Fox's mother, the town mayor, the chief of police, the famous actor's agent. Everyone was well selected. All scenes were EXTREMELY memorable & HILARIOUSLY funny: the italian restaurant scene where Sellers talks to a beautiful woman with a man's voice, the 1st prison escape scene where Sellers tricks the guards, the 2nd escape scene where Sellers tricks the guards, the interpol scene where they go through the list of suspected criminals (most of whom are at retirement age), the scene where he ad libs fake movie scenes to keep people busy while waiting for the gold shipment to arrive (And now you are sitting...but not talking to each other...no talking!...and ACTION!) The film is also noted for it's catchphrases: "Good Morning!" will forever bring a smile to your face. For me there was also a personal connection: I felt like I was walking the streets of Italy in the 1960's (roughly a little after the time that my Grandparents had emigrated from Italy to Canada)
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Summary: Peter Sellers Realizes His Full Potential
Review: This is one of the funniest movies ever made. Starring Peter Sellers and a wonderful supporting cast led by Victor Mature and Martin Balsam, with a score by Burt Bacharach, and a script by Neal Simon, this is a comedy to measure other comedies by. Every scene is memorable. You'll be quoting dialogue forever. I don't know why this film is overlooked by the experts, even in compiling Peter Sellers' best work, but, some people don't get it and never will. You will never regret seeing this film, and I don't know too many people who have been able to resist seeing it more than once. You will purchase this film. You will enjoy it again and again. You will praise it to everyone you know who has a sense of humor. Trust me, I have a Ph.D. and it's not in education.
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Summary: Classic Sellers
Review: This is one of the funniest movies ever made. This movie captures the spirit of europe in the 60s. Superbly casted and acted, and scored by Burt Bacharach. Vittorio De Sica really displays his genius. Unfortunatly this movie failed miserably at the box office. Mature, Balsam, and the rest of the supporting cast deserve special credit.
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Summary: Very enjoyable
Review: Though this is far from one of director di Sica's best films, it's an enjoyable romp all over the face of Hollywood's attraction to avant-garde cinema, and the star sytem. Sellers, who is always great, gives a fine performance here, but Victor Mature's robust, semi-autobiographical performance is what made this film for me. After the Fox is reminscent of Blake Edwards, tonal wise, which means that it's somewhat uneven, but still completely worthwhile. The opening credits and Mature and Selles' character's sister sitting at a table by the ocean made this work well worth seeing.
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Summary: A HILAROUS MOVIE
Review: You all have GOT TO SEE THIS.It is the most funniest movie I have ever seen.Peter Sellers , playing a thief is really funny.Peter Sellers:(You are never to mention acting again and you are to put down that flowerpot.)Britt Ekland:(When I walk down the street people will say thats her,thats Gina Romantica.)Mamma Vancciu(I dont want pots, I want GRANDCHILDREN!!!!!!!!!)Victor mature( Why dont you just put me in a wheelchair and have me roll into the old acting home.) You have got to see this show.
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