Artist: Fish Called Wanda
Title: Fish Called Wanda
Genre: Comedy, Miscellaneous
Sub-Genre: Comedy Video
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Release Date: 5/12/2009
Directed By:
Rated: R
Product Type: DVD
Configuration: G: DVD
Catalog Number: 106254
UPC: 027616062543
On Sale: Yes
Technical Information
Street Date: 5/12/2009
DVD Release:
Studio: Mgm/Ua Studios ( MGM )
Running Time: 108
Region: 1
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SubTitles: Closed Caption, English, French, Spanish
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Disc Info: Discs: 1 | Format: Ntsc
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Language:
Cast: View Cast For FISH CALLED WANDA
Crew: Art Director:John Wood, Casting:Priscilla John, Cinematographer:Alan Hume, Composer (Music Score):John Du Prez, Director:Charles Crichton, Executive Producer:John Cleese, Executive Producer:Steve Abbott, Producer:John Cleese, Producer:Lee Rich, Producer:Michael Shamberg, Producer:Steve Abbott, Screenwriter:Charles Crichton, Screenwriter:John Cleese
Extras: Clr R/2 Dvd/Coll. Ed Fish Called Wanda Clr Dvd-Standard
Synopsis
Tour-de-force performances from an unparalleled comic cast highlight this much-loved hit that Roger Ebert calls the funniest movie I have seen in a long time! Monty Pythoners John Cleese and Michael Palin (Search For The Holy Grail, The Meaning Of Life) join Oscar(r) winner* Kevin Kline (In & Out) and Jamie Lee Curtis (True Lies) in an entertainment so impeccably timed and executed that Time Magazine hailed it as: Geniu(a film that) Redefines a great comic tradition! Four conniving jewel thieves...three Yorkshire terriers...two heaving bosoms and one proper British barrister. It all adds up to a non-stop barrage of...outrageous plot twists and over-the top performances (L.A. Weekly) when a girl called Wanda (Curtis) tries to deceive her Nietzche-quoting boyfriend (Kline), an animal-lovi
Product Reviews
In A Fish Called Wanda, Jamie Lee Curtis plays an ambitious con artist who uses every ounce of her sexual wiles to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen by her gangster lover Tom Georgeson. First, she romances Georgeson's dimwitted but deadly henchman Kevin Kline (who won an Academy Award for his performance). Then, to clear the path for her getaway with Kline, Jamie woos Georgeson's starched-shirt attorney, John Cleese -- and it's Cleese whom she genuinely falls in love with. Michael Palin, Cleese's former Monty Python cohort, plays a stuttering mob flunkey who continually messes up his one big assignment: killing a little old lady (it isn't that he has any qualms about knocking off the old dear; it's just that her pet dogs keep getting in the way). A Fish Called Wanda was scripted by star John Cleese. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Product Notes
Sexy American diamond lover Wanda and her boyfriend Otto are in England to plot alongside George and Ken the robbery of a diamond collection. Wanda and Otto want the stolen diamonds for themselves, and inform the police about George not knowing that he has already moved the diamonds to another secret place. Wanda thinks the best way to find out is by getting close to George's lawyer - Archie Leach. Monty Pythoners John Cleese and Michael Palin (Search For The Holy Grail, The Meaning Of Life) join Oscar® winner Kevin Kline (In & Out) and Jamie Lee Curtis (True Lies) in an entertainment so impeccably timed and executed that Time Magazine hailed it as: "Genius, [a film that] redefines a great comic tradition."
