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    Take the Money and Run (Full Screen Edition)

    Take the Money and Run (Full Screen Edition)
    Actors: James Anderson, Grace Bauer, Jackson Beck, Lonny Chapman, Dan Frazer
    Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
    Category: DVD

    List Price: $14.98
    Buy New: $4.61
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    Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 59 reviews
    Sales Rank: 12573

    Format: Color, Dvd, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
    Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
    Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
    Region: 1
    Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
    Number Of Discs: 1
    Running Time: 85 Minutes
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
    Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

    MPN: 1006670
    ISBN: 0792861108
    UPC: 027616908315
    EAN: 9780792861102
    ASIN: B00020X88E

    Theatrical Release Date: 1969
    Release Date: July 6, 2004
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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    Editorial Reviews:

    Product Description
    The gags come every 30 seconds (Boxoffice) in this delightful satire (Hollywood Citizen-News) from film legend Woody Allen in his brilliant first outing as writer star and director. Allen is hilarious (NY Daily News) and never fails to steal the audience s heart (LA Herald-Examiner) in this inspired comedy that s nothing less than nuttiness triumphant (Look Magazine)!Virgil Starkwell (Allen) having no talent for his beloved cello turns to larceny as a career. Unfailingly optimistic he is nevertheless a complete criminal failure although his prison breakouts are often successful. And with the support of his loving wife Louise (Janet Margolin) he may yet pull off a successful bank heist if he can just manage to write out a legible stickup note!System Requirements: Running Time 85 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 027616908315 Manufacturer No: 1006670

    Amazon.com essential video
    Woody Allen's feature-film debut, Take the Money and Run, a mockumentary that combines sight gags, sketchlike scenes, and standup jokes at rat-a-tat speed, looks positively primitive compared to his mature work. Primitive, but awfully funny. Allen plays Virgil Starkwell, a music-loving nebbish who turns to a life of crime at an early age and, undaunted by his utter and complete failure to pull off a single successful robbery, continues his unbroken spree of bungled heists and prison breaks even after he marries and raises a family. Narrator Jackson Beck, whose stentorian voice of authority makes a perfect foil for Starkwell's absurd exploits, lobs one droll quip after another with deadpan seriousness. Though spotty, Allen tosses so many jokes into the mix that it hardly matters and when they hit they are often hilarious: the chain gang posing as cousins to their old-woman hostage ("We're very close," Virgil explains to a dim cop), arguing with a dotty movie director who is supposed to be their cover for a bank robbery, Virgil's escape attempt with a bar of soap. Allen spoofs decades of crime films, everything from I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang to Bonnie and Clyde, but you don't have to know the movies to enjoy this goofy, sometimes clumsy, but quite clever comedy. --Sean Axmaker


    Customer Reviews:   Read 54 more reviews...

    4 out of 5 stars 3 stars out of 4   June 10, 2009
    One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
    The Bottom Line:

    A free-wheeling comedy by Allen, made before Annie Hall ushered in his more serious phase, Take the Money and Run offers a lot of laughs in a short period of time; its humor is not always sophisticated, but it should crack you up quite a bit.



    2 out of 5 stars Unintended Side Effects   April 29, 2009
    Cary B. Barad (Baltimore, MD)
    Probably the least funny of the old Woody Allen films that I've been re-visiting. Although I really did like the scene where he is given an experimental vaccine and suffers the unusual, "Side effects of turning into a rabbi for several hours."


    5 out of 5 stars Awesome, funny, silly and the best   November 17, 2008
    Winston (Canada)
    I can't stop laughing whenever I remember this movie. Have seen it dubbed in Persian language too and it was even more hilarious. Though I was curious to see the actual English language version and it was even funnier. gosh, this guy is brilliant. Loved it.... I think Woody Allen is a neurotic comedian and this work of him is among the best comedies I have seen. Good job 5/5


    5 out of 5 stars You said "gub" again!   November 11, 2008
    Samantha Kelley (USA)
    Told in a documentary style complete with voiceover and "interviews," Take the Money and Run is a hilarious play-by-play of the life of a hardened criminal named Virgil Starkwell (Woody Allen). From the day he was born, he devoted his life to crime from the beginning when he knocked off bubblegum machines to his later years when he attempted several bank robberies. Unfortunately, although Virgil was inventive, he was hardly smooth and all of his attempts ended in failure with his glasses smashed on the sidewalk. One good thing happened to him, though; he met a pretty girl (Janet Margolin) and fell in love.

    This hilarious film has lost none of its punch over the years. There are so many memorable scenes and great running gags. The humor is still fresh and interesting, but the style blends well with modern comedy. Although Allen has moved away from this style in his more modern films, his early work appeals to younger audiences. This was the first time he wrote, directed, and starred in a film, a trend that would continue for years afterward.



    5 out of 5 stars One of Woody Allen's best comedies   September 22, 2008
    Chris Wood (UK)
    This is a hilarious, slapstick gem. It has some of Allen's best lines, a few incredibly entertaining situations and is one of his funniest comedies. This is a very funny movie, strongly recommended.


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