A Fish Called Wanda (Deluxe Edition) | 
| Actors: Maria Aitken, Al Ashton, Kim Barclay, Cynthia Caylor, Jeremy Child
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  128 reviews
Sales Rank: 64226
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Russian (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 027616139603
EAN: 0027616139603
ASIN: B000E33W1C
Theatrical Release Date: July 15, 1988
Release Date: April 17, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Kevin Kline took home an Oscar for his performance as a self-absorbed lothario who prepares for lovemaking by drinking in his own "manly" musk, but it would be hard to single him out as the best thing about the film. The fact is, the entire cast of this hilarious comedy is perfect: John Cleese as the conservative barrister defending a member of sexy Jamie Lee Curtis's gang, Ms. Curtis as the conniving crook out to grab the haul for herself, and Michael Palin as the stuttering, animal-loving hit man whose attempts to murder a little old lady only decrease the size of her poodle pack. Cleese cowrote the zingy script with British comedy veteran Charles Crichton (The Lavender Hill Mob), whose smooth direction balances Monty Python farce, hysterically tasteless gags, and an unexpectedly romantic subplot with style and confidence. --Sean Axmaker
Description
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 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." 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-loving hitman (Palin) and an embarrassment-prone counselor (Cleese) out of a fortune in jewels in this hilariously funny farce.
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 Superb Movie, great edition June 29, 2009
D. Fournier (Omaha, NE USA)
One of the funniest movies ever made, and a must-have for any fan of Cleese, Palin, Curtis, or Kline. How many comedies do you know that win the best-actor Oscar?
A FISK CALLED WANDA April 25, 2009
Archie Leach (Haverhill, MA)
The DVD arrived well within the expected shipping time, it was in perfect shape and it plays well. I'm grtaeful and will use Amazon for DVDs many times again.
THANKS!
Kirk Foley
 Not Quite Like I Remembered It! Ages Very, Very Poorly! Bad DVD Too! March 30, 2009
Frederick Baptist (Singapore)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Comedies don't normally age well because there are only so many times you can hear a joke without getting sick of it and so films of that ilk normally represent sort of a time capsule of what the key events and issues of the time were that concerned people and hence what was funny to them at that time. For those of us that are not of that time dated jokes leave us asking "huh?".
Unfortunately, this film falls into that category and while there are a few scenes especially between Palin and Cleese that drew a smile from me in remembrance of the great Python days the rest of the film was desperately dated and had me looking at the clock wishing it would end. 1988 must also have been a very bad year for films as that would explain how Kline could win his Oscar. Cleese is a funny actor but he is certainly not a scriptwriter. From the opening credits that were in an off-putting deep blue to the horrible score and background music this film doesn't even begin well. Highly overrated and a film that ages very, very poorly it isn't helped by this very poor dvd version with horrible mono sound quality and even worse picture quality that is full of white spots and other imperfections. There are no special features to speak about like interviews or making-of documentaries as well.
It's actually embarassing that Cleese and Palin could actually put their names to this film given the vastly superior output that they were involved in from their Python days.
Avoid at all cost!
3.5 stars out of 4 February 1, 2009
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:
A hilarious comedy which features a number of excellent comic turns (Kevin Kline was rightly rewarded with an Oscar), A Fish Called Wanda gets funnier upon multiple viewings and also--importantly--develops characters that we actually care a little about; all things considered, it's a supremely enjoyable film.
Review of A Fish Called Wanda November 19, 2008
Kim K. Rivest (Vernon, CT)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've loved this movie for years. It always cheers me up. Kevin Kline
won a best supporting oscar for this movie. He is a psuedo intellectual
who is jealous of Jamie Lee Curtis's characters crush on John Cleese.
Between Kline driving on the wrong side of the road and being a complete idiot. You will soon discover why this movie is a gem.
Kim Rivest
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