Penny Points To Paradise / Let’s Go Crazy details
| Formats: | PG DVD, U Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe |
| Director: | Anthony Young |
| Genre: | Comedy - General |
| Studio: | BFI VIDEO |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
Penny Points To Paradise / Let’s Go Crazy |
PG Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 52 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 03 Aug 2009 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Early antics from The Goons team.
By a customer from Worthing , 02 Apr 2010[Highly rated reviewer]
For those of you who were around when The Goons were on radio in the 1950s this will be a nostalgia trip. The scripts of each of the films are not as manic as the radio scripts so they rely on visual gags that are in The Crazy Gang style.
The exterior shots are interesting for historical content of clothing style, vehicles and places you might recognise.
Seeing the young Spike, Harry and Peter at the start of their careers has a fascination of its own. Some of the other performers you will recognise who were also well known at the time on radio also went on to good film careers.
It is fun to watch but it doesn't date well so this is only going to appeal to the older film connoisseur.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(2)Historical rather than hysterical
By idontwantnickname (46 reviews) from Tadworth , 11 Nov 2011This has three films on the blu-ray disk, and the first two films are superbly transferred in pin sharp black and white with very acceptable sound quality. The content however is very hammy and dated, and despite being a lifelong goons fan I couldn't stay the course for Penny Points to Paradise, it was just such heavy going and amateurish. The second film Lets Go Crazy is set in a cabaret restaurant, and is a showcase for several variety acts interspersed with a range of odd characters having their meals. This is watchable for the historical interest more than the hysterical interest, but gets a little tiresome after a bit. The third film is a long compilation of silent greats (Keaton, Stan Laurel, Ben Turpin etc) overdubbed by Peter Sellers to make them talkies. There's some good footage here but again the content could not maintain my interest for the whole film. Those silent films were great in short reels but didn't have the content to make up anything substantial.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Early antics from The Goons team.
By a customer from Worthing , 02 Apr 2010For those of you who were around when The Goons were on radio in the 1950s this will be a nostalgia trip. The scripts of each of the films are not as manic as the radio scripts so they rely on visual gags that are in The Crazy Gang style.
The exterior shots are interesting for historical content of clothing style, vehicles and places you might recognise.
Seeing the young Spike, Harry and Peter at the start of their careers has a fascination of its own. Some of the other performers you will recognise who were also well known at the time on radio also went on to good film careers.
It is fun to watch but it doesn't date well so this is only going to appeal to the older film connoisseur.- Was this review helpful to you?
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