Fists in the Pocket [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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Gripping stuff.......2004-11-05

This is a truly beautiful film with great performances. In my humble opinion, it is probably the best movie ever to come out of Italy.

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Hokum at its mightiest!.......2007-11-15

Having only see Sergio Leone's The Colossus of Rhodes in a panned-and-scanned TV version before, it's surprising how much more enjoyable the film is when you see it in its proper `TotalScope' ratio. Where Leone's previous peplum, 1959's dreary and underfunded version of The Last Days of Pompeii, looked like it could have been made by any one of a hundred unimaginatively anonymous Italian directors, Colossus always looks terrific, with a mastery of the widescreen that Leone would take even further in his Westerns: this being a particularly well-funded epic, rather than the huge close-ups and empty space of later films, it's filled with people as if the producers are afraid to leave any corner of the frame without something to look at, but it wears it well. You also get to see the redressed Roman barracks set where Chuck met Stephen Boyd in Ben-Hur again, here redressed as a royal mausoleum!

It's a genuinely spectacular affair offering pretty much everything you could want from a peplum - not much in the way of musclemen but plenty of corrupt rulers, rebels and conspiracies, torture in the dungeons and the arena, the spectacular destruction of a city in a natural disaster and imported American star Rory Calhoun imitating Victor Mature every time he laughs in profile, which is surprisingly often considering the misfortunes that befall him. Along the way Leone throws in plenty of playful riffs on Hitchcock, with the Colossus itself providing plenty of visual homages to both The Saboteur and North by Northwest. Not a major work by any means but a surprisingly enjoyable one.

While this is the American release version rather than the slightly longer Italian version, it's still a good DVD, with a good 2.35:1 widescreen transfer, informative audio commentary by Leone biographer Christopher Frayling and the US theatrical trailer.

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Check out amazon.com for first season of Count Duckula!

i LOVE count Duckula!!!

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Naannny!! Ye-es, Duckyboos...?

Count Duckula is Brilliant!!!

Count Duckula - Vampire Vacation [1988]
Director: Chris Randall (II) , and Keith Scoble
Manufacturer: Prism Leisure
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00005UQVD
Release Date: 2002-10-14

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Check out amazon.com for first season of Count Duckula!.......2005-10-07

All fans of Count Duckula must check out amazon.com for the first season of the show on DVD - plenty of episodes to enjoy! You can also buy the first season of Disney's Ducktales and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers on DVD on amazon.com!

i LOVE count Duckula!!!.......2005-09-22

Yay! i used to watch Count Duckula as a child and i was so excited when i found an old video of it when i was tidying out my house. I loved it so much i knew i had to see more! So i came on here and to my delight i found this DVD! My favourite episode has to be when they're in Egypt with Hoomite and Yoobee! So funny :) I havent laughed that much in a long time! Great nostaligia and extremely amusing for all ages :) ORDER IT!!!

Essence of Blood.......2005-04-06

As a child of the 80's we were granted many of the great cartoons ever. For instance Thundercats, He-man, Dangermouse and of course the great Count Duckula! This cartoon brings me back to my childhood. When i found out that you could get Count Duckula on DVD, I hit the roof! I was so excited that they decided to ditribute it and I have now a copy in my hands. The animation, the voices, just the whole ambience of the cartoon is a treasure and I have passed on the bug to my younger siblings who missed the original runs and they love it too. If you want to have something to give you a throwback to the eighties, purchace this! You will not regret it! Even if it is to watch the idiosity that is nanny or the sarcasm of Igor!

Naannny!! Ye-es, Duckyboos...?.......2005-03-19

I adored this cartoon when I was little, and still do now. It has a wonderfully dark sense of humour, but not too dark for the kids.

A huge craggy Transylvanian Castle that can teleport anywhere in the world it's master wants it to, a wonderfully dry butler, a dotty chicken of a housemaid, a brainy-yet-brainless vampire hunter, slapstick, wit, the macabre, and to top it all; a vegetarian vampire duck who's scared of his own shadow!

Fantastic! :oD

Count Duckula is Brilliant!!!.......2004-06-13

WOW - This takes me back to my childood! Count Duckula is a really cool cartoon and is a must for any child. I must get in touch with ITV to get all 65 episodes 're-run' on CITV!

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