Animal Crackers (US)

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The maddest comics of them all!
Certificate: none
Running Time: 97 mins
Retail Price: $29.95
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Hooray for Captain Spaulding! Animal Crackers is a classic of screen histor, and it`s as uproariously funny today as it was 50 years ago. This film introduced Groucho`s most famous character, Captain Spaulding, whose song became the theme of his "You Bet Your Life" TV program.

Highlights include Groucho`s African lecture ("One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas, I don`t know.") and the card game which Harpo and chico play with the wealthy society woman, Mrs. Rittenhouse (Margaret Dumont).

Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access

Video Tracks:
Standard 1.33:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Mono English

Directed By:
Victor Heerman

Written By:
Morrie Ryskind
Bert Kalmar
George S. Kaufman
Harry Ruby
Morrie Ryskind

Starring:
Margaret Dumont
Zeppo Marx
Harpo Marx
Lillian Roth
Chico Marx
Groucho Marx

Soundtrack By:
Harry Ruby
Bert Kalmar

Director of Photography:
George J. Folsey

Distributor:
Image Entertainment

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9 / 10

Animal Crackers is the 2nd Marx Brothers film. Also done first as a review on Broadway. The non plot about the exibit of the famous painting and the african explorer has filled quite a number of boring books, which take longer to read than watch the film. Again a wonderful restoration job from the strange people at IMAGE if your a fan you must get a copy. (Available as part of a 3 disc set - The Marx Brothers Collection - with Duck Soup and Horse Feathers as well as by itself)

posted by Tony Myhill on 21/4/2000 01:28