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To Be or Not to Be

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To Be or Not to Be (1983)

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Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 9  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 6/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Synopsis: An elegant comedic story of a Polish acting troupe, who help, in their small way, to resist the Nazi occupation. When it is discovered that a Polish hero, residing in Britain, is actually a German agent, a Polish RAF officer is deployed to stop him. Upon arriving in Poland, the RAF officer,... An elegant comedic story of a Polish acting troupe, who help, in their small way, to resist the Nazi occupation. When it is discovered that a Polish hero, residing in Britain, is actually a German agent, a Polish RAF officer is deployed to stop him. Upon arriving in Poland, the RAF officer, together with the already forewarned actors, concoct a convoluted charade designed to collect the information from the spy, kill him, and pass on the false information to the Gestapo. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Tim Matheson, José Ferrer

Director: Alan Johnson

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 5, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Stereo - English
  • Mono - Spanish, French
  • Subtitles - Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Behind the Scenhes - Making-Of Featurette
  • Interviews - Cast, Including Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning - Stars

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Biographies - Character Profiles

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Derek Smith
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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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A very well-executed farce, and Brooks' most underrated movie.

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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
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06/29/05
Emanuel Levy
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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
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07/08/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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3/5

Superfluous remake of the Lubitsch classic is OK on its own merits, but no more.

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05/26/04
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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05/20/04
Christopher Null
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3/5

This movie has its moments; but it is not as funny as the Jack Benny original; Brooks for all his wit, is no Ernst Lubitsch.

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05/01/04
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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03/22/04
Frank Swietek
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02/08/04
Lori Hoffman
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10/15/03
Rich Cline
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Brooks and his comedic cohorts bring their brand of high-strung mockery to Alan Johnson's flavorable farce...relentlessly riotous!

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05/30/03
Frank Ochieng
TheWorldJournal.com
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05/24/03
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