Hoffman
by Alvin Rakoff
Our Price: $19.98
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $1.84 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Peter Sellers, Ruth Dunning, Sin??ad CusackDirector: Alvin Rakoff
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-21
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Movie Reviews of Hoffman
Movie Review: Life Lessons for Every Man
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw Hoffman when I was about 20 years old. It made enough of an impression on me even then, that I made a mental note of it and filed it away in my mind for future reference. Now I'm in my fifties and the things I learned from Hoffman over 30 years ago still ring true. Despite what might be considered a "corny" plot, the film deals with how middle-aged men are perceived by society and how they perceive themselves when they find themselves to be losers in the game of love. Hoffman decides to change the rules of the game. Any man who has ever felt that his chance at love in life had passed him by needs to see Hoffman. While I wouldn't advocate using Hoffman's precise strategy, I would say Hoffman proves that the game isn't over as long as there is breath in our bodies and we can still come out as 'winners.' As Hoffman (Peter Sellers) tells the young love interest, Miss Smith, regarding "middle aged men with hound dog faces," - "It's our time!"
Summary of Hoffman
Hoffman is an odd cross between There's a Girl in My Soup and The Collector and is clearly one of the few film projects Peter Sellers took seriously enough to work hard on. Secretary Miss Smith (Sin?ad Cusack) is blackmailed by meek, middle-aged Mr. Hoffman (Sellers) into spending a week of domesticity with him in his flat, while she tells her fianc? (Jeremy "Boba Fett" Bulloch) that she's with her grandmother in Scarborough. At first, the tone is creepy as Cusack dreads the terrors of sharing a bed with Sellers, but it becomes more poignant as both characters learn to see each other as people. The script gives Sellers a lot of funny business, acid lines, and whimsical turns, but he plays Hoffman as a repressed soul half-ashamed of his attempts to be funny, telling genuinely good jokes as if he expects no one will laugh. Cusack, more interesting than expected, keeps up with her costar and almost makes the strangely upbeat last reel believable. --Kim NewmanArt House & International DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in Peter Sellers Movies
PINK PANTHER-TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER (DVD/ WS 2.35/ DD 5.1/ MONO/ ENG-SUB/ FR-TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; DVD
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops:
PINK PANTHER-REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER (DVD/ REMASTERED/ WS 2.35/ DD 5.1/ MSELLERS,PETER; DVD
Best price: $3.98
Price in other shops:
PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN, THE (DVD MOVIE)TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; DVD
Best price: $4.43
Price in other shops:
A Shot in the DarkSELLERS,PETER; Release date: 2009-01-27; DVD
Best price: $5.43
Price in other shops:
The Pink PantherSELLERS,PETER; Release date: 2006-01-31; DVD
Best price: $3.53
Price in other shops:
The Life and Death of Peter Sellersby Roger Lewis, Peter Sellers
Applause Books; Published: 2000-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.40
Price in other shops:
Whistling Past the Graveyardby Peter Sellers
Mosaic Press (NY); Published: 1999-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.39
Price in other shops:
"The Goon Show Classics: Goon Show and Guests v.16 (BBC Radio Collection) (Vol 16)BBC Audiobooks Ltd; Published: 1999-03-01; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $9.73
Price in other shops:
Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellersby Ed Sikov
Hyperion; Published: 2003-10-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.99
Price in other shops:
Trial and Error (aka The Dock Brief)Release date: 1999-01-26; DVD
Best price: $5.90
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
Being ThereWarner Brothers; Release date: 2001-04-03; DVD
Best price: $9.15
Price in other shops:
The Mouse That RoaredSony; Release date: 2003-07-08; DVD
Best price: $13.05
Price in other shops:
The Life and Death of Peter SellersWarner Brothers; Release date: 2005-05-10; DVD
Best price: $1.95
Price in other shops:
After the FoxRelease date: 2002-02-05; DVD
Best price: $19.99
The Magic ChristianRelease date: 2003-01-21; DVD
Best price: $7.71
Price in other shops:
Heavens Above!Release date: 2003-01-21; DVD
Best price: $9.92
Price in other shops:
The World of Henry OrientRelease date: 2002-10-15; DVD
Best price: $14.27
Price in other shops:
Two-Way StretchRelease date: 2003-01-21; DVD
Best price: $9.40
Price in other shops:
The OptimistsRelease date: 2008-06-03; DVD
Best price: $7.13
Price in other shops:
The Naked TruthTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2005-06-07; DVD
Best price: $5.47
Price in other shops: