Now You See Him, Now You Don't
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Actor: Cesar Romero, Jim Backus, Joe Flynn, Kurt Russell, William WindomBrand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-04
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Product features:
- Bumbling college student Dexter Riley (Kurt Russell) develops a mysterious liquid that actually makes objects disappear. Further experimentation reveals that it works amazingly well on humans too! Riley's startling discovery takes some hilarious new twists when a gang of crooks headed by the notorious A.J. Arno (Cesar Romero) steal the formula and attempt to use it for their less-than-legal ac
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Movie Review: Another Great Dexter Riley film, and "Debbie" is sooo hot!
Summary: 5 Stars
Disney's Dexter Riley, the Medfield college student who repeatedly acquires superpowers by science lab mishaps, is back again in the second film of the original Dexter Riley trilogy, 1972's "Now You See Him, Now You Don't". This time, the tone is even a tad lighter in Disney's first sequel to the family comedy "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" from 1969, but it retains every bit of the Dexter Riley charm that made the first one great. As usual, Medfield needs money and a lucky accident becomes a potential source. That is, if local crook A.J. Arno doesn't get hold of the secret formula to Dexter's new invisibility spray and mess everything up. Kurt Russell stars once again as Dexter Riley, with Cesar Romero back again as the villainous Arno, along with Richard Bakalyan as his nephew/sidekick Cookie, and Joe Flynn as the always hilarious Dean Higgins. Jim Backus also plays a significant role, and Michael McGreevey returns as sidekick Richard Schuyler. Gone are Pete and Annie, the blonde pair who added some seriousness to "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" with their concern for Dexter and his Teen-Wolf like popularity struggles in that film. Instead is added importance to Schuyler's sidekick role and a new female sidekick named Debbie, played by Joyce Menges. Debbie is there with the guys much of the time, but she is unfortunately given little to do besides spraying them with the invisibility spray and looking gorgeous. But she does that well. If you love beautiful females, Debbie is reason enough to get this film. As much as I love the movie itself, I can easily spend the whole time just looking at her; truly my idea of female perfection. But where was I?
The DVD itself is a funny thing. It's the only one of the Dexter Riley trilogy presented in widescreen. However, some have argued that it is a fake widescreen that uses matting over a fullscreen version. I'm not entirely sure this is true, as only a couple of scenes look like they just might be improperly framed, and the rest looks very good indeed. Plus, some reliable sources make no indication that the widescreen is incorrect. Anyway, that issue aside (one that Disney has always had problems with and needs to get up-to-date with), there are no bonus features, which is another Disney problem with much of their live-action catalog, and the menu, well, the menu just looks weird, ha. There's this clearly new image of a T-Shirt with the film's title written on it. Interesting idea rather than using something more directly from the film. Anyway, while the lack of extras is very disappointing and the ratio issue is uncertain, the film still looks great and may be framed correctly, and it is a must own if you are a fan of old Disney live-action, especially from the unique era of the 1970's, definitely Disney's light-comedy decade. And, if you're a Dexter Riley fan, you'll want the whole trilogy, the next film being "The Strongest Man in the World" from 1975. Thankfully, all three have been released to DVD. There is also a made-for-TV remake of Computer Wore Tennis Shoes that starred Kirk Cameron, but this one has never had a release, and there is talk these days that the character of Dexter Riley may make a bigscreen comeback. Here's hoping, though I'd prefer something in the vein of sequels (like Herbie: Fully Loaded and Tron: Legacy) rather than remakes. Son of Dexter Riley? That way, Kurt Russell could play Dexter once again as a dad, and maybe Schuyler could show up too. And maybe Joyce Menges could play Mrs. Riley? Ha, if I had been Dexter, I wouldn't have let Debbie get away, but she sadly didn't appear in "Strongest Man in the World". In the past few years, Dexter was revived in comic form in some issues of the now extinct Disney Adventures magazine (issues which I unfortunately missed, but heard about). Hopefully, there is more Dexter to come in the near future! In the meantime, grab the DVDs of the originals! They are top notch Disney comedy classics!
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