The Incredible Mr. Limpet (Snap Case Packaging)
by Arthur Lubin
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Actor: Andrew Duggan, Carole Cook, Don Knotts, Jack Weston, Larry KeatingDirector: Arthur Lubin
Brand: Warner
Cinematographer: Harold E. Stine
Editor: Donald Tait
Producer: John C. Rose
Writer: John C. Rose
Writer: Jameson Brewer
Writer: Joe DiMona
Writer: Theodore Pratt
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Live, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-01
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Incredible Mr. Limpet (Snap Case Packaging)
Movie Review: "Das Limpet"
Summary: 5 Stars
THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET (1964) is one of the most underrated films of all time. Coming in at approximately #64 on my own personal Top 100, MR. LIMPET is a blend of live action and colorful animation, an impossible fantasy film which somehow manages to entice even the most sourpussed of viewers. Although it starts out a bit slowly, MR. LIMPET is irresistible, a pure entertainment experience.
The fishlike Don Knotts is perfectly cast as Henry Limpet, a nebbishy bookkeeper from Brooklyn, circa 1942. Walter Mitty-like, Henry dreams of being a war hero. His one other passion is his fish tank. When Henry is rejected from military service as a 4-F, he falls into a depression and escapes into unreality by wishing he was a fish.
Walking on the Coney Island pier one day with his wife, Bessie, Henry takes a misstep and falls into the briny Atlantic. Lo, and behold!---he is instantly transformed into a (cartoon) fish (complete with pince-nez glasses). Although Henry is initially lonely, he soon makes the acquaintance of Crusty the Crab and the seductive but loving Ladyfish, and sets off with them to explore his new, aquatic, world.
During one of his many misadventures, Henry discovers that he is the possessor of a powerful vocal "thrum" which can be used as an early warning system. Thinking quickly, he finds the ship his friend George Stickel is assigned to, and convinces Stickel (and the U.S. Navy) that he can act as a sort of secret escort for convoys and naval ships crossing the U-boat strewn Atlantic.
With Henry by their side, the Navy is able to turn the course of the Battle of the Atlantic, discovering and destroying enemy submarines and warships by the score. Although the Nazis try to stop Mr. Limpet, he is able to turn their weapons against them.
His wartime actions earn him high rank and many honors, and Henry Limpet, having become the fish he'd always dreamed of being becomes the hero he'd always dreamed of being, too.
A charming (and oddly gentle) war film, THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET is a nearly forgotten gem, a true popcorn-and-soda family film classic that celebrates the hero in Everyman.
Summary of The Incredible Mr. Limpet (Snap Case Packaging)
MILQUETOAST HENRY LIMPET EXPERIENCES HIS FONDEST WISH AND ISTRANSFORMED INTO A FISH. AS A TALKING FISH HE ASSISTS THE USNAVY IN HUNTING GERMAN SUBMARINES DURING WORLD WAR II.Similar DVD Movies
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